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The new messaging capabilities built into OS X Yosemite make your Mac even more useful
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for day-to-day communication. Now you can send SMS text messages and make phone calls from your Mac, which is super
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helpful if you're forgetful like I am and leave your iPhone in another room
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Today I'm going to show you how to set up continuity. So let's get started
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Firstly, I want to point out that this doesn't work with every Mac with Yosemite installed
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You can check if your Mac is compatible by clicking on the Apple icon at the top left
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going to About This Mac, then System Report. And under Bluetooth, there will be a hand-off section which will inform you if your Mac
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will work with hand-off. Once you've made sure that your Mac is compatible, we need to check that both our iPhone and
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our Mac are on the same Wi-Fi network, and that the Bluetooth on both devices is also
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switched on. To enable hand-off on your Mac, go to System Preferences, then General, and enable Allow hand-off
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Also, check that it has been enabled on your iPhone by going to Settings, then General
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Hand-off and Suggested Apps, and again make sure it's enabled there. Once all that is done, you're ready to make phone calls and text on your Mac
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To make a phone call, just go to the FaceTime app and type in a name, phone number or email
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of who you'd like to call, and click on the phone icon
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You will know the Mac is using your iPhone by using the heading, and off you go
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If you're familiar with messages on a Mac, then there's nothing extra you need to do
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to send an SMS message to a non-iPhone user. Simply type in their name or number, and off you go
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Their name at the top will change to green when you hover over it if you're using SMS
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to message them, or blue if they're using iMessage. You can also alter any of your message settings on your iPhone by going to Settings and choosing Messages
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Here you can control whether you want to use iMessage or not, decide which numbers to block, how long to store messages, and so much more
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So there you have it, a really quick masterclass for messages on iOS and OS X Yosemite
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If you've got any questions, let me know in the comments down below and I'll try and help
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