Handoff and Snooze to Desktop

Apps & devices

Handoff lets you start reading an email on your iPhone or iPad and carry on from the same place on your Mac, or the other way round. Snooze to Desktop hides an email from your phone until you're next using Newton on your computer.

Steps

Handoff (iPhone or iPad and Mac)

  1. Make sure both devices are signed in to the same Apple Account, with Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth and Handoff turned on.
  2. Add the same email account to Newton on both devices.
  3. Open a conversation in Newton on one device.
  4. On your Mac, click the Newton icon that appears in the Dock. On your iPhone or iPad, open the App Switcher and tap the Newton banner at the bottom.

The same conversation opens on the other device.

Snooze to Desktop (on your phone)

  1. Touch and hold an email in the list, then tap Snooze.
  2. Tap Desktop (Next time you're there).
  3. The email leaves your inbox on every device. It comes back at the top of your inbox the next time you use Newton on your computer.

If you haven't signed in to Newton on a computer yet, you see Get Newton for desktop instead. Tap Share link to send yourself the download link.

Good to know

  • Handoff works only between Apple devices. Snooze to Desktop works with Newton on Mac, Windows and Linux.
  • You choose Snooze to Desktop on your phone. The snooze menu on your computer doesn't offer it.
  • The email comes back when Newton's window is in front and you're using the computer, not while the screen is locked or the computer is idle.
  • Like any snooze, it only applies in Newton. Gmail or Outlook on the web still show the email in your inbox.