One of Apple’s ‘magic moment’ features kept failing, then I found the fix
Published on: 2025-04-24 18:42:36
One of the best things about Apple products is how well they tend to work together. Various ‘continuity’ features create magic moments and a seamless experience. Recently I was having reliability issues with one such feature, though: Universal Clipboard. Here’s what went wrong, and the simple fix.
Universal Clipboard troubles were solved by one habit change
Universal Clipboard is the kind of feature that, as a long-time Apple user, it’s hard to imagine not having anymore.
Here’s what it does, per Apple:
You can use a feature called Universal Clipboard to copy content from one of your Apple devices and paste it on another. For example, you can copy text on your iPad and paste it into a note on your iPhone, or copy an image from a Safari webpage on your iPhone and paste it into an email message on your Mac.
The continuity feature debuted in iOS 10 all the way back in 2016. I’d say in the early days its reliability wasn’t the best, but it improved over time.
Recently though, I start
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