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-Jerry was recently studying for the Apple Device Support Exam when he discovered Handoff was not working properly.

-Handoff and Universal Clipboard are features of Apple's Continuity.

-Eventually, signing out of iCloud on both devices and signing back in corrected the issue. As an aside, he had to turn off ScreenTime in order to sign out of iCloud.

-An alternative solution, via this YouTube video resolved Universal Clipboard for most by running this command: defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled 1

-Joe is very happy with the new iPhone and the Max size.

-He talks about the new Action button. His three favorite actions are easier ways to activate the flashlight. the camera, or begin a voice recording.

-Jerry goes for the larger screen just to avoid enlarging the default font size.

-Do you use the Always-On display?

-As people "surrender to the cloud", there is less of a need for local storage solutions.

-Promise and OWC are two common options that we see out in the field.

-A new topic arises - how much do we want to rely on cloud storage?

-A marketer leaves Joe a poem after multiple attempts to reach him.

-Jerry & Chat GPT create a reply.

-After the closing bell, Joe gives us the results of the YouTube advice he followed from Jerry.

Alternative solutions for fixing Handoff:

• Disable Handoff in System Preferences

• Open Terminal and run: rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist

• Keychain Access → delete "handoff-own-encryption-key"

• Restart in Safe Mode (hold Cmd+R to do that)

• System Prefs → Enable Handoff

• Reboot