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Bookmark or Share- 2011 MacBook Pros can support Handoff/ContinuityHandoff lets the user switch devices and instantly continue working. When a user signs in to iCloud on a second Handoff capable device, the two devices establish a Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 pairing out of band via the Apple Push Notification service (APNs). The individual messages are encrypted in a similar fashion to iMessage.
- 2011 MacBook Pros can support Handoff/Continuity16. go to system preferences > general and there should be an option to enable handoff these are the exact steps i did with OS X Yosemite gold master candidate on a 13 inch early 2011 macbook pro and got handoff working with my iPhone 5s running iOS 8.0.2 EDIT
- Handoff Breakdown With Activation Tool - MacRumors ForumsBasically Handoff requires a built in* Bluetooth 4.0 LE card to work but Apple has blacklisted some of the models that came standard with BT4.0LE so a modified Kext is required. If your system does not have BT4.0LE you will need to replace the card (and possibly modify Kext) to get handoff to work. Breakdown:
- 802.11ac, BT 4.0, Continuity, and Handoff Working on Mac Pro 2010After the release of OS X 10.10, I found that my old Mac Pro Mid 2010 could not use the new features such as Continuity, Handoff and new AirDrop. As you know, the Continuity, Handoff and AirDrop is not available on the old Macs because the Airport and Bluetooth modules are out of date, using 802.11n and BT 2.1+EDR or even older. After reading ...
- Help with Handoff on cMP 5,1? - MacRumors ForumsInstant Hotspot, Handoff, Universal Clipboard and Apple Watch Unlock should work. If they don't, your BT/Wi-Fi card might not be compatible with the hardware identified by the AirPortBrcm4360.kext. If there isn't a particular kext for your card, you may be out of luck.
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