Handoff doesn't work

Completely frustrated!!! The bluetooth on my MBP supports handoff. Bluetooth sees my iPhone 6+ on my MBP and sends a pairing code. Once I confirm the code on my iPhone and select "Pair" it disconnects and a dialogue box appears that states " Pairing unsuccessful make sure the MBP is turned on and in range" I am less than 10 feet away from it. I have tried the suggestions of signing out of and into iCloud turning of and on Airdrop. nothing seems to work.

Ideas???

You not have to pair the phone to the Mac. Make sure BT and wifi are on (and both devices on the same network) on both devices. Make sure you have an app that supports handoff and that it is active with a document/email for example open.

Thanks FelipeV!! So you are saying that there is no need to pair the two devices? Both are on the same wifi network and both have bluetooth turned on. I had assumed that the two need to be paired to work. I'm not getting an icon next to safari or mail and there is no icon on the iPhone lock screen. That's how I thought it's supposed to work? is there something I'm missing to continue writing an e-mail on my iPhone or continue reading a webpage on Safari? Thanks again for your help

Mine didn't work either. I tried everything on here. In the end opening BT on mac and clicking send file to device made it magically start working. No idea why.

You need to turn on BlueTooth on the MAC to turn on AirDrop (for everyone) but after doing that I turned off Blue Tooth on my MB Air (OS X 10.10). Turned on AirDrop for everyone on my iPhone and Both my Mac iPhone5 (IOS8) are logged into the same iCloud and WiFi network (at work). Im able to receive and make phone calls on my Mac without problems (without BT being on on the Mac). Still confusing regarding which function needs to be turned on and in what order. About time Apple support provides some easy to follow directions.

Hi. I had same problem between iPhone 5, iPad Air and MBA Early 2014.

Try this out, if worked for me:

- Add your iCloud email address to your own contact card.

- Wait to sync the contacts in all your devices.

- Switch on the Airdrop for only contacts.

- Find yourself in your other devices via Airdrop trying to send a photo (for example). Don't send it, just find yourself.

- When you get it, start using email, callings,... it will work hopefully.

All these steps are needed to be done just for the first time.

Go to your syste settings and turn off and then on iCloud. This worked for me

Here's what worked for me: On your iPhone/iPad, go to Settings > Facetime > then click your Aplle ID, select "View Account" and sign in. That did the trick.

This is what works/doesn't work for me...

1. If I open Safari on my MBP, it will show up on my iPhone and iPad.

2. If I open up Pages on my MBP, leaving Safari open, but Pages is the active app, Safari disappears on my iPhone and iPad. However, I don't see Pages on my iPhone and iPad - I have Pages installed on my iPhone and iPad.

3. If I close all apps on my MBP, iPhone and iPad and then open Safari on either my iPhone and iPad, Safari does not show up in that special area on the left side of my MBP dock.

I was also expecting to see Safari (opened in my iPad) show up on my iPhone and vice versa, but haven't seen that happen so far.

Not sure handoff is ready for primetime.

Not sure how to edit my previous response...

Opened Mail on my iPhone. It is showing up, via Handoff on my iPad, but not in the dock of my MBP.

What is the model number of your MacBook Pro?

In order to get Pages (and probably Numbers) to work with Handoff, you have to have saved the document you are working on in iCloud. It's then available on other iOS devices.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Mac OS was easy to use.

Make sure all of the devices you are using are registered to your appleID. this solved the problem for me. Apple should emphasis this in the setup instructions.

https://supportprofile.apple.com/

I had the same issue. disconnected my Apple MagicPad (connected via bluetooth - maybe you guys have other bluetooth connected devices?) and it's worked since