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Universal Clipboard not working.

Universal Clipboard not working?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Nov 28, 2020 1:02 AM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2020 10:10 PM

I tried

defaults read ~/Library/Preferences com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist

and it says

2020-12-24 01:07:09.499 defaults[2816:45183] 
The domain/default pair of (/Users/mhutson/Library/Preferences, com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist) does not exist

What now? Thanks.

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Dec 3, 2020 8:52 PM in response to sparsh224

2. Use Terminal Commands

If Universal Clipboard is still not working on your Mac you can attempt to fix it with Terminal commands. However, be extremely cautious with executing code in the Terminal app. A wrong move could brick your Mac.

  • Open the Terminal app, using Finder.
  • Execute the command available below to check if ClipboardSharingEnabled is equal to zero. If it is, proceed to the next step:
  • Command: defaults read ~/Library/Preferences com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist
  • Copy/Paste the command string available below and press ‘Enter’ to delete ClipboardSharingEnabled = 0 (only if it’s ‘0’):
  • Command: defaults delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled
  • Reboot your Mac and test out the Universal Clipboard. Does it work now?
  • Extra: You can also execute the following command to set the default ClipboardSharingEnabled setting on your Mac:
  • defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled 1


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