accessible-iOS Re: air drop?
- From: Jessica D <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:11:40 -0400
I have an iPhone 5 & iPad
Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:03 PM, jessica brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Strange. From everything I read I thought airdrop was a bluetooth 4. They are
> on the same wireless network but they can't find each other. AirDrop is on
> for both devices. What did I do wrong?thing.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
> To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date sent: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:04:58 -0400
> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: air drop?
>
> I want to clear up some misconceptions about Airdrop.
>
> First, Airdrop uses local wifi networking to work. You do not have to be on
> the same wifi network, but you do need wifi enabled so that you and the
> target device can talk. This is also why it does not work on older iOS
> devices - their wifi chips lack the technology to establish these temporary
> connections.
>
> Second, Airdrop can transfer contacts, open Safari pages, images, videos, and
> that's about it for now. Any app can take advantage of the service, but most
> apps have not yet done so. For instance, a recipe manager could implement
> Airdrop so you could beam recipes to other devices,. While iOS's new sharing
> options do include Airdrop, the app developers have to add that in themselves
> in most cases. Airdrop cannot be used to transfer music or movies.
>
> As I said, Airdrop only works on newer iOS devices - iPhone5 and above, iPad3
> (I believe) and above (including iPad Mini) and iPod Touch 5 and above. It
> will not, at this time, let you transfer data to or from a Mac, despite both
> iOS and OS10 having a service called Airdrop. Everyone is hoping for Maverix
> to change this, or for Apple to enable it in the future, but for the moment
> Airdrop will not work across platforms.
>
> Using Airdrop is actually really easy, so long as things are set up. First,
> to be sure you can use it in the future, open Control Center and find the
> Airdrop option. Be sure it is set to "contacts only" or "everyone" or no one
> will see your phone. "Contacts only" limits your device's visibility; only
> other iOS devices who have you stored in their contacts will be able to see
> and connect to your phone. The "everyone" option, as the name suggests, will
> allow any device to see you. You only have to do this once, not each time you
> want to make a transfer.
>
> Once that is set up, find whatever you want to share, let's say a contact.
> Open the contact and hit the "share" button. Any Airdrop-capable device in
> range will appear, and you need only double tap the device's name to send the
> contact card to the other person. Note that, for a device to appear as a
> possible Airdrop target, it must be unlocked, have wifi on, and be visible
> (as described above). The other person will see an alert asking them if they
> want the file; they can accept or reject it, and accepting it will initiate
> the transfer and open the contact. It's as simple as that.
>
> I hope that helps make things clearer.
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:23 AM, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> As I understand it, you can pair your iPhone with another device and
> share information from one device to the other—contacts, music, files,
> etc. Not sure if you can share apps. From what I hear, it's kind of
> like JAWS Tandem.
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:17 AM, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It seems that I can't send anything from my iphone to ipod can I?
> Can I send direct from my mac to my devices?
> It seems a bit confusing to me.
> Kim
>
> On 2013-09-30, at 4:00 AM, "rachel & damien" <rachel.damien@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Can someone explain this to me? what sort of things can you share with air
> drop? Was curios and thinking I could use it but not sure.
>
> RACHEL & DAMIEN
> Rachel.damien@xxxxxxx
>
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> Have a great day,
> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
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