On Mac: Make sure AirDrop is turned on Mac. Check the 'Allow me to be discovered by' setting at the bottom of the AirDrop window. If your AirDrop is set to receive content from Contacts Only, both devices must be signed in to iCloud, and the email address or phone number associated with the sender's Apple ID must be in the Contacts app of your Mac. So the AirDrop for Mac is no longer an exception to it. It is one of the most popular file-sharing apps that more or less every iPhone user use. As a result, they can enjoy this app a lot and transfer more and more. I wanted to change the default folder, but there does not appear to be a builtin way to do it. Therefore, I wrote an automator action that can be used in a folder action on your downloads folder. For example, I have one set to move any airdropped files to my Desktop. There is a binary for download.
AirDrop has been available on Mac and iOS for years, and it has quickly become one of the most used features on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Basically, AirDrop allows you to easily and quickly transfer pictures, movies, documents and anything else between iOS and MacOS. However, you may be wondering where you can locate AirDrop files on your iPhone or Mac.
In this guide, we will show you where AirDrop files are located and how you can access them on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Before we begin, make sure that you have received an AirDrop file from your friends or someone else to be able to hunt down where it is located. If you want to do it yourself, all you need to do is to AirDrop a file to your device from another device. Assuming that you have met the requirements, let's proceed with our step-by-step guide.
Steps to locate AirDrop files on your Mac
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Process of moving files using AirDrop between Macs is pretty simple, but process of locating them is a little bit difficult. Here is how you can do this
Step one: Once you have received a file via AirDrop on your Mac, you need to access Downloads folder on your device
Step two: To access Download folder on your Mac, all you need to do is to head to the Dock and click on Download folder.
If you have removed Download folder from the Dock, you can find it in the Finder menu by simply pulling down the 'Go' menu and select 'Downloads'
Note that using the above-mentioned process allows you to locate all file types transferred by AirDrop to your Mac such as documents, photos, texts and presentations
Steps to locate AirDrop files on your iPhone and iPad
AirDrop files head to different locations on your iPhone and iPad depending the file type you have received. The process of locating all of them may be a little different. With that in mind, we will show you how
If you have received photos, videos, images, and videos via AirDrop, if you wish to find all of them, the best and easiest way is to go to the Camera roll in the Photos app
If you have received other files like PDF, doc file, text, etc, you will be presented with the options to choose where you want to store the file such as iBooks, iTunes and Chrome.
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