Hi Michael,

I thought I had already explained in my previous reply?

To add to my previous explanation of 'Handoff'.
"Handoff let's you start something on one device and instantly pick it up on 
other devices using your iCloud account. The app you need appears in the lock 
screen, app switcher, and the Dock on a Mac"

Handoff has been around before macOS Sierra & iOS 10, but it seems to work 
better in the current updates.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 29 Sep. 2016, at 9:27 pm, Michael Hawkins 
> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ronni,
> 
> What's the difference in result between hand-off and emailing to yourself, 
> what ever you're working on?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 29 Sep. 2016, at 8:00 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Graham & Michael,
>> 
>> You DON’T have to use "iCloud Drive" unless you want to! 
>> The first thing I do after installing a OS X update & iOS update is check 
>> that iCloud Drive is NOT ON… & turn if OFF if it is.
>> " iCloud Drive” is turned OFF on all my iDevices and computers.
>> I use iCloud but NOT “iCloud Drive”!
>> 
>> Sierra adds a new iCloud Drive feature where you can integrate your Desktop 
>> and Documents folders with iCloud Drive. 
>> New! Documents and Desktop Folder Syncing
>> Sierra adds a new iCloud Drive feature where you can integrate your Desktop 
>> and Documents folders with iCloud Drive. 
>> You may want to keep it OFF until you’ve had time to consider it’s pros and 
>> cons— 
>> —
>> Have a read of the 'iCloud Drive FAQ'
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201104>
>> 
>> Use iCloud Drive to store documents, presentations, spreadsheets, PDFs, 
>> images, you name it, on Apple’s servers. Everything you save here is 
>> immediately synced and available on other compatible Apple devices you’ve 
>> set up.
>> 
>> That means you can work on a document on your iPad and then open it later on 
>> your Mac. In many cases, you can also work with it on the iCloud.com Web 
>> site.
>> 
>> Apple’s iCloud Drive stores your files in the cloud, making it easy to 
>> access them on any of your Apple devices (or a Windows PC)—so long as the 
>> device has a fast enough Internet connection. 
>> 
>> Drag files to and from the iCloud Drive folder in your Mac’s Finder, and 
>> iCloud Drive syncs them across your devices so they’re always up to date.
>> ==============
>> Re: Sierra ——— macOS Sierra 10.12:
>> I have been running macOS Sierra 10.12 successfully on both my MacBook Pro 
>> and MacBook Air, without any problems at all.
>> But - I did follow my normal safety ‘Prepare' before upgrading any major 
>> version of OS X.
>> I updated all applications that had Sierra updates, did CCC bootable backups 
>> / Time Machine as in my Post  to WAMUG members 23 Sept. 2016 at 8:15am - 
>> Subject: Sierra
>> 
>> Prepare to upgrade:
>> 1. Make sure your computer can run Sierra.
>> 2. BACKUP! - BACKUP!
>> 3. Make sure key software is up to date, and remove clutter that could 
>> interfere with the upgrade. 
>> 4. Decide which upgrade strategy is best for you
>> etc etc etc as per my previous post.
>> 
>> I really like Sierra it is a very good upgrade. One of features I find 
>> extremely useful is ‘Handoff’
>> "Use Handoff to move seamlessly between your Apple devices. For instance, 
>> say you start to write an email message on your Mac and then have to rush 
>> out the door for work. While you wait at the train station, you can finish 
>> composing the message on your iPhone. Or, say you start reading an article 
>> in Safari on your iPad and then want to finish on your iMac at the office. 
>> Handoff lets you pick up where you left off when using Calendar, Contacts, 
>> Keynote, Mail, Maps, Messages, Notes, Numbers, Pages, Reminders, Safari, and 
>> some third-party apps in Sierra and iOS 10”
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>> 
>> macOS Sierra 10.12
>> 
>>> On 29 Sep. 2016, at 1:18 pm, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’ve upgraded to Sierra and all of my data in my previous “Documents” 
>>> folder previously on my hard drive (in Finder under Documents”) is now only 
>>> available in iCloud (where there is now a “Documents” folder). There is no 
>>> longer a “Documents” folder listed anywhere on my hard drive. 
>>> 
>>> I’ve gone to System Preferences - iCloud and see that I can change that 
>>> scenario (under Options). 
>>> 
>>> What I can’t figure out is that at the bottom of that Options box it states 
>>> that “The full contents of iCloud Drive will be stored on this Mac if you 
>>> have enough space. Older documents will be stored only in iCloud when space 
>>> is needed.”
>>> 
>>> I have more than enough space on my hard drive. 
>>> 
>>> In the Finder menu, when I select  “Go” for “Documents” - it shows the 
>>> documents in the iCloud section. 
>>> 
>>> My question is: where in Finder do I find all of my documents on my hard 
>>> drive? Where are they “stored”?
>>> 
>>> Any views/recommendations about allowing all documents to be stored only on 
>>> iCloud under this new regime would be appreciated. What and the hell 
>>> happens when iCloud bombs out/is hacked etc etc? And if I use this iCloud 
>>> method of saving all my data previously stored on the hard drive under the 
>>> “Documents” folder, what work is my local Time Machine able to do by way of 
>>> backing up (and/or other external drives that I use for backup backups for 
>>> that matter). 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Graham Rabe 
>>> 
>>> iMac late 2012
>>> macOS Sierra 10.12
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