I test Android phones for a living, but I write about them using a company-supplied MacBook Air. Both platforms are great in ...

From the earliest iPhone and iPod Touch models, Apple opted to disable OBEX — aka Bluetooth file transfers on its devices for security reasons. Now, thanks to iBlueNova, a Cydia app well worth the ...

PairDrop has made my daily file transfers a breeze instead of a bluster.

One of the perks of owning multiple Apple products is the seamless way you can share files between gadgets, thanks to a feature called AirDrop. Available on iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, and Apple ...

The other day, I was trying to send a photo of my daughter from my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra to my iPhone 17 Pro. And there, I hit a wall. iPhones cannot receive files from Android via Bluetooth, ...

This tutorial shows how to share files between mobile and PC using Phone Link in Windows 11. Phone Link app lets you connect a Windows PC to a mobile device to access and view photos, make phone calls ...

Google announced its plans to bring Nearby Share—its AirDrop competitor—to Windows at CES 2022. It’s been a year since, and the company has released the Nearby Share app, as promised, on Windows.

AirDrop is a fantastic feature for sending links, pictures, photos, videos and large files that is available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It’s very safe to transfer data with AirDrop because the devices ...

One of the best pieces of functionality that comes up with having a Mac and iPhone is seamless file transfer between both devices. Except for when it isn't. For one reason or another, the ease of use ...

If the Bluetooth File Transfer wizard displays a message stating This Bluetooth device or computer cannot process files of this type when you try to transfer any file type from your mobile ...