How To Airdrop To Ipad

- with yosemite, apple has tried to make it easier for you to move files between devices. this is something we've been able to do with file sharing between macs and pcs, but now we have the option to move files

How To Airdrop To Ipad, between macs and iphones, ipads and ipod touches that are running ios 8. the means for doing this is airdrop and this is how it works.

on your ios device running ios 8 or later swipe up from the bottom of the screen, you'll see an airdrop entry so tap on that and you'll see three options: "off", "contacts only" and "everyone". "off" means, of course, that this device will be invisible to others using airdrop. if someone who you've added as a contact on your ios device would like to transfer a file,

they can when you select "contacts only". and then, the "everyone" option lets anyone use it. we're gonna choose "everyone". now, let's move to the mac. on your mac open a finder window and select airdrop. anyone around you using the same wifi network that has airdrop enabled for everyone, or if you're in their contacts, will appear.

to copy a file from the mac to the device just drag the file on top of their icon, and let's move this picture over here to my ipad. they'll be asked if they want to accept or decline the transfer. when they accept, the file is copied to their device. to go in the other direction, from ios device to mac, select airdrop on the mac and configure

the "allow me to be discovered by" menu. now, for this to work i have to keep this window open as that tells others that i'm open to an airdrop transfer. on the ios device choose the file that you wanna transfer, so i'll choose this image here, and then tap on the share menu, and you should see the person

that you wish to transfer the file to. tap on their image and the file will transfer without them been asked for permission. the fact that they've opened the airdrop window is permission in itself. and the received file will appear in their downloads folder. and here it is.

and that's how to use airdrop to move files between your mac and ios devices.