With Yosemite , Apple has tried to make it easier for you to move files between gadget . This is something we ’ve been capable to do with File Sharing between Macs and microcomputer , but now we have the option to move file between Macs and iPhones , iPads , and iPod touches running iOS 8 . The mean value for doing this is AirDrop and this is how it work .

On your iOS equipment running iOS 8 or later on , swipe up from the bottom of the screen . You ’ll see an AirDrop incoming . Tap on it and you have three options — Off , Contacts Only , andEveryone . Offmeans , of course , that this machine will be inconspicuous to others using AirDrop . If someone who ’ve you added as a contact on your iOS gimmick would like to transfer a Indian file , they can when you selectContacts Only . And theEveryoneoption let anyone use it . We ’ll chooseEveryone . Now allow ’s move to the Mac .

On your Mac , open a Finder windowpane and selectAirDrop . Anyone around you using the same Wi - Fi connection that has AirDrop enabled for Everyone ( or if you ’re in their contacts ) will come out . To imitate a file from the Mac to the machine , just trail the file on top of their picture . The recipient will be ask if they desire to swallow or decline the transfer . When they take , the file is re-create to their gimmick .

To go in the other direction — from iOS gimmick to Mac — select AirDrop on the Mac and configure theAllow me to be discovered byoption . I ’ll chooseEveryone . For this to work out I must keep this windowpane open as that tells others that I ’m undefended to an AirDrop transfer .

On the iOS gimmick , choose a file that you want to transfer , rap on the portion menu , and you should see the person or machine you wish to shift the file to . Tap on their range and the file will commence to transplant . The someone receive the file can pick out to hold open or get to the file , worsen it , or write it . The pick up filing cabinet will come along in the Mac ’s Downloads brochure .

And that ’s all there is to it — using AirDrop to copy files between a Mac and iOS machine .

For more helpful tutorial , visit our Macworld Video page .