Read the fine print below the title and you'll understand that this setting keeps the Pushbullet icon in your Mac's menu bar when the app is closed. You'll also need to enable both settings - iOS to Mac Notifications and Universal Copy & Paste - on the iOS app to begin using both features.īefore we end our tour of Preferences, we must discuss the poorly titled Enable Pushbullet Notifications setting. You can also enable Universal Copy & Paste, which lets you copy text or a link from one device and then paste it in the other, whether you are using the Pushbullet app or not. This setting seems to be a leftover from the PC app you'll need to check the box for iOS to Mac Notifications to start receiving your iPhone's notifications on your Mac. In Preferences for the Mac app, you'll find one of four check boxes is checked: Show my phone's notifications.

After you install the apps, you'll need to sign in to each via Facebook or Google. I installed the Mac app on my old MacBook Pro and the iOS app on my iPhone and was up and running in no time. There is also a Pushbullet extension for Safari, which you can grab here. To get going, you'll need the Pushbullet Mac app and the universal iOS app. Pushbullet started as an app that brought Android devices and PCs together, and now it lets Apple devices communicate with one another. With the new Pushbullet Mac app, however, I can enjoy some of the continuity Apple has delivered to owners of newer Macs with Bluetooth 4.0. My aging MacBook Pro has lost some of its giddyup, and its brand of Bluetooth precludes me from using new features such as Handoff. I use a MacBook Pro from early 2011 as I eagerly await Intel's Broadwell processors to arrive later this year for the next MacBook Pro refresh.

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