AirDrop
With AirDrop, you can wirelessly send documents, photos, videos, websites, map locations, and more to a nearby iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
Features
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Wireless
- Integrated into iOS
AirDrop News & Activities
Recent News
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Samsung brings AirDrop support to Quick Share on Galaxy S26Samsung is introducing AirDrop support through Quick Share on the Galaxy S26 series. The 'Share wit...
- Maoholguin published news article about Quick Share [Google]
Android users can finally share files with iPhone through AirDrop interoperabilityIn an unexpected move, Google has announced that Android users can now send and receive files nativ...
- Maoholguin published news article about iOS
EU mandates Apple to open access to iOS notifications, AirDrop & AirPlay to third partiesAfter being forced to allow sideloading of apps, third-party app stores, and the removal of core ap...
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What is AirDrop?
AirDrop is the simplest way to send files wirelessly to anyone around you. To share a file, simply drag it onto a person’s contact photo. Your Mac verifies that you want to send the file, then sends a request to the recipient. When the request is accepted, the file transfers to the person’s Downloads folder.
AirDrop doesn’t require setup or special settings; it uses peer-to-peer Wi-Fi between participating Mac computers and doesn’t require a wireless network infrastructure or base station. macOS automatically discovers other Mac computers nearby that are using AirDrop. They appear in the Finder, and AirDrop displays the users’ contact photos. When you close the Finder window or click outside AirDrop, your Mac is no longer visible to other users. AirDrop can use an Apple ID to verify the identity of the person attempting to send you a file. If senders are in your Address Book and are signed in with their Apple IDs, their names will appear below their photos in AirDrop.
AirDrop information
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Apple Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
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5 news article related to AirDropSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Incompatible by design with Android, Linux and Windows
Check out this tutorial to enable AirDrop on unsupported Macs and Hackintoshes.