Carry on with the Mac what you started on the iPhone
Handoff passes the page, the email or the note you have open from one device to the other, with nothing to save or send.
Works on: macOS Tahoe 26 and later · checked on macOS Golden Gate 27
Published: · Source: Snoflaa
You are reading something on the phone and you want it on the big screen. No emailing yourself the link: System Settings → General → AirDrop & Continuity and turn on Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices. On the iPhone or iPad the switch is Handoff, in Settings → General → AirPlay & Continuity.
Both devices need the same Apple Account, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on, and to be near each other.
After that it happens on its own. With Safari open on the phone, its icon appears in the Dock; click it and the page opens on the Mac exactly where you left it. ⌘ + Tab gets you there too. It works the other way round as well: what you have open on the Mac shows up at the bottom of the App Switcher on the phone.
Mail, Safari, Notes, Maps, Reminders, Calendar, Pages and Numbers all support it, and so do plenty of third-party apps.
On macOS Sequoia and earlier, the Mac panel is called AirDrop & Handoff; on older iPhone and iPad software, AirPlay & Handoff.
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