Handoff not working anymore after update to Ventura 13.3

I had a similar problem with copying and pasting from/to iPhone to Ventura 13.3 M1. I just solved it by adding UniversalControl.app to the Firewall Settings. I found the details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/124v25i/comment/je6bngz/

I hope this helps.

I can confirm what @warner272 described:

The update to macOS 13.1.1 initially fixed all issues.

Then Handoff / Universal Clipboard stopped working for me again under 13.3.1 for my iPhone.

But this time a restart of the iPhone fixed the issue again (which was not the case before), and in the process a progress window appeared on the Mac for less than a second "connecting to iPhone" (or something like this).

The iPhone shows up in the Finder's sidebar and can be accessed from there. So the iPhone is generally visible to the Mac and part of my setup / Apple ID. But the configuration screen did not appear until I connected by cable. Then I had to "trust the device" again, which I had already done after the updates to the latest versions of iOS and macOS.

I checked the firewall settings as suggested by @VicoMurray: Universal Control is added to allow incoming connections.

For my iPad Handoff still works fine with my Mac, both Universal Control and Universal Clipboard.

On the iPad, too, the configuration screen in the Finder would not show up until I connected via Cable and did the "trust the device" step.

@micradar on the Mac when it still works between iPhone and iPad. But I've also had more cases recently when nothing worked anywhere. I actually had to log my phone and iPad out of iCloud to get it working again the other day, which is such a hassle as it resets the preferences.

air drop has always been veeeery temperamental, but handoff used to be relatively stable

I guess Apple doe not care about the continuity feature any longer as the 13.3.1 "update" made it actually worse. I at least had it working for a day or two after the 13.3 "update" ... Can't believe I even say that as a good thing when we are dealing with one of the richest companies in the world ...

As an update to this. As stated in the previous post I ended up signing out of iCloud on one of the Macs and re-signing in. At present (going on 4 days now) everything seems to be working as designed. Not holding my breath. Given the many strange things nothing seems beyond strange. That said the issues seem to be with Macs and Ventura as all of the Continuity/Handoff features continued to work between iPads and iPhones. Also strange is that signing out of iCloud on one Mac "cured" the problem on two Macs. Seems to point to an iCloud/Ventura issue.

good luck ... I get the same thing , works great for a few days that goes in the hopper again. I finally got it to work with signing back and forth in iCloud with the update before the latest one. Now this wonderful update makes it all happen over again ... How annoying

Glad it worked out in the end, however for me, my M2 Macbook Air is just not working with handoff, I've tried everything. All my other devices work (M1 14 Macbook Pro, iPhone, iPad Pro and iPad mini), ONLY my Macbook Air don't work and it happens to be the device I use the most. Any solutions. (Tried reboot, logout of iCloud, delete Handoff keychain etc)

I recently bought the macbook air m2 model. Handoff always stopping working. The problem usually goes away after restarting the devices, but it stops working again in 1-2 hours. I contacted Apple support. We tried all the suggestions but nothing fixed .What to do I don't know actually.

I recently bought the macbook air m2 model. Handoff always stopping working. The problem usually goes away after restarting the devices, but it stops working again in 1-2 hours. I contacted Apple support. We tried all the suggestions but nothing fixed .What to do I don't know actually.

I recently bought the macbook air m2 model. Handoff always stopping working. The problem usually goes away after restarting the devices, but it stops working again in 1-2 hours. I contacted Apple support. We tried all the suggestions but nothing fixed .What to do I don't know actually.

I recently bought the macbook air m2 model. Handoff always stopping working. The problem usually goes away after restarting the devices, but it stops working again in 1-2 hours. I contacted Apple support. We tried all the suggestions but nothing fixed .What to do I don't know actually.

The answer is there isn’t one. Apple has no clue or does not care to fix it. I have just bought a second keyboard and mouse because I don’t like to have to change my Bluetooth channel for these devices to work on either my M2 air or m1 iMac. I have given up on continuity feature entirely. Apple should just get rid of it until they can produce reliable software

Update: I've had the problem consistently for weeks now, even if iCloud stuff/restarting sometimes fixed it for a few hours. BUT, I did the latest Ventura update yesterday and so far, it hasn't been back.

It started working (for now) again. The 13.3.1 (a) update may have done it but I also updated my iPad and iPhone to 16.4.1 (a) at the same time. So maybe it's the Ventura update or the whole package. Fingers crossed. Because I use handoff a lot.

I'm not sure this provides a solution or just more clues. During the last five OS updates to iOS and Mac each morning of the day Apple releases the updates the issues where Macs disconnect from iCloud happen. I've written more on this here.