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Definition: Apple Handoff


A technology that allows users to start an application in a Mac and pick it up on their mobile device and vice versa. Starting with the mobile iOS 8 and desktop OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) versions of Apple's operating systems, Handoff requires that both devices be signed into the same iCloud account. Also called "liquid computing." See iCloud.