cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat's the best way to transfer simple text between iPhone and Mac without all the continuity and security issues?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down17
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the best way to transfer simple text between iPhone and Mac without all the continuity and security issues?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squaremkwarman@lemmy.mkwarman.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI have found that the Universal Clipboard works well for me
minus-squareinvestorsexchange@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAlso, if you are logged in to iCloud and you copy text on your iPhone, you can paste it on your Mac. And vice versa.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI don’t allow iCloud or iMessage on my Mac. They are just to problematic for me in that context.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoCan you send an imessage to yourself?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t use iMessage on any of my devices.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoDoes that require iCloud? I won’t use iCloud on my Mac :(
minus-squaremkwarman@lemmy.mkwarman.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYes. It would be a security issue without iCloud, as there would be no way to prevent an unauthorized party from accessing clipboard contents
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI can do Airplay/Screen mirrorin/AirDrop between like 4/5 different devices without iCloud, I don’t think that’s so much an issue if my analogy here is relevant to the points you raised
I have found that the Universal Clipboard works well for me
Also, if you are logged in to iCloud and you copy text on your iPhone, you can paste it on your Mac. And vice versa.
I don’t allow iCloud or iMessage on my Mac. They are just to problematic for me in that context.
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Can you send an imessage to yourself?
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I don’t use iMessage on any of my devices.
Does that require iCloud? I won’t use iCloud on my Mac :(
Yes. It would be a security issue without iCloud, as there would be no way to prevent an unauthorized party from accessing clipboard contents
I can do Airplay/Screen mirrorin/AirDrop between like 4/5 different devices without iCloud, I don’t think that’s so much an issue if my analogy here is relevant to the points you raised