Setting Up Continuity on Yosemite & iOS
October 19, 2014
On Day 1 of the new Continuity features on Yosemite & iOS, it wasn't very easy for me to find a guide to setting it all up. Here's one.
First: Turn on Bluetooth on iOS & your Mac
Some (or all?) of the new features require Bluetooth to be enabled on all of your iDevices & Macs
SMS Relay
- On iOS
- Go to Settings > General > Messages > Text Message Forwarding
- Enable any devices you desire. You should see a popup on your Mac's iMessage with a passcode to enter.
Call Forwarding
- On iOS
- Ensure that Settings > FaceTime > iPhone Cellular Calls is enabled
- On Yosemite
- Open up FaceTime Preferences
- Ensure that the bottom of the Settings pane has the "Start New Calls From" set to your phone number.