Copy on the iPhone and paste on the Mac
Universal Clipboard moves text, images and files between your devices with the usual copy and paste.
Works on: macOS Big Sur 11 and later · checked on macOS Golden Gate 27
Published: · Source: Apple
Copy a paragraph on the iPhone, press ⌘ + V on the Mac, and it pastes. That is Universal Clipboard, and there is nothing to open. It works the other way round too, and with an iPad.
It handles text, images, files and other content. What you copy stays available on the other device briefly, or until you copy something else on either of them.
Both devices need to be near each other, signed in with the same Apple Account, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on and Handoff enabled — which it is by default. If it does not work, Handoff is the first thing to check.
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