# Airdrop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893 "2020-04-02T16:32:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893/1 "2020-04-02T16:32:01Z")

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There are things I don’t use until I need them. Today it’s Airdrop.

I shot a 10-second video of the snow this morning. At 20 MB, it’s too big to email. I tried Airdrop. I tapped the icon for my MacBook, saw that the iPhone said ‘Sent’, opened the Airdrop in Finder, and… nothing.

I used to be able to connect my iPhone as an external device to my older MacBook Pro and save whatever I wanted. The new one doesn’t let me do that; so I have to email things to myself. I did get the video onto my computer by uploading it to Facebook and downloading it from there, but Airdrop would be better… if I can figure out how to work it.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893/2 "2020-04-02T16:44:30Z")

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It should end up in your “Downloads” folder

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893/3 "2020-04-02T16:48:10Z")

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And, you should be able to plug your phone into your computer, go to Photos, and import everything…

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893/4 "2020-04-02T17:13:46Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> It should end up in your “Downloads” folder

Thanks!