How to Connect iPhone to MacBook Air? – Overview
If you have used Apple gadgets in the past, you know how flawless syncing accounts and personal info between these gadgets can be. However, if you’re new to this ecosystem, you might be unsure how to connect your iPhone to your MacBook.
Of course, you can use the conventional data cables to establish this connection, but that’s outdated because there are a couple of handy wireless ways to do this.
In this review, we will look at a couple of wireless ways through which you can hook up an iPhone to a MacBook without using 3rd party apps. Let’s do this.
Using Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi syncing is one of the simplest approaches to transfer apps and data between your iPhone and MacBook. If you have already dumped your USB cable, get it because you’ll need it for one final time. Next, you need to enable wireless syncing on your iPhone, which you need when linking to your MacBook using a cable. Once you’re done, you can forget about using the cable.
- Launch ‘iTunes’ on your MacBook.
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
- Connect your iPhone to your MacBook using the USB cable.
- Next, click on the iPhone logo in the iTunes application.
- Activate the ‘Sync with This iPhone Over Wi-Fi’ option. You can also activate the ‘Automatically Sync When This iPhone is Connection’ option to sync automatically.
- Next, click on ‘Apply.’ This will effectively activate wireless syncing on your iPhone unless there is an issue with the established USB connection.
- After you’re done setting up wireless syncing on your iPhone, syncing your content is pretty easy. But you need to ensure that both gadgets are connected to the same Wi-Fi.
- Now that you have activated the ‘Automatically Sync When This iPhone is Connection’ option, no need to do anything; syncing will happen automatically. But, if you didn’t sync, Open’ Settings’ then ‘General’ then ‘iTunes Wi-Fi Sync’ and finally ‘Sync Now.’
Using iCloud
iCloud is Apple’s native cloud computing and cloud storage service available to most Apple gadgets.
To link your iPhone to your MacBook via iCloud, you need to sign in to both devices using the same account.
What’s more, your iPhone should be running iOS 5 or later, and your MacBook should be running macOS 10.7.5 or later.
Configuration on iPhone
- Start by opening settings.
- Next, click on your name and then select ‘iCloud.’
- Then log in with your Apple ID and passcode.
- Finally, pick all apps and data you’d like to sync with iCloud.
Configuration on MacBook
- Start by clicking on the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.
- Next, click on ‘System Preferences.’
- Now log in with your Apple ID and passcode.
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
- Finally, pick all applications you’d like to sync with iCloud.
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
If you’d like to access the same data on both devices, ensure you pick the same application to sync on your iPhone and MacBook.
iCloud allows you to sync all data from bookmarks, calendars, contacts, emails, and notes.
AirDrop
Configuration on iPhone
- Launch the control center. You can do this by swiping down from the upper-right corner of your screen if you have an iPhone X or later. If you have the older iPhone, you can access the control center by swiping up from the bottom of your screen.
- Next, click and hold the Wi-Fi menu. The Wi-Fi menu has a Wi-Fi signal with three curved lines inside a blue circle in the top-left corner of your screen.
- Then, click on the ‘AirDrop’ button.
- Pick who can send files to your iPhone; click on the ‘Everyone’ option to allow any kind of Apple device in range to send files to your iPhone using AirDrop. There are other options such as ‘Contacts Only’ that only accept files from people in your contact list.
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
Configuration on MacBook
- Start by clicking on the ‘Go’ button in the Apple Menu bar at the top of your screen.
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
- Next, click on ‘Airdrop.’
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
- Then click on ‘Allow me to be discovered at the bottom of the pop-up window.
- Pick who can send files to your MacBook; Click on the ‘Everyone’ option to allow any kind of Apple device in range to send files to your iPhone using AirDrop. There are other options such as ‘Contacts Only’ that only accept files from people in your contact list.
How To Connect iPhone To MacBook Air
Note: Apple allows you to sync data via iCloud to your MacBook Air. Some of the data that can be synced includes data from Apple News, Safari, Siri, calendar, email, HomeKit, Stocks etc. To access this data you can only use the pre-installed MacBook Air apps.
Final Thought
We hope that you’ve found this review handy and you have learned something new. As you can see, Apple devices offer seamless connectivity and integration to their users, and this is one of the primary reasons why these devices are so popular.
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