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

Lets just focus on the handoff. I have all the features set as they are supposed to be, I logged out of iCloud (with an applecare tech on the phone), I logged back in, I see the handoff working from iphone 6 to iPad BUT not between the Mac and iPad and not between the iPhone and mac. The Mac is the consistent issue.

I will agree as I don't know any better that the bluetooth no longer connects your phone with your Mac BUT given I have all the right hardware and software why isn't my handoff working? My Air is Q4 2013 and is compatible with Handoff...

Would appreciate any thoughts on this.

Thanks,

H.

hello, i have mid 2013 air, iph6 and iPad mini. yesterday I updated to yosemite. handoff an continuity worked on iPhone and iPad great, but from mac it only worked one way (from mac to ios). today i followed this Get help using Continuity with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite and logout from iCloud (also deleting all stuff at prompts). after next logon to iCloud mac also tried to enable iCloud keychain (that i do not use) from what apple sent me sms code. i entered iCloud keychain code on mac and handoff from iPhone to mac started to working.

so couple of minutes testing. handoff and continuity from iPad and iPhone to Air is working ok, but handoff from mac to iOS suddenly stopped working. strange.

Works! Thank you! It says Not Connected in the bluetooth panel on the 5s, however I can go to my contacts on my MacBook Air and click the handset (phone) icon and it dials and connects as advertised. This is good enough for now. Now if Yosemite boot was less ugly - maybe over time...

Tried that. Didn't work. Glad it's working for you though!

Possible fix or what worked for me.

Used a different USB cable and all of a sudden everybody is friends again. Don't get stuck on 'it can't be the cable' (like I did). The first cable I was using was original Apple product and it had just been working the day before (it would charge when connected but not recognize the device). Finally remembered to grab the other cable from my car (again original Apple product) and tried it without much hope. That fixed it for me, everything else fell in line. Hope this might work for some of you too.

My original problem.

When signed in to iTunes on my MacBook Pro it wouldn't recognize my iPhone5S or my iPad Air. I think it started right after I updated to IOS 8 and I thought that when Yosemite was available, the problem would go away. Lost days and hours searching and trying everything out there.

This solved the Handoff issue for me:

I did all of Apple's suggestions below, plus these two steps:

(1) logged out of iCloud on my iPhone [choosing "delete whenever prompted] and then logged back in

(2) Rebooted phone and computer

Below: (part of) Apple's "Get Help Using Continuity with iOS an OSX Yosemite"

Check your settings

Check the following settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

• Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and turn on Wi-Fi if necessary.
• Make sure your iOS devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network by going to Settings > Wi-Fi and comparing the name of the network each is on.
• Go to Settings > Bluetooth and turn on Bluetooth if necessary (I turned it on)
• Go to Settings > General > Handoff & Suggested Apps and make sure Handoff is on.
• Go to Settings > Phone. If you see Wi-Fi Calling, turn it off.

Check the following settings on your Mac:

• Go to the Wi-Fi icon at the top of your screen and turn on Wi-Fi if necessary.
• Make sure your Mac and iOS devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi on your iOS device and compare the name of the network with the Wi-Fi network on your Mac.
• Go to the Bluetooth icon at the top of your screen and turn on Bluetooth if necessary (I turned it on)
• In System Preferences > General, select “Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices.” If you don't see this setting, your Mac may not support Handoff.
• Open the FaceTime app, go to FaceTime > Preferences and turn on “iPhone Cellular Calls.”
• Go to System Preferences, and sign out and then sign in again to your iCloud account.

Same issue, iphone6 plus, macbook pro retina 13''

Ssxss wrote:

Same issue, iphone6 plus, macbook pro retina 13''

WHAT "same issue"? There have been several different issues mentioned in this thread, with trouble shooting steps posted for each of them.

I can't get the continuity or the handoff to work properly on my MBA 2012 (bluetooth NOT trying to pair, but both BT are on). Logged into same .mac account and have all the settings mentioned here. Get help using Continuity with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite using iphone 6+.

I can see the audio links are active, but everytime it tries to use the phone for a call, it gives me a "call failed. try again" notification.

I've signed out then in of icloud on both devices and re-logged in.

I guess I'll call apple support next.

The update did it for me...working great now!!

mac to iphone and vice versa...texting, phone calls on mac, everything. The only thing is iPhone to mac on safari doesn't seem to handoff by mac to iPhone does every time

I have a 15 inch late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro. I'm trying to pair it with an iPhone 6 plus with ios 8.1 and I am having the same issues. ****** off!!!!!!!!!

You are the man Pippoapple!! 🙂

I am hving same issues with macbook pro retina early 2013 and iphone 6 plus. I tried what xser said and its still not working.

Same problem here...

MacBookPro mid-2012 with yosemite final, clean install.

iPhone 5S iOS 8.1 clean install.

I can't send anything to my Mac from my iPhone BUT I can send files to iPhone from my Mac.

I can pair the devices but the iPhone can't see the Mac, and when I press to connec to MacBook always "MacBook Pro is not supported".

It's unbelievable...