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# Yosemite Instant Handoff
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/yosemite-handoff/
- Published: 2014-10-17T06:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-17T06:13:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

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Mac OS X Yosemite, or OS X 10.10 for those who like the number 10, brings some pretty deep integrations with Apple's iOS 8 devices. Among its many great features, I'm really enjoying Instant Hotspot. My Comcast service is a little spotty, so it's always been nice to use my phone has a backup data connection\[^1\]. That used to be a bit of a hassle that included a bunch of taps each time. Now my Mac can see my iPhone is close and does all the hard work for me.

What used to be a pain is now almost painless. Isn't that exactly what advances in computing are supposed to do?

*EDIT: I had forgotten that I'm running the 8.1 beta. This feature will not work quite as I wrote above until Monday when it is released to the general public.*

\[^1\]: Unlimited data on T-Mobile is pretty great.