Then select the ‘Go’ menu in the Finder menus at the top left of your screen and look for the AirDrop option: Go to the Finder by clicking anywhere on the Desktop or by selecting the Finder icon in the far left of the Dock at the bottom of your screen. So in this blog I have written about my findings and what I’ve tried to make it work better.įirstly, make sure your Mac works with AirDrop (always a good start!) Cool huh?Īs cool as AirDrop is, many Yosemite users using a Mac made in 2012 and later, (myself included) seem to be having some difficulty discovering other AirDrop devices. So for any situation where there is no WiFi available, you can still transfer files between 2 Macs wirelessly with minimal setup.

Well, it creates a direct wireless connection between your 2 Macs WITHOUT the need for an existing WiFi network. The cool thing with OS X Yosemite (along with iOS 8), is that you can still quickly transfer files between your Mac and another nearby Mac or 2 iOS devices, but you can also now transfer files between your Mac and any iOS 8 device! When AirDrop was first released, you could share files between 2 Macs or between 2 devices running iOS (such as an iPhone and an iPad). Since Apple made some hardware and software changes over the past couple of years, sometimes AirDrop discovery and file sharing is not as easy as it can be. For today’s blog I thought I would mention some options to get the best out of AirDrop file sharing.

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