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Instant Hotspot
Lost your Wi-Fi connection? With Instant Hotspot, your iMac can connect to the Internet
using the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone (with iOS 8 or later) or iPad (cellular models with
iOS 8 or later).
Connect to your device’s Personal Hotspot. Click the Wi-Fi status icon i n the menu bar, then
choose your iPhone or iPad from the list of devices that appears. (You don’t need to do anything
on your device—iMac connects automatically.)
Check the status of your connection. Look in the Wi-Fi status menu to see the strength of the
cellular signal.
When you’re not using the hotspot, your iMac disconnects to save battery life.
Hando
With Hando, you can pick up on one device where you left o on another. Work on a
presentation on your iMac, then continue on your iPad. Or start an email message on your
iPhone, then nish it on your iMac. You don’t have to worry about transferring les. When your
iMac and devices are near each other, an icon appears in the Dock whenever an activity is being
handed o; to continue, just click the icon.
Click to continue what you
were doing on your iPhone.
Turn on Hando on your iMac. Click the System Preferences icon in the Dock, click General,
then select “Allow Hando between this Mac and your iCloud devices.”
Turn on Hando on your iOS device. Go to Settings > General > Hando & Suggested Apps,
then tap to turn on Hando. If you don’t see the option, your iOS device doesn’t support Hando.
Note: To use Hando, you need an iPhone 5 or later, iPod touch (5th generation) or later, or
iPad (4th generation) or later with iOS 8 or later installed. Make sure your iMac and iOS device
are on the same Wi-Fi network, you’re signed in to the same iCloud account, and Bluetooth is
turned on.
Hando works with Safari, Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Maps, Messages, Notes, Reminders, Keynote,
Numbers, and Pages.
To learn more about using Instant Hotspot, messages, phone calls, and Hando with your iMac,
open Mac Help (see Get answers in Mac Help). Or go to www.apple.com/osx/continuity.
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