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continuity phone call doesn't work anymore from iPhone 12 Pro to MacBook Pro

For some reason I can't call with my MacBook anymore. When im calling someone on my iPhone and I wanna transfer it to my MacBook it shows my MacBook in the list and I can select it but its not connecting for some reason. They both are on the same apple iCloud account. Some please help me resolve this problem its annoying.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 17, 2021 1:11 PM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2021 1:44 PM

Here’s what I observe - and I think you’re saying you observe the same. I’m using MacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 and iOS 14.4.


I can initiate a call on my Mac (which will be executed through my iPhone). If I do this, all functions are performed on my Mac - speaking, listening, ending the call. However, I cannot hand off a call started in the iPhone to the Mac.


I had never tried this before, so I can’t speak from personal knowledge whether this was ever possible. It makes sense to me that it is not possible now (or, for that matter, ever), as there is no “Phone” application on the Mac for the iPhone to hand off to. (Instead, the Mac uses a FaceTime interface to the iPhone’s Phone app.)


So while it’s possible to hand off, say, Safari, Mail, Maps, etc., there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent handoff mechanism in this case. Seems reasonable to me.

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Feb 21, 2021 1:44 PM in response to daddydanny

Here’s what I observe - and I think you’re saying you observe the same. I’m using MacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 and iOS 14.4.


I can initiate a call on my Mac (which will be executed through my iPhone). If I do this, all functions are performed on my Mac - speaking, listening, ending the call. However, I cannot hand off a call started in the iPhone to the Mac.


I had never tried this before, so I can’t speak from personal knowledge whether this was ever possible. It makes sense to me that it is not possible now (or, for that matter, ever), as there is no “Phone” application on the Mac for the iPhone to hand off to. (Instead, the Mac uses a FaceTime interface to the iPhone’s Phone app.)


So while it’s possible to hand off, say, Safari, Mail, Maps, etc., there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent handoff mechanism in this case. Seems reasonable to me.

Feb 17, 2021 2:04 PM in response to daddydanny

Your original post made two very different statements:

  1. ”For some reason, I can’t call with my MacBook any[ ]more.
  2. ”When ... I [want to] transfer it to my MacBook ...


Which issue are we talking about? Can you initiate a call from your MacBook? It’s not clear from the article linked above that the Phone app is an app that actually works with Handoff as the Mac has no Phone app (only FaceTime).

continuity phone call doesn't work anymore from iPhone 12 Pro to MacBook Pro

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