Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch

Move seamlessly between your devices with Continuity. Make and receive phone calls without picking up your iPhone. Use your iPad to extend the workspace of your Mac. Automatically unlock your Mac when you’re wearing your Apple Watch. And copy and paste images, video, and text from your iPhone or iPad to your nearby Mac, or vice versa.

Handoff: Start work on one device, then switch to another nearby device and pick up where you left off.

Universal Clipboard: Copy content such as text, images, photos, and videos on one Apple device, then paste the content on another Apple device.

iPhone Cellular Calls: Make and receive calls from your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch when those devices are on the same network as your iPhone.

Text Message Forwarding: Send and receive SMS and MMS messages from your iPhone on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch.

Instant Hotspot: Connect to the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) from your Mac, iPad, iPod touch, or another iPhone, without entering a password.

Auto Unlock: Get instant access to your Mac when wearing your Apple Watch, and quickly approve other requests to enter your Mac administrator password.

Continuity Camera: Use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to scan documents or take a picture and have it appear instantly on your Mac. 

Continuity Sketch: Create a sketch on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, and easily insert it into a document on your Mac.

Continuity Markup: Use your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to add sketches, shapes, and other markup to a Mac document, and see the changes live on your Mac.

Sidecar: Use your iPad as a second display that extends or mirrors your Mac desktop. Or use it as a tablet input device to draw with Apple Pencil in Mac apps.

AirDrop: Wirelessly send documents, photos, videos, websites, map locations, and more to a nearby iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

Apple Pay: Shop online on your Mac and complete your purchase using Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch.

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