Handoff & AirDrop Not Working on MacBook Pro (Yosemite, iOS 8.1)

Hi
I'm trying to get Continuity working on my Mac but I'm not having any luck. Handoff and AirDrop are working well on my iPhone 5 and iPad Air 2 but it just won't work with the Mac.
It's a 2012 model MacBoo Pro with Retina Display running the latest version of OS X Yosemite. Both of my other devices are running iOS 8.1 and I'm logged in to my iCloud on everything. I've tried signing out if iCloud on the Mac, turning Bluetooth off and on, turning Handoff off and on again on, restarting the Mac but no luck. I'm receiving texts on the Mac and phone calls so my Mac is connected to my iPhone in some sense but that's about it.
I'm also having problems with Notification Center. I'm trying to add the Reminders widget to the Today view but whenever I add it nothing appears.
I'm unable to make any changes to my Notifications in Settings either. I use Magic Prefs and every time I start my Mac a notification pops up saying it's active so I go to settings and turn them off and when I log in again I get the same message. This didn't used to happen in OS X Mavericks so I don't know why I can't change it now (I'm guessing it's a compatibility issue but just thought I'd mention it).
Anyone got any solutions to my problems? Would really appreciate some help. Cheers

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