Security flaw in AirDrop can reveal your phone number
A recently discovered security flaw in the AirDrop feature in iOS devices can make it possible for nefarious individuals to see a phone number without permission.
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How to AirDrop passwords between nearby iPhone, iPad and Mac devices
iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave have brought out a new feature where you wirelessly beam a saved website or app password to a nearby iPhone, iPad or Mac using the secure AirDrop protocol. iDownloadBlog shows you how.
How to adjust your AirDrop visibility and receiving options through Control Center
In this simple step-by-step tutorial, we’re going to teach you how to quickly adjust your AirDrop visibility options through the Control Center overlay of your iPhone or iPad.
SilentAir makes the AirDrop receiving pop-up less intrusive
Apple could have done so much better with the AirDrop receiving interface in iOS. Fortunately, SilentAir makes it a bit less intrusive.
How to add an AirDrop shortcut to the Mac Dock for quicker access
To make it even easier to move files back and forth between macOS and iOS, you should add an AirDrop shortcut to your Mac Dock. Here’s how to do it.
iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave let you AirDrop saved website and app passwords
A subtle yet important improvement in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave permits users to send saved passwords wirelessly between different iPhone, iPad and Mac devices via AirDrop.
AirDrop Remover nixes the AirDrop button from iOS Share Sheets
AirDrop is a very convenient way to send and receive files between iOS devices and Macs; on the other hand, not everyone uses it. While you can easily disable AirDrop, the feature still clutters your interfaces whether it’s disabled or not.
Those with a jailbreak can hide AirDrop from their device entirely, and a new free jailbreak tweak called AirDrop Disabler by Justin Petkovic aides in this process by removing AirDrop from your Share Sheets.
How to change the default AirDrop destination folder on Mac
Did you know you can designate a specific folder for AirDrop files to be saved to, just as you can for your Safari downloads? Although macOS does not allow you to do this out of the box, this guide will show you how to change the default location of files you send via AirDrop on a Mac.
How and where to share faster with AirDrop
In the absence of reliable figures from Apple, it is not much more than conjecture to say that AirDrop is likely a feature often neglected by the average iOS user. The gut feeling persists though, simply based on day to day observations, and it is a tenable position to take until proven wrong by Cupertino or another reputable source. The file transfer protocol is indeed handy for the transfer of heavier media files (e.g. videos, photo albums), but often only becomes relevant to us when we for example have upgraded to a new device.
Next to sheer transmission speed however, there are other notable areas where AirDrop has the clear edge when it comes to sharing all kinds of material from your iPhone. The AirDrop icon has now fully permeated the sharing tab in iOS 10’s user interface and that is for a good reason: it is without fail going to be more nimble than iMessage, Mail or other contenders, often actually skipping steps that would throttle the process elsewhere. Such being the case, here are some unique scenarios where AirDrop excels on your iPhone and why you should try to embrace the feature more regularly.
How to enable AirDrop file transfers between unsupported Macs and over Ethernet
The AirDrop file transfer protocol, introduced with Mac OS X Lion and iOS 7, is a fast and convenient way to transfer files between Apple devices. The current version of the service is interoperable between iOS and macOS, but requires both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to be active in order to work. It also requires Mac OS X Yosemite or newer and a hardware model from 2012 or later.
However, the version of AirDrop that shipped as standard with OS X between 10.7 (Lion) and 10.9 (Mavericks), whilst unable to send files to iOS devices, works without Bluetooth and on Mac models going back as far as 2008. Luckily, alongside the newer version, this legacy mode is still included on all Mac models to date, and as this guide will show, can be modified to have an even broader functionality.
AirDrop not working? Try these troubleshooting tips
AirDrop, a peer-to-peer technology for wireless content exchange across iOS and OS X devices, is universally panned as one of those features that don’t “just work”.
But things are not that simple. As it turns out, more often than not AirDrop issues that people encounter can be resolved quite easily. That’s why you shouldn’t give up on AirDrop yet in case it’s acting up. There’s most likely a good explanation, and an easy solution, for the AirDrop hiccups you’ve been experiencing.
AirDrop can save you a ton of time so here’s hoping that our troubleshooting tips will persuade you to give this really, really cool feature another chance. If AirDrop is not working properly for you, read on to find out how you can do some basic troubleshooting.
Check out Snapdrop, a web-based clone of Apple’s AirDrop
The easiest way to share content between your Mac and an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad is AirDrop, a device-to-device wireless transfer technology built into the bowels of iOS and OS X. But when you want to transfer files between Apple devices and other platforms, AirDrop isn’t very helpfu.
AirDrop, as you know, is limited to iOS and OS X and doesn’t work on Android, Windows or other operating systems and computing platforms. Enter Snapdrop, an interesting web-based HTML5 clone of AirDrop by German developer Robin Linus.
Billed as the easiest way to transfer files across different devices, Snapdrop runs in a web browser and doesn’t require you to install any special software. But does it work as advertised? Read on to find out.
