Wherein I gush about the interconnectivity of Yosemite and iOS 8

(And yes, I've also suddenly realized I live in the 21st century; why do you ask?)

Like it says. Skimming some articles on iMore and they were talking about the Notes app. And just realized that I was doing what I needed for notes, but doing it in Pages, which is silly and far less convenient. So now I just put the hundred little notes I had scattered around Pages into Notes, and...yeah, that DOES seem more organized, doesn't it?

I realize that I'm a bit slow. Though I think a lot of my "adventures" with modernity is happening because now that I have a Mac (as of, literally, little more than 9 days), I can sync these things more easily between the iPad and my Mac. When I had my Windows machine (and after trying to use iCloud for some things, which was a disaster) I just assumed a desktop and tablet would never sync up well. And now that's not true.

Just now discovered that my bookmarks and such in Safari can be synced to my iPad. What a great day! Also, I feel like I'm playing catch-up! And here I thought I was somewhat tech savvy.

In particular, the collaboration between Yosemite and iOS 8 is absolutely marvelous. In addition to the iCloud syncing of notes, bookmarks, dates and all that, the latest version brought Handoff and Continuity and Instant Hotspot.

While I can never remember which one is which, Handoff and Continuity are two features I didn't think would be a big deal when I read about them that have turned into a HUGE DEAL for me as an information worker. I can start writing a note or answering email on one device, realise I need to switch to the other one for whatever reason, and pick up EXACTLY where I left off. It's exceptionally handy.

And don't even get me started on how life-changing the ability to make a receive phone calls and SMS texts on my Mac has been! It's one of those things you wonder why they didn't do this years ago!

chas_m said:

In particular, the collaboration between Yosemite and iOS 8 is absolutely marvelous. In addition to the iCloud syncing of notes, bookmarks, dates and all that, the latest version brought Handoff and Continuity and Instant Hotspot.

While I can never remember which one is which, Handoff and Continuity are two features I didn't think would be a big deal when I read about them that have turned into a HUGE DEAL for me as an information worker. I can start writing a note or answering email on one device, realise I need to switch to the other one for whatever reason, and pick up EXACTLY where I left off. It's exceptionally handy.

And don't even get me started on how life-changing the ability to make a receive phone calls and SMS texts on my Mac has been! It's one of those things you wonder why they didn't do this years ago!

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Totally, absolutely agree. Funny thing you said, about answering calls and the like. Yesterday I was monkeying around with things, as I mentioned, and I put my mom's number in the Mac contact thingy (another thing of beauty - I can finally save email addressed phone numbers in the same place! Android wanted to do this too, but without an equivalent on the PC, I didn't do it; now, no impediment).

Accidentally clicked something and it was Face Timing her! I ended the call, then she called back! I hastily picked up my iPad to answer (I don't have a mic on my computer right now...or is there one in the Mac Mini?) and was able to receive the call on my iPad through Face Time. Truly awesome (mom and I haven't spoken in a while, as I live outside the US, so we have to plan calls accordingly).

I mentioned the need for something like Handoff and Continuity some time ago in the forum. It was very frustrating to start reading a series of threads on one device and not be able to pick up right where I left off on the other device.