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if you are a busy person who works on
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computer all the day and has to save
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some time a few seconds here and there
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this is going to be helpful for you if
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you are a Macbook user and want to
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automate uh a simple task like
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airdropping files currently if you want
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to share a file from your MacBook to
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your iPhone you have to go through
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several steps like selecting the file
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then going to share and then clicking on
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airdrop then sharing your file to the
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device like the iPhone I came across an
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app created by a developer called Ian
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Keen who has created a small utility
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that is also available on the App Store
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you can install it although it is a paid
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app it is very useful all you have to do
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is drag that file over to the Notch and
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the airdrop option will automatically
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appear on your computer and you will be
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able to select the device the iPhone the
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I adad where you want to send the file
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so it saves a few seconds here and there
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if you do not want to spend money on yet
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another app here is a free alternative
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that I just created using the shortcuts
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shortcut is an app available for Mac
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iPhones and iPads to create automations
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so in the shortcut app you can automate
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a few things for example if you want to
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use two apps side by side you can create
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a shortcut and select two apps that you
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want to work on side by side in space
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screen mode there are several options
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available for example here is the
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shortcut app that I opened I'll minimize
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the article that I'm writing right now
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so this is the app that is available in
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the Play Store top drop it converts your
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notch on your MacBook Pro 16 and 14 into
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a utility but here is an alternative
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method go to shortcuts these are all the
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shortcuts that I have created on my
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iPhone so all the shortcut for different
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devices will be available here although
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some of them will not work on MacBook
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because the Smart Life app that I use on
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my phone is not on my MacBook so some of
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the shortcuts will not work here I'm
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going to show you how I created this air
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drop file which I have also added to the
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dock of my MacBook and let me give you
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an example I open a file so this is the
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folder that has all the reals that I
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have to post on Instagram what I usually
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do is shoot my videos for Instagram on
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my iPhone and then airdrop it to my
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MacBook where I edit them and then I
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airdrop the final product back to my
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iPhone if I have to send any file I can
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drag the file and drop over to the dock
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and the same box will appear this is a
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free alternativ free option the only
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thing you have to do is instead of of
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dragging and dropping file to the notch
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you will have to drag the file to the
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icon in the doc system let's see how you
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can create this shortcut for your Mac to
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make it easy for you to aird drop files
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on your iPhone or other devices I open
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the shortcuts app and there is a plus
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button on top right hand side which says
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new shortcut so I click on that and then
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I will go to documents
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in this scroll area I'll select get
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selected files in the finder when I
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double click on it it appears here and
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now I'll go to sharing option and then
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I'll double click on airdrop so airdrop
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comes here now we'll go to the other
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option by tapping on the shortcut
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details button here I will add shortcut
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Button as well so my shortcut button
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would be control shift p now let's see
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what happens when we play this shortcut
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so here is the play button that tells
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you how this works when you run this
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shortcut this box appears when you run
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the shortcut notice that the file that
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is showing in the airdrop popup option
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is the highlighted file if I highlight
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some other file and then use the
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shortcut control shift
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P another Dropbox popup appears and the
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highlighted file is selected to send so
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our shortcut is ready when we close this
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our shortcut appears here and when we
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right click on this shortcut it gives
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you an option to add it to Doc so you
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can add it to Doc and place your
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shortcut anywhere you want now whenever
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you have to send a file you can either
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use your keyboard shortcut or drag and
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drop over to the icon in the the air
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drop popup option appears and you will
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be able to send the files this is the
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free option which is quite at par with
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top drop utility which is a paid utility
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so this is the free alternative
