Macbook Air (mid-2012) won't pair with iPhone 6

Larry when I said "exact" I meant my MacAir won't connect via Bluetooth AND my handoff doesn't work. Now given the hardware that I mentioned I am using by default it qualifies for the technology so there was no reason to mention your article. Weather or not a the two issues are connected is irrelevant. They don't work and that stupid article is simply a laundry list of qualifications for hardware. I had a tech from AppleCare help me on the phone and we did all of that paring and discussing garbage.

I saved you and the rest of the tortured souls on here my long story. The fact is the software isn't functioning and requires a fix. If it wasn't ready for release it should nit have been offered. These are expensive luxury items where there is little room for failure.

Lastly, I will say if apple doesn't read these threads they should start. Right about now the Galexy is looking good.

Got it, I read article i meet all criteria, all settings that are available are check! still no text or phone alerts or whatever it should do so I know its working.

does the iPhone need to be contected via lighting connector?

Also, if i log out of iCloud it is prompting saying it will delete all my stuff on mac, will i be able to restore cal, contacts, etc?

Yes but don't bother it won't work. Did it yesteday with AppleCare tech. Once you log back in to iCloud all your stuff should come back.

man I'm ******...i don't know what is missing maybe IOS 8.1 will fix geez

So as far as I know continuity will work without having the devices paired with each other but only to a certain limit i believe. Continuity is working between apps like safari, mail, calendar and and iMessage. Other features I'm not sure about. I thought the devices had to be paired to use airdrop but they don't. As long as both devices have bluetooth enabled and are set to share with everyone it'll work. Note you should also be on the same iCloud account. Other features like sms relay and phone call relay will have to wait till iOS 8.1 is released. Also i don't get the continuity icon on my iPhone tho just my macbook. Theres still a problem there.

Having exactly the same problem. Have not found a work around. Need to wait for an update I'am afraid.

Please describe your "exact" problem. There have been several different problems described in this thread.

Lawrence,

I have an iPhone 6+ and Macbook Pro mid 2012 running OSX 10.10. From my Macbook I can pair my phone in the Bluetooth advanced setting menu. On the Macbook I initially get the message 'connected', than the message 'disconnected'.

If I want to connect (after pairing) from my iPhone 6 I get the message 'Connection Unseccesfull "This MacBook Pro" is not supported.'

IIt's the same issue for all of us. The bluetooth doesn't connect between iPhone 6 and MacBooks. ALSO and as you said unrelated the handoff doesn't work. Handoff works from iPad to iPhone 6 for me but not the MacBook. Now you say the two issues are unrelated. I say who cares they are both issues. Do you know how to remedy?

WE have established that most everyone on here is using the proper software and hardware.

That won't work by design, nor is it needed for any supported service. This has been posted at least a dozen times in this thread, not to mention thousands of times overall in the Apple support forums, and described in Knowledge Base articles such as: iOS: Supported Bluetooth profiles. While this KB article does not specifically exclude iOS to computer connections, it doesn't list them as a supported profile either. iOS has never supported peer-to-peer BlueTooth connections to computers (Mac or Windows), and that hasn't changed with iOS 8 and Yosemite.

The good news is that it isn't needed for any supported continuity service. While some of the new services (Handoff, Message, Instant Hotspot, Phone calling) use BlueTooth, they use a connectionless feature of BlueTooth 4. All you need is to have BlueTooth enabled on both devices. There are no settings and no pairing required. See: Get help using Continuity with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite

Pairing isn't needed by Airdrop either: Mac Basics: AirDrop lets you send files from your Mac to nearby Macs and iOS devices

It also isn't needed for file transfers, as that capability is supported over WiFi, USB cable and iCloud.

HEGNYC wrote:

IIt's the same issue for all of us. The bluetooth doesn't connect between iPhone 6 and MacBooks. ALSO and as you said unrelated the handoff doesn't work. Handoff works from iPad to iPhone 6 for me but not the MacBook. Now you say the two issues are unrelated. I say who cares they are both issues. Do you know how to remedy?

WE have established that most everyone on here is using the proper software and hardware.

Get help using Continuity with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite

Make sure you have compatible hardware. Your MacBook must be mid 2012 or later for MacBooks, for example.

He Lawrence, I am all confused now. I have always used Bluetooth to set up an internet connection via my iPhone when Wifi is not available. Just selected my phone from my Macbook Pro and, he presto, I had a reliable connection for on the road.

This is the functionality I can not get to work ('This Macbook Pro is not supported') after upgrading to both iPhone 6 and OSX 10.10 and I don't seem to be the only one.

That feature has changed. Note in the link I provided that iOS 8.1 is required for Instant Hotspot. It is supposed to be available Monday. However, I'm surprise it isn't working the old way.

Lawrence is 100% spot on. As someone who initially thought I had problems I went back and reread everything. My iPhone and iPad were handing off but not with my Mac. I was also trying to go into my bluetooth settings to pair bluetooth between my phone and Mac. It does't work that way. Despite this being said multiple times people here are still griping that they are unable to pair the devices. Stop trying. They are not going to pair (nor are they supposed to). Also, make sure you have appropriate hardware. This has been listed here multiple times. What I eventually did was log out of my iCloud accounts one at a time (made sure of course I had everything backed up to the cloud). Yes you get this scary popup that asks if you want things erased from your device but as long as there is a backup you should not have any concerns. After you log out of the cloud and log in on each device my handoff and continutity features worked as they are supposed to. Thank you to Lawrence Finch who has been so diligent on this forum in trying to explain to people what they need to do!!