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AirDrop works pretty flawlessly if you're using an iPhone and Mac, which is fortunately + by choice my only setup / workflow.

bschwindHN 9y ago
AirDrop is fantastic, I wish every platform had it.
derefr 9y ago
Annoyingly, AirDrop works directly over wifi, meaning that you can't use it to transfer files between an iPhone (connected to router Foo via wifi) and a Mac that's 1. Ethernet-wired to the same router Foo, and 2. has no wifi support. I'm not sure if (Intel-era) Macs without wireless cards/chipsets exist outside of Hackintoshes, but they're pretty common as Hackintoshes.
- jitl 9y ago
  Well you’re using a product built with specific hardware in mind with totally different, unsupported hardware. Apple doesn’t sell any devices without WiFi.
  - DavideNL 9y ago
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=osx+airdrop+over+ethernet http://lmgtfy.com/?q=osx+airdrop+over+ethernet ;-)
- kalleboo 9y ago
  AirDrop also uses Bluetooth to detect nearby devices so you need that as well
- DavideNL 9y ago
  http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/12/05/how-to-enable-airdrop-file-transfers-between-unsupported-macs-and-over-ethernet/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/12/05/how-to-enable-airdro...
ringaroundthetx 9y ago
yopp - when you reinvent the wheel because you don't have airdrop
- josephernest 9y ago
  I'm reinventing a wheel available for any computer/phone instead of a wheel that can fit only on cars of a specific brand ;)
Gys 9y ago
For us AirDrop only works sometimes. It cannot be trusted to work. We have two ipads, two iphones, two Macs. Some new, some old. In general AirDrop only works between some devices, depending on device ages and (I guess ;-) the moon in conjugation with Apple's stock index. If it works, its only after waiting a while, switching BT off and on (maybe repeat that), meanwhile doing some praying...
smurfpandey 9y ago
or you can use ShareDrop[1]. No need to download any native app. 1. https://www.sharedrop.io https://www.sharedrop.io

bschwindHN 9y ago

AirDrop is fantastic, I wish every platform had it.

derefr 9y ago

Annoyingly, AirDrop works directly over wifi, meaning that you can't use it to transfer files between an iPhone (connected to router Foo via wifi) and a Mac that's 1. Ethernet-wired to the same router Foo, and 2. has no wifi support. I'm not sure if (Intel-era) Macs without wireless cards/chipsets exist outside of Hackintoshes, but they're pretty common as Hackintoshes.

jitl 9y ago
Well you’re using a product built with specific hardware in mind with totally different, unsupported hardware. Apple doesn’t sell any devices without WiFi.
- DavideNL 9y ago
  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=osx+airdrop+over+ethernet http://lmgtfy.com/?q=osx+airdrop+over+ethernet ;-)
kalleboo 9y ago
AirDrop also uses Bluetooth to detect nearby devices so you need that as well
DavideNL 9y ago
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/12/05/how-to-enable-airdrop-file-transfers-between-unsupported-macs-and-over-ethernet/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/12/05/how-to-enable-airdro...

ringaroundthetx 9y ago

yopp - when you reinvent the wheel because you don't have airdrop

josephernest 9y ago
I'm reinventing a wheel available for any computer/phone instead of a wheel that can fit only on cars of a specific brand ;)

Gys 9y ago

For us AirDrop only works sometimes. It cannot be trusted to work. We have two ipads, two iphones, two Macs. Some new, some old. In general AirDrop only works between some devices, depending on device ages and (I guess ;-) the moon in conjugation with Apple's stock index. If it works, its only after waiting a while, switching BT off and on (maybe repeat that), meanwhile doing some praying...

smurfpandey 9y ago

or you can use ShareDrop[1]. No need to download any native app. 1. https://www.sharedrop.io https://www.sharedrop.io