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AirDrop Photos and Videos from the iPhone to the Mac

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to demonstrate how to share media files on the iPhone with your Mac using Airdrop.

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On the iPhone, tap on the Camera application
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Tap on the photo square in the lower-left corner
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Tap on the icon in the bottom-left corner to share the media file
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Tap extra media files on top that you want to share
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In this tutorial, we will share two videos.

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Tap on the AirDrop icon to the left
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In this video, the Macbook Pro will be shown.
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Click Finder on the PC
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Click "AirDrop" in Finder
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We will see the iPhone in the Finder "AirDrop" section.
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Tap on the AirDrop device on the phone
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In this video, we tap on "Michael". The files will be sent from iPhone to the computer.

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Once the files are marked as "Sent" in the AirDrop section of the iPhone, click the "Downloads" folder in Finder on the Mac
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Sort the files by "Date Modified"
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The sent files will appear at the top as the most recently modified files.
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That was how to share video and photo files with the Mac using the AirDrop function on the iPhone. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the space below. Thank you for watching!