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For me it’s one of the top benefits of the Apple ecosystem. The only drawback is that yes it only works most of the time. And when it doesn’t I get infuriated.

For me it’s one of the top benefits of the Apple ecosystem. The only drawback is that yes it only works most of the time. And when it doesn’t I get infuriated. Glitches happen without any change to settings or network on my side - it works now, and 5 min later doesn’t.

comprev 3y ago
Integration is the primary reason I enjoy using Apple ecosystem. My phone, laptop, tablet and watch all work seamlessly together. I use most of Apple's "built in" applications like Mail, Notes, Photos, etc. with Firefox (instead of Safari) probably the only exception to that.
- devilbunny 3y ago
  It’s wonderful when it works. For reasons beyond my comprehension, the Watch unlock for my Mac only works ~10% of the time.
  - pram 3y ago
    There’s a fix for it where you remove all the unlock entries in Keychain, and then re-enable it. Only thing that worked for me long term (but it did fix it 100%) https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/fix-apple-watch-auto-unlock-mac/ https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/fix-apple-watch-auto-un...
    - devilbunny 3y ago
      I tried this yesterday. It... helped. But what I've now found is that if I escape out of the password prompt (which will turn the screen off again) and then try to unlock it a second time, the watch unlock will be triggered. I wonder if it's something about waking from sleep. (I also wonder if it would have worked before to do the same thing, but it never occurred to me to try.)
e28eta 3y ago
Some of the “not working” cases may be due to the application you’re copying from setting the items as `localOnly`, ex: from a password manager. I don’t have an explanation for other failures. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uipasteboard/optionskey/1829412-localonly https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uipasteboard...
- andrei_says_ 3y ago
  Yes it’s 1Password. I use the very old, iOS only non subscription version 7.something. But I think sometimes it works (copy from iOS paste on MacOS).
  - Ukudala 3y ago
    Wonder how many of us are out there!? Long live this app and workflow, iCloud sync ftw.
    - andrei_says_ 3y ago
      Yes, I use this app multiple times a day, each time with the added satisfaction of knowing I own the app and not a subscription. Even if my credit card expires I will still have access to my passwords.
  - e28eta 3y ago
    I’m on the same version of 1password, probably for similar reasons. In their iOS app, there’s an entry in Settings -> Security -> Allow Universal Clipboard which lets you opt-in to passwords through the clipboard. I suspect there’s something similar on macOS.

comprev 3y ago

Integration is the primary reason I enjoy using Apple ecosystem. My phone, laptop, tablet and watch all work seamlessly together. I use most of Apple's "built in" applications like Mail, Notes, Photos, etc. with Firefox (instead of Safari) probably the only exception to that.

devilbunny 3y ago
It’s wonderful when it works. For reasons beyond my comprehension, the Watch unlock for my Mac only works ~10% of the time.
- pram 3y ago
  There’s a fix for it where you remove all the unlock entries in Keychain, and then re-enable it. Only thing that worked for me long term (but it did fix it 100%) https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/fix-apple-watch-auto-unlock-mac/ https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/fix-apple-watch-auto-un...
  - devilbunny 3y ago
    I tried this yesterday. It... helped. But what I've now found is that if I escape out of the password prompt (which will turn the screen off again) and then try to unlock it a second time, the watch unlock will be triggered. I wonder if it's something about waking from sleep. (I also wonder if it would have worked before to do the same thing, but it never occurred to me to try.)

e28eta 3y ago

Some of the “not working” cases may be due to the application you’re copying from setting the items as `localOnly`, ex: from a password manager. I don’t have an explanation for other failures. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uipasteboard/optionskey/1829412-localonly https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uipasteboard...

andrei_says_ 3y ago
Yes it’s 1Password. I use the very old, iOS only non subscription version 7.something. But I think sometimes it works (copy from iOS paste on MacOS).
- Ukudala 3y ago
  Wonder how many of us are out there!? Long live this app and workflow, iCloud sync ftw.
  - andrei_says_ 3y ago
    Yes, I use this app multiple times a day, each time with the added satisfaction of knowing I own the app and not a subscription. Even if my credit card expires I will still have access to my passwords.
- e28eta 3y ago
  I’m on the same version of 1password, probably for similar reasons. In their iOS app, there’s an entry in Settings -> Security -> Allow Universal Clipboard which lets you opt-in to passwords through the clipboard. I suspect there’s something similar on macOS.