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On Mac, You can establish a thunderbolt-bridge network connection and then share files. But it's not automatic. You gotta do it manually https://support.apple.
by acchow 2y ago
On Mac, You can establish a thunderbolt-bridge network connection and then share files.
But it's not automatic. You gotta do it manually
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/ip-thunderbolt-connect-mac-computers-mchld53dd2f5/mac#:~:text=To%20transfer%20files%20between%20the,connection%20option%2C%20then%20click%20Connect https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/ip-thunderbolt-conn....
I would have expected airdrop to automatically switch to thunderbolt if such a connection exists, but it doesn't.
- jasomill 2y agoUnless something has changed in recent macOS versions, by default: 1. Thunderbolt Bridge exists and is enabled. 2. All active (enabled, connected) interfaces get link-local IPv6 addresses. 3. All active interfaces without static or DHCP-assigned IPv4 addresses get link-local IPv4 addresses. 3. Multicast DNS (Bonjour) is enabled. So basic networking should be automatic, though no file sharing services are enabled by default.
- acchow 2y agoThat's great! I wonder when they will automatically switch Airdrop over to thunderbolt when one is available.
- zbrozek 2y agoI'd like to do this with actual universal serial bus (USB), not peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) on a universal serial bus connector.