Apple's latest update to iPhones brings an update to AirDrop functionality, specifically tailored for sending files over to non-contact iPhone users.

AirDrop works across the room to make sharing files between Apple devices easy as can be. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac AirDrop, Apple’s built-in sharing feature, lets you beam pretty much ...

AirDrop is designed to be the easiest way to move files between Apple devices. You pick a file, hit Share, tap the other ...

AirDrop is a fantastic feature for sending links, pictures, photos, videos and large files that is available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It’s very safe to transfer data with AirDrop because the devices ...

Today it's easier than ever to share files and photos across devices. With Apple devices, you can use AirDrop to send files – even ones too big for email – between an iPhone, Mac, or iPad with just a ...

You can AirDrop photos as a JPG by manually converting HEIC to JPG or always saving in the JPG format. You can disable HEIC using the Most Compatible option in Camera Settings. To AirDrop an ...

One of the benefits of owning multiple Apple-branded devices is the shared experience. Photos you take on an iPhone show up on a linked Mac or iPad. You can even send text messages without picking up ...

Moving a file from one computer to another remains as big a pain today as it was decades ago when network file-sharing first became common. To move a file from Computer A (your MacBook Pro, say) to ...

Apple’s AirDrop feature first appeared in 2011 for transferring files and other kinds of information. It first worked only intra-platform: from iOS to iOS and macOS to macOS. Later versions could ...

When you need to move files quickly between two Apple devices, AirDrop is an incredibly useful tool. It started out as a Mac-to-Mac thing, and then iPhone-to-iPhone, but with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, ...

AirDrop is one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer files between macOS and iOS devices, but performing a small change in macOS can make it even simpler to start using straight away.

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