Best Way To Transfer Photos Wirelesly

[truenorthstrong]

Without using iPhoto, what are the best ways to transfer photos Wirelesly from the iPhone to a certain folder in the Pictures folder on a Mac?

 

[kch50428]

iCloud sync? AirDrop?

 

[kurpaige]

Airdrop works most of the time and doesn't seem to have a size or file limit. I transfered a lot of videos that came out to be over 3gb with no problems

 

[HAWK]

I always use airdrop

 

[truenorthstrong]

Okay, how does airdrop actually work. I believe the transfer is done not by wifi but bluetooth? Can I select which folders I want the pictures to airdrop to on my mac? Does it take a long time to transfer? I'm talking about 10-15 pictures and is it a full resolution transfer.

Thanks

 

[HankAZ]

Okay, how does airdrop actually work. I believe the transfer is done not by wifi but bluetooth? Can I select which folders I want the pictures to airdrop to on my mac? Does it take a long time to transfer? I'm talking about 10-15 pictures and is it a full resolution transfer.

Thanks

1, It uses Bluetooth LE
2. Mine go into the Downloads folder
3. Not sure what you consider a 'long time' - IMO, no
4. Yes, full res transfers


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[BreakingKayfabe]

I just AirDropped 20 pics at once from a MacBook Pro to iPad Air 2 and it literally took 3 seconds

 

[ajl]

AirDrop is good. Are you referring to something like Dropbox? You could designate a folder for that.


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[truenorthstrong]

Perfect...I'll to play around with air drop

 

[truenorthstrong]

Very strange but I can't share pictures by Airdrop my Mac sees my phone but when I select the photos and then share, I don't see my Mac.

 

[truenorthstrong]

It's very weird I can send photos with airdrop from Mac to my iPhone but I can't send photos from iPhone to Mac

 

[shief24]

Wow lol I should have been using airdrop. I've just been sending it to myself via imessage


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[HankAZ]

It's very weird I can send photos with airdrop from Mac to my iPhone but I can't send photos from iPhone to Mac 

There have been moments when my Mac doesn't show up on the AirDrop list. Usually I can force the issue by opening Finder and navigating to the Airdrop location via the left side menu.

 

[truenorthstrong]

There have been moments when my Mac doesn't show up on the AirDrop list. Usually I can force the issue by opening Finder and navigating to the Airdrop location via the left side menu.

Ya I tried. I've read that a lot people are experiencing this. Maybe future updates will fix this but the technology is definitely not there yet. Good idea, but it's broken. I'll have to find some other way to to transfer my photos. I can't do it in iPhoto because the Mac is shared and it has a different icloud log in then my phone. I want the photos on the Mac from my phone and would love to find a way to transfer them by wifi.

 

[robertk328]

I use Dropbox and then copy over. It uploads all photos and videos when I get to wifi.