If you are an Apple Family Bucket user, you will definitely praise the "AirDrop" function. Using AirDrop, you can quickly transfer photos, videos or files between iPhone and MacBook, iPad and other devices.
Unfortunately, "AirDrop is only available between Apple devices", and many friends, like Xiaozhu, are more accustomed to using Windows systems. Without AirDrop, what tools can we use to quickly transfer files?
It is estimated that many people use WeChat and QQ's built-in "File Transfer Assistant" to transfer files to and from computers. This method is not a problem, but it is really troublesome, and it is not suitable for transferring large files. In fact, there is no need to use a chat tool, the following little beasts will share three better methods, which you will be able to use when you collect them.
file App
Apple has further enhanced the built-in file App function in the iOS 13 system. It not only supports iPad to read U disk, but also "supports connection to SMB server", which provides a way to transfer files between iPhone and Windows computers.
SMB (Server Message Block) is a communication protocol for sharing files and printers on a local area network. It can provide file and printer resource sharing services between computers with different operating systems in the local area network.
The first thing we need to do is to create a shared folder on the Windows system computer.
Right-click the folder and select "Properties", click "Advanced Sharing" in the "Sharing" tab, and check "Share this folder". Then click "Permissions" to allow all permissions for the "Everyone" user. After this setting, this folder will be shared in the local area network.
How can other devices discover this shared folder? This requires knowing the IP address (intranet) of this computer. Press the "Windows logo key+R" on the keyboard to pop up and run, and enter "cmd" to open the command prompt.
Enter "ipconfig" in the command prompt and press Enter to execute to check the IPv4 address of the current network card. This address will be used later.
enter inconfig to check the ip address
and then it is the iPhone's turn to operate. First make sure that the iPhone and the Windows computer are on the same network, and then open the file App.
Click "···" in the upper right corner, select "Connect to Server", enter the server address of the computer IP just obtained, and click Connect.
enter the computer user name and password, the next step. Then you will see the shared folders on your computer.
can directly copy the files in the computer shared folder. If it is a video or photo, it can also be directly played or saved to the iPhone album, which is very convenient.
Of course, you can also transfer files on the iPhone to the shared folder. For example, for the photos in the album, click "Save to "File"" and select the connected computer and folder. Then the storage will be sent directly to the computer, which is much more convenient than using any file transfer assistant.
Documents
The above method uses the iOS 13 file app. After using it for a few days, Xiaozhu found that it was not very stable, and it was often reconnected (Apple's pot). If you also feel that it is not stable enough, you can try to replace it with a third-party App such as Documents.
「Docum"ents" is a highly acclaimed free tool that can be downloaded by searching the App Store.
Note: When opening Documents for the first time, it will prompt the in-app purchase of PDF function, just skip it.
After opening Documents, enter the "Connect" interface, select "Windows SMB", start a title such as office, and fill in the IP address of the computer after the URL. After entering the computer user name and password, click Finish to connect. After
is successfully connected, the shared folder on the computer will appear, and all operations are supported.
Documents is stronger and more stable than the file app that comes with the iPhone, at least for now, the premise of using the two is the same: it requires the Windows computer to share the folder and the iPhone and the computer are on the same local area network.
Little Beast guesses that many friends are in trouble. It's a shared folder, and it's getting an IP address. The computer can't figure it out! "Is there an easier way?"
has it! The following method is very simple. You don't need to share folders or download any apps. You can learn it by going online!
Snapdrop
Snapdrop[1] is an open source file transfer tool that can be used on any platform of Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, as long as the browser supports WebRTC (Chrome, Safari can be used).
One thing that must be mentioned: The file transfer provided by Snapdrop is based on P2P (point-to-point), and the transmitted "files will not be uploaded to any third-party server", so "there are no restrictions on the transmission speed and file size", and there is no need Worried about the risk of privacy leakage.
Use the Chrome browser on the computer and the Safari browser on the iPhone, and open the following URL:
"snapdrop.net"
The webpage will appear on the same LAN to access the snapdrop browser, iPhone click on the computer browser icon that appears on the screen , You can send photos or files, and the computer browser will pop up a download box. There is no need to transit through any server, and the transmission speed is very fast.
In addition, long press on the icon can quickly send a paragraph of text, the other end can directly copy after receiving it, the experience is very good.
is transmitted through the browser, so snapdrop can also be used to transfer files between iPhone and Android phones, as long as they are in the same local area network.
Currently Snapdrop does not have any ads, and it is extremely simple to use. If you think it's not bad, you can click the share button of the Safari browser to "add it to the home screen" so that you can open it directly by clicking the desktop icon when you use it in the future.
Last words
Although Windows does not have AirDrop function, through the above three methods, the operation of transferring files between iPhone and computer can also become easier. "Save it, I believe you will use it in the future!"
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