Universal Clipboard doesn't work on Monterey

Hi Guys,

this issue was quickly resolved for me after I called Apple Care. Follow the instructions below.

After the Monterey update

1. Make sure all devices are on wifi
2. make sure bluetooth is switched on all devices
3. (the most important) on your iPhone/iPad settings/general/airplay&handoff/swtich on "handoff"
4. (the most important) on your MacBookPro Settings/General/then at the very bottom of this screen check, "allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices."

If Universal Clipboard is not working and you 'have not' updated to Montery

1. make sure that all devices are running on the same up-to-date versions/updates

This might help, as mentioned above...

Hi Guys,

this issue was quickly resolved for me after I called Apple Care. Follow the instructions below.

After the Monterey update

Make sure all devices are on wifi

make sure bluetooth is switched on all devices

(the most important) on your iPhone/iPad settings/general/airplay&handoff/swtich on "handoff"

(the most important) on your MacBookPro Settings/General/then at the very bottom of this screen check, "allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices."

If Universal Clipboard is not working and you 'have not' updated to Montery

make sure that all devices are running on the same up-to-date versions/updates

I solved this problem by completely logging out of iCloud on my MacBook (Monterey 12.1) and then on my phone. It's a bit of hassle but it worked, when I signed in again I had re-set up some of iCloud stuff like Apple Pay etc. but it doesn't take too long if you have decent internet.

When I was busy setting it up it picked up that I was using a different language on the phone and the MacBook (two different regional variations of English) and I think it may be a requirement for handoff - maybe check your language options on the two devices first to see if they are the same.

I did not work immediately when I tested it but after a few minutes it worked. I think possibly it has to some cloud security stuff before it works properly.

Hi Carlitche,

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities.

We understand that you're unable to use Universal Clipboard. Be sure all devices are running the latest software version and you have all settings enabled as mentioned in Use Universal Clipboard to copy and paste between your Apple devices. Also, make sure all devices are using the same language.

You can check language preferences on iPadOS in Settings > General > Language & Region. From your Mac, go to System Preferences > Language & Region.

Regards.

Sorry to here that because it worked for me.

Seems like there’s no one size fits all! I’d call Apple Care direct. Pretty sure if it’s a fault on their part, which it is, they should be obligated to sort it.

Technology frustration, is the worst!

This is the only link they sent me: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209460

Good luck, friend!

Try restarting your computer. These kinds of data sharing features simply don't work reliably and never have. It sounds like you may have simply had a long run of stable systems and/or good luck. Now, you made a change by installing Monterey, and the feature is behaving more normally.

I have found a number of bugs in Monterey (but certainly not all of them) that resolve themselves after a restart.

Well I found out something interesting, Universal Clipboard works between my M1 MBA and iMac Pro to my iPad Pro. It is not working between my 2015 5K iMac and my iPad Pro. Perhaps it's a lack of a T2 chip issue. Hopefully someone will know.

Carlitche,

Many apologies for the oversight. Universal Clipboard is available in previous macOS versions (macOS Sierra or later), but it is not currently available for macOS Monterey. This feature will become available later on this fall. You can find more details on currently available features and what will be available at a later time in the new macOS on Apple's macOS Monterey page.

Regards.

I've played around with Universal Clipboard just now. It works when you are copying from a Mac and pasting on iPhone, but not the other way around.

Tested on MacOS 12.0.1(M1 Air) and iOS 15.1 (iPhone SE 2020)

I would agree that this definitely seems like a problem introduced with macOS Monterey.

I have 6 devices:

• iPhone 11
• iPad Air 2
• 2016 MacBook Pro running Big Sur
• 2019 iMac running Big Sur
• 2021 MacBook Pro M1 running Monterey
• 2021 iMac M1 running Monterey

The only two devices not working correctly with Universal Clipboard are the two computers running Monterey. I have triple-checked bluetooth, wi-fi, iCloud, Handoff and language settings on these computers. They are all fine.

One thing to note: I migrated my older MBP and iMac computers to the newer 2021 models. So that might be a factor in reproducing the problem.

Same problem here. Naturally, I have all devices updated and have read all the instructions. This used to work perfectly, but stopped copying the clipboard from iOS to macOS a few months ago. The other direction still works fine. (Not interested in logging out from iCloud on my entire Apple ecosystem, nor rebooting and zapping pram etc on my Mac. Enough of these 1900's mitigations now.)

Universal clipboard stopped running since previous version (before Monterey). I don't why but I suppose its because M1 chip issues. Some update in Mac OS for these chips maybe caused that. I have MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel chip) and still doesn't work even when I updated to Monterey also. Support Team, just open a bug ticket for Dev Team ASAP!!

Thanks!

I can copy from my iPhone (SE 2020, iOS 15.1) and paste it on my iMac (Late 2015, MacOS Monterey 12.0.1). But it doesn’t work the other way around.

Same wifi, same Apple ID, Bluetooth and Handoff is turned on on both devices and the distance between the iPhone and the iMac is about 30 cm.