How To Connect Ipod To Iphone

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Connecting Your iPhone to Other iPhones, iPod touches, or iPads

The iPhone (and other devices that run the iOS software, including Apple Watch, iPod bear on, and iPad) supports peer-to-peer connectivity, which is the technical way of saying that these devices can communicate with 1 another directly via a Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth. This adequacy is used in a number of apps, particularly multiplayer gaming, for information sharing, and for other collaborative purposes.

If the app you desire to use communicates over a Wi-Fi network, all the devices with which you desire to communicate must exist on that same network. If the application uses Bluetooth, you must enable Bluetooth on each device and pair them (every bit described in the previous task) so they can communicate with one another.

The specific steps you use to connect to other iOS devices using a collaborative app depend on the specific app you are using. The general steps are typically every bit follows:

Using AirDrop to Share Content with Other iPhones, iPod touches, iPads, or a Mac

Y’all can use the iOS AirDrop feature to share content directly with people using a Mac running Os Ten Yosemite or later, or using a device running iOS 7 or later. For instance, if you capture a great photo on your iPhone, you can utilise AirDrop to instantly share that photo with iOS devices and Mac users near you.

AirDrop can use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to share, simply the prissy thing about AirDrop is that information technology manages the details for you. You simply open the Share carte du jour—which is available in near apps—and in the AirDrop section of the carte tap the people with whom you desire to share.

When y’all activate AirDrop, you tin select Everyone, which means y’all will come across anyone who has AirDrop enabled on a Mac running Bone 10 Yosemite or later, or an iOS device running version iOS seven or later. They besides need to be on the same Wi-Fi network with you (or accept a paired Bluetooth device). Or, y’all can select Contacts Merely, which means only people who are in your Contacts app are able to use AirDrop to communicate with you. In most cases, you should choose the Contacts Only option and then you lot accept more than control over who uses AirDrop with y’all.

When enabled, you can use AirDrop past opening the Share menu while using an app. Then, tap the people with whom y’all want to share content.

Enabling AirDrop

To use AirDrop, you must enable information technology on your iPhone.

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  Swipe up from the lesser of the screen to open the Control Center.

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  If AirDrop is non active—indicated by the text “AirDrop” being in black—tap AirDrop. If it is active, the “AirDrop” text is in white and y’all see its status (Everyone or Contacts Simply); if it is already agile, skip the next 2 steps.

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  Tap Contacts Merely to let only people in your Contacts app to communicate with yous via AirDrop, or tap Everyone to allow anyone using a device running iOS 7 or after or a Mac running OS X Yosemite or later in your area to practice and so.

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  Swipe down from the top of the Command Centre to close it. You’re set up to use AirDrop to share content such as photos and documents.

Using AirDrop to Share Your Content

To use AirDrop to share your content, do the following:

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  Open up the content you want to share. This example shows sharing a photograph using the Photos app. The steps to share content from any other app are quite similar.

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  Tap the Share button.

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  Yous see icons for each person in your area who has AirDrop enabled that you have permission to access (such as being in her Contacts app if she is using the Contacts Merely choice).

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  Swipe to the left or correct to scan all the people with whom you can share.

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  Tap the people with whom you lot want to share the content. A sharing request is sent to those peoples’ devices. Under their icons, the Waiting condition is displayed. When a recipient accepts your content, the status changes to Sent. If a recipient rejects your content, the status changes to Declined.

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  If the app supports it, scan and select more than content to share.

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  Tap the people with whom you want to share the content.

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  When you’re done sharing, tap Washed.

Using AirDrop to Work with Content Shared with You

When someone wants to share content with you, you receive an AirDrop sharing request; if you accept previously accustomed content from that person, yous might not receive a sharing request because it is accepted past default. Reply to sharing requests by doing the following:

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  Make sure you know the person attempting to share with you.
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  Make sure the content beingness shared with you is something you desire. In this case, a photo is being shared.

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  To accept the content on your iPhone, tap Accept. To reject it, tap Decline.

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  Later on you accept content, swipe up and down the screen to come across the detail of what yous are accepting, or use the app’s controls to edit it.

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  Use the app’south controls to piece of work with the shared content. For example, the Photos app provides tools to edit and share photos that are shared with you. In some cases, such every bit saving a contact shared with you, you need to tap Save to save the content on your iPhone or Cancel to not salvage it. (Other apps provide different controls depending on the type of content and the app it opens in.)