In recent times handoff/continuity stopped working for messages on my iMac & iPhone. Messages coming into my iPhone no longer appear on my iMac, & I can no longer send messages via my iMac.
It has stopped working since updating to iOS 11 & High Sierra, however it still worked while I was using the developer betas of both.
I've checked the following…
- Both are on the same wi-fi network.
- Both have Bluetooth turned on.
- Both are logged into the same (my only) iCloud account.
- Both have handoff turned on.
Messages is the single biggest area where I use handoff & I'd really like it to be working again.
Best Answer
As a starting point, my suggestion would be to sign out of your account on the iMac, but not from the iCloud preference pane. Instead, sign out of Messages as follows:
Once you've done this you should get a notification on your iPhone saying that your account is now being used on an iMac. Once this happens, test to see if everything is working okay.