A new MacBook came with something called AirDrop and worked between many MacBooks such as MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Can I also use AirDrop to exchange data between Macs and iOS devices?
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7Downvoting without a comment is bad.– hhhMar 5, 2013 at 5:03
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3+1 to balance out unwarranted down vote without comment.– Global nomadMar 5, 2013 at 5:47
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2The key issue here are the two questions bundled into one: a) is AirDrop supported in iOS? b) what alternatives exist for wireless data exchange between OS X and iOS devices. As a) is answered below, I've edited the question accordingly. You may find stuff relating to b) on this site, otherwise please ask a new question.– nohillside ♦Mar 5, 2013 at 6:02
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1This is very disappointing. Not being able to use this great feature with an iphone or iPad seems counter-intutitive and goes against the ease-of-use and everything-just-works philosophy that made Apple what it is today. This is something that should just work—worse even; seems it was designed not to work to force us on to the cloud where we would have to send more money Apple's way.– user45561Mar 19, 2013 at 19:30
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2Obligatory "this never would have happened if Steve Jobs were still alive."– Dan JMay 30, 2013 at 17:32
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You cannot use AirDrop with iOS devices. It is a feature that is exclusive to supported Macs (and unsupported Macs through a hack, as you've pointed out).
If you are interested in sharing files with your iOS devices, I recommend a solution such as SugarSync or DropBox, or a Wi-Fi tool such as Instashare.
Apple intends for you and developers to use iCloud to get documents from PC to iOS, but it's not widespread yet and perhaps ever.
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...third-party services: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/84323/… and my edit.– hhhMar 5, 2013 at 12:16
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According to apple.com/ios/whats-new: "AirDrop is available on iPhone 5 or later, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires an iCloud account."– TuesdayDec 24, 2013 at 19:38
Looks like iOS 7 is going to have AirDrop as the new UI has an icon for AirDrop right next to the icon for AirPlay.
It has been announced that starting with OS X 10.10, Airdrop will interoperate between OS X and iOS.
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does this also require iOS 8, or will iOS 7 Airdrop work with Mac OS 10.10? Jun 2, 2014 at 22:44
Just update after IOS7 release. Looks like the link between airdrop from supported IOS7 devices to supported OSX Mountain Lion is not working. Probably something that should/will be completed with release Mavericks.
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I think everyone hope so: Apple is shooting itself to leg if it turns away from Steve Jobs' insistence on compability/consistence/easy-usage. It is driving people crazy that they are naming things "airdrop" but different "airdrops" not compatible yet, hope soon! +1– hhhSep 25, 2013 at 21:28
The best choice to share with macs, Windows, Linux, NAS servers, FTP, Dropbox, Google Drive,Time Capsule, etc is Quick Explorer.
I used instashare before and its similiar to airdrop but it works only with pictures (not bad, but not enough ) If you want to share andy file, mp3, wav, video, doc, pdf, and otherwise file formats Quick Explorer is the best choice. I've found that it's the best tool for this purpose as it handles different file types and platforms.
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Welcome to the site! People visiting this site would like to know if you're in some way affiliated with the people behind the product.– AlexMay 31, 2013 at 9:26
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I suspect the poster is referring to this: linkusnow.com/quickexplorer/index.php– ScotMay 31, 2013 at 17:52