Apple this year has increased its focus on the integration between its desktop and mobile OS offerings. With the latest iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, a number of new features like Continuity and Handoff are being offered. These features essentially allow a user to have a seamless workflow across the devices - start a task on one device and keep working on another, never interrupting the work. This guide will help you to successfullysetup handoff on OS X Yosemite 10.10 and iOS devices to experience this helpful feature.

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-Setup Handoff on Older / Unsupported Macs

While handoff is currently an unavailable feature in the beta; however, devs and testers have found a way to enable this "hidden" feature in the beta builds.

Prerequisites before you setup Handoff on OS X Yosemite:

Bluetooth and WiFi should be turned on on both iOS and OS X devices.Ensure that your both devices are on the same WiFi network.Log on to the same iCloud account on both the devices.Also ensure to have logged on FaceTime with the same account to have phone calls feature work.Hand Off wouldn't work if your Safari is in Private mode.

How to setup Handoff on OS X Yosemite and iOS:

Here are the steps to help you setup Handoff on OS X Yosemite 10.10:

Go toAbout this Macand thenSystem Report.Under theBluetooth Category, ensure that your LMP version isbe0x6as anything below that wouldn't work for this guide.Next, go toSystem preferences>Generaland then click on theallow handoffbox at the bottom.Now, on your iOS 8 powered device, go toSettings>Generaland enable hand off.Again go to your Mac and open FaceTime >preferencesand check theallow iPhone callsbox.

Once you have set all things up, here is how to verify that Hand Off is working:

When opening a new web page on Safari on your iOS device, you will get a bouncing icon on your Mac dock.When opening a web page on Mac, your iOS device lock screen will show you an icon placed opposite to the camera icon. Swipe it up to open it.