macOS: Universal Clipboard stopped working between Mac and other devices: How to fix!
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Today is a short one.
If your Mac and iPhone are no longer sharing their clipboard contents, preventing you from copying and pasting the contents of your Mac onto your iPhone or vice versa, this Terminal command will fix the problem.
Open Terminal, run this command. It should be immediately fixed:
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled 1
This will update the value of the ClipboardSharingEnabled key from 0 to 1. 0 = Not Enabled 1 = Enabled
This can happen as a result of an Apple Account password change. Should you still have problems, then check that:
- WiFi and Bluetooth are enabled on both devices
- That Handoff is enabled on your devices
- You are signed in with the same Apple Account on both devices