Phone to Laptop

[Marrk]

I can no longer e-mail or txt cellphone pics from my phone to my laptop although I can AirDrop them. This used to work just fine for me.

Any thoughts?

 

[Rod]

Since when? Are we talking post updates or what? I mean if Airdrop works that's good, it doesn't for everybody. What macOS and iOS are you on now?

Currently I just use the Share button on my iPhone for everything, my MacBook is always first on the list if nearby. If not, I share to email and send to myself using a different email address. What happens when you do that?

 

[Marrk]

Since when? Are we talking post updates or what? I mean if Airdrop works that's good, it doesn't for everybody. What macOS and iOS are you on now?

Currently I just use the Share button on my iPhone for everything, my MacBook is always first on the list if nearby. If not, I share to email and send to myself using a different email address. What happens when you do that?

MacBook Pro 14" 2021 OS 15.5 Sequoia • iPhone SE iOS 18.5

This situation started recently.

I am not familiar with the share button.

 

[Rod]

The Share button is the primary way of "sharing" images, files, notes ect between apps and other users on the same WiFi network and more. It looks like a square with an UP arrow, as below.



When pressed it gives you a range of options, usually your devices, people you have recently contacted by social media or SMS as well as a scrollable list of actions like Copy, Print, Save to files, Assign to contact ect, ect.

 

[IWT]

A matter of minutes before I saw your Post above, Rod; I had just done exactly what your post suggested. This is an incredibly useful method, as you stated.

AirDrop is fine, but I always have to remind myself about how to use it; whereas the “Share” button is there all the time and off you go.

Ian

 

[Marrk]

The Share button is the primary way of "sharing" images, files, notes ect between apps and other users on the same WiFi network and more. It looks like a square with an UP arrow, as below.

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When pressed it gives you a range of options, usually your devices, people you have recently contacted by social media or SMS as well as a scrollable list of actions like Copy, Print, Save to files, Assign to contact ect, ect.

Understood. That's what I've been using.

 

[Rod]

Oh, and that's not working anymore?
As said, when I press it on my iPhone for eg. a photo I see my MacBook Pro and usually my wife's if it's nearby. This IS Airdrop really. If not I can send by WhatsApp or Messages by choosing the app selecting a contact and send. What happens for you?

 

[Marrk]

Oh, and that's not working anymore?
As said, when I press it on my iPhone for eg. a photo I see my MacBook Pro and usually my wife's if it's nearby. This IS Airdrop really. If not I can send by WhatsApp or Messages by choosing the app selecting a contact and send. What happens for you?

When I press the Share button and choose Mail, it seems to send the photo in the normal manner, but nothing happens, and the email never arrives, nor is there anything in the Sent file.

 

[MacInWin]

it seems to send the photo in the normal manner,

What does that mean, please? In my system, when I send by Mail, it opens a new message where I have to put the address of the person I want to send it to and then when I click on the "send" icon, it goes. Is that happening?