its capacity AirDrop is like no othera feeling Speed ​​and convenience only available to users with an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac. You can wirelessly send anything from photos, videos, contacts, locations to documents, websites, and anything else you can send using the Share button. This time we will see how to share content with AirDrop on Mac. It’s hard to believe it’s between an iPhone and Android, but it’s possible with this alternative.

A little history about AirDrop

This innovative file distribution and transfer system was first seen in July 2011 when Apple introduced macOS X Lion and iOS 7. Interoperability between iOS and macOS wasn’t a reality until macOS X Yosemite and later. We’re talking about three versions of macOS where AirDrop cannot communicate with the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

AirDrop presentation at WWDC 2011

The advantage of AirDrop is that there is no size limitation on filesonly the device receiving the information needs to have enough space. The first devices to officially support this were the iPhone 5, fourth-generation iPad, first-generation iPad mini, fifth-generation iPod touch, and Macs compatible with OS X Lion and later.

As an interesting fact, on devices prior to iOS 7, compatibility could be enabled via jailbreak with Cydia’s AirDrop Enabler 7.0+. After this summary of the origins of AirDrop, let’s look at how to use it on Mac.

Share content with other Apple devices with AirDrop

1. gives secondary click on the file you want to send
2. Select: Click Share and then AirDrop

Select AirDrop to share content

1. giving now click on the receiving device

AirDrop Small Menu on Mac

1. The receiving device will need to accept the file transfer. and it will be completed in a few seconds or minutes (depending on the weight of the files).

Or, if you prefer, turn on AirDrop in Finder in the Favorites sidebar. Drag the file(s) to be sent to the device(s) receiving the files.

Send files on Mac with AirDrop

Get files on your Mac

Now let’s move on to the simplest part of AirDrop, which is receiving files. To get started, simply enable AirDrop in Control Center. One will appear small window notification In the upper right corner of your screen, Confirm by clicking OK to place the files in the Downloads folder..

Enable and view AirDrop permissions in macOS Control Center

Sending and receiving is automatic when sharing files between two of your devices in AirDropso you don’t have to accept (or reject) the purchase.

I can’t see my device or they can’t see my computer to send files via AirDrop

AirDrop is not perfect, it has flaws. In this case, like any technology, it has limitations in terms of operation. Devices that will participate in sending and receiving files They should be 30 feet away (preferably less) and have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled.

Check if your AirDrop setting is set to Everyone to avoid problems. If you’re only managing Contacts, both devices must be connected to iCloud and the contacts must be registered using the phone number or email address linked to the Apple ID.

On an iPhone with iOS 17, it is possible to send content via AirDrop simply by bringing the devices closer together.