Go back to your iPhone, first select the photo (or any other content) you want to send to your Mac, and tap the share icon in the lower left side, which looks like a box with an arrow coming out of it, as the image shown below. Give it a few seconds, you'll hopefully see the iPhone (and other devices that're using AirDrop) you wish to share with listed on the right blank area.

Now your Mac will begin searching for nearby users that are using AirDrop. On your Mac, you can either open a Finder Window and select AirDrop which listed as an option on the left sidebar, or go to the Finder top menu, and click Go > AirDrop. We recommend setting AirDrop to Everyone option so that you can leave aside the situation of someone who isn't in your Contacts app. Everyone lets any nearby iOS device or Mac in range (about 30 feet) can see your device. In the resulting menu, you'll have to choose who you want to share files with: Contacts Only or Everyone.Ĭontacts Only is just what is sound like, only the people in your Contacts app will know you're using AirDrop. You can do this easily by swiping up on the iPhone screen to bring up the Control Centre, and tapping the AirDrop: Receiving Off. Step 1: Turn on AirDrop on your iPhone and Mac The following we'll walk you through the steps of how to set up AirDrop to transfer photos from an iPhone to a Mac and vice versa, for example. Mac Pro (Early 2009 with AirPort Extreme card, or Mid 2010 or later).MacBook, MacBook Pro (Late 2008) or later.Also, you have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on. A 4th iPad or newer, an iPad mini or newerģ) If you want to share files between two Mac computers using AirDrop, unlike you do that between an iOS device and Mac, you don't need the latest and greatest hardware or OS-both Macs simply need OS X 10.7 Lion or later.You can use AirDrop on any of the following devices: Both has Wi-Fi and Bluetoolth activated, they don't need to be on a specific Wi-Fi network, though.Ģ) If you want to use AirDrop to share files from one iOS device to another, both devices must be running iOS 7 or later, and have both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled. You need to know if your device has AirDrop built in.ġ) If you want to transfer files from a iOS device to a Mac or vice versa, your iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod) need to be running iOS 7 or newer, and your Mac needs OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later installed. It offers a simple way for users to transfer files including photos, videos, notes, contacts, voice memos, Safari, passbook passes, map location among supported Mac computers and iOS devices without an Internet connection.īefore you get started, it's worth pointing out that AirDrop won't work on all Mac and iOS device. Apple AirDrop is a file-sharing tool introduced in OS X Lion 10.7 and iOS 7.

Transfer files with airdrop