How to use AirDrop on Apple’s iPhone and iPad
by Chris Welch from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Y9MY)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple's AirDrop is a hugely convenient feature for transferring photos, videos, documents, and other files between the company's devices, including iPhones, iPads, and Macs. You can easily send something to a friend - or use AirDrop as a handy way of transferring files between your own products.
What's great about AirDrop is its simplicity. Instead of trying to clumsily share files using Dropbox, Google Drive, or some other cloud storage, it's an immediate transfer from one device to another that (in most cases) takes only seconds.
With AirDrop, Apple creates a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connection between the two devices in an AirDrop exchange. These devices communicate directly and aren't required to be using the same internet connection.
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