Level 2

365 points

Continuity Camera fail - "Device timed out"

Just upgraded to Mojave, and tried Continuity Camera.

Opened a new doc in Pages, right-clicked, and chose "Import from iPhone" and "Take Photo". I took the photo.

A few seconds later, in Pages, I got an error message: "Could not import from iPhone. The device timed out."

So I tried doing this with my iPad, and this time when I took the photo with the iPad, I saw "Use Photo" on the screen. Hit that, and the photo went into Pages.

But with the iPhone, I never get "Use Photo".

What's wrong here?

iMac, macOS Mojave (10.14), null

Posted on Sep 25, 2018 11:33 AM

90 replies

JimmyLiv

Level 1

4 points

Oct 17, 2018 6:20 PM in response to eiuolapap

Thanks eiuolapap...This also worked for me.

ali90eng

Level 1

8 points

Oct 22, 2018 4:04 AM in response to Roger Barre

I have the same issue between my MacBook Pro Retina 13" early 2015 and my iPhone X, but its working properly with My iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2.

Oct 24, 2018 11:24 AM in response to eiuolapap

This removes your apple pay card. 😢

Oct 24, 2018 11:26 AM in response to TucsonTom

By "this" I mean

I solved the problem like this:

Settings - General – Reset – "Reset Location & Privacy" + "Reset All Settings"

Oct 24, 2018 11:59 AM in response to TucsonTom

Oh, yeah, and Settings - General – Reset – "Reset Location & Privacy" + "Reset All Settings" didn't help a bit.

Oct 28, 2018 10:20 AM in response to braeburn8

I reset bluetooth first, without resolve. Then signed out of iCloud and back in on my MacBook. This resolved my issue with the time out and sync issue. Thank you for the suggestion!

Oct 30, 2018 5:01 PM in response to yohannesfromsan jose

Yes

Oct 31, 2018 7:20 AM in response to srini196812

Thank you, really 🙂

Nov 5, 2018 3:31 PM in response to billames

Open Finder... go to Library / Preferences

locate com.apple.BluetoothFileExchange.plist

delete it.

Ric R

Level 1

13 points

Nov 6, 2018 2:51 PM in response to Roger Barre

Same issue on iPhone 10, OS 12. No problem with iPad 5th Gen, OS 12. I share the frustration.

Nov 6, 2018 9:11 PM in response to Roger Barre

Ditto! Everything suggested in this thread has been done and still not working!

Ric R

Level 1

13 points

Nov 7, 2018 7:23 AM in response to notgnirriaf

Engad! You mean even my solution was not the hoped for silver bullet?

Dec 12, 2018 6:18 AM in response to Roger Barre

I had the same problem, I fix it, using the same WiFi Network. ( I had my iMac with Cable RJ45, not with WiFi and now use both connection simultaneously).

Dec 20, 2018 3:57 PM in response to Roger Barre

Had iMac hardwired to network and phone on wifi- no go. Switched iMac wifi back on and it worked. (Mojave and iPhone XS) Max

rjonk

Level 1

5 points

Dec 29, 2018 6:29 AM in response to braeburn8

Resetting the bluetooth fixed it for me thanks

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Continuity Camera fail - "Device timed out"