AirDrop, an essential tool for those of us who move daily between Apple devices, holds a little secret: the wireless file transfer protocol also works via a wired connection. This feature, which has been available for some time, is recently attracting attention again on social networks. Let's see how to take advantage of the high speed provided by a wired connection when using AirDrop.
As easy as AirDrop, but through a cable
Besides expanding the situations in which we can use AirDrop, the wired system also offers us significantly higher transfer speeds and, above all, greater stability in connections and transfers. This is something we will greatly notice if we need to transfer a large number of items and without a doubt makes the system even more versatile.
The option to use AirDrop through a wired connection has been present since iOS 17 and the launch of the iPhone 15 Pro. To make the most of this feature, we will need a USB-C connection of generation 3.2 or later, which allows transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbit per second.
Now, how to use AirDrop over cable? Very easy. Simply connect our iPhone or iPad to our Mac via a USB-C cable. Then, after touching, if requested, Trust the device on both the iPhone or iPad and the Mac, we simply select the file or files to transfer, choose AirDrop, and start the transfer. The experience will be the same, with the only difference that under the title of AirDrop, we will see the message "Using wired connection".
The possibility of using AirDrop through a cable is clearly interesting. A detail that we may have overlooked, but that can greatly simplify file transfer in various circumstances. And all we have to do is initiate an AirDrop transfer as we would normally while keeping the cable plugged in.
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