I am not able to airdrop picture from my iphone 5s

Unfortunately, however, while we are utilizing AirDrop, we may have some problems, for instance, "airdrop failed to save item save to iCloud drive instead"/"airdrop failed to save use iCloud storage instead". What should we do to tackle such kind of issues. In the post, we will divide the problem "airdrop failed to save item save to iCloud drive instead" into two sections: transferring audio and transferring video.

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Source: airdrop failed to save item

Before you get to the point, you should know that not every Mac model and iPhone model can use Airdrop as it's a new feature to Apple product that was introduced just a few years ago. So the first thing to do before you get to the part of actually using Airdrop to transfer data is to make sure that the Mac and the iPhone you are using support Airdrop.
Check if your devices can use Airdrop

• Mac: On your Mac, launch Finder from the desktop and click Go on the menu bar. If you can see Airdrop listed under the Go menu, then that means your Mac supports Airdrop.


• iPhone: Apple has placed a shortcut to Airdrop in the Control Center to allow users to get access to Airdrop quickly. On the main interface of your iPhone, swipe up from the bottom of your screen to open the Control Center. If you see the Airdrop option on it, then your iPhone can use Airdrop.

Make sure both wifi and bluetooth is turn on on your iphone. and also make sure you have turn off hotspot for both wifi and bluetooth. airdrop use wifi and bluetooth for transfer photo video contact etc.

here is how to transfer photo gallery from iphone to iphone and transfer photo selfie from iphone to computer without using any paid software.
Transfer photo library from ipad to computer

airdrop can transfer photo from ios device to other ios device it can not transfer photo from ios iphone to android or other desktop computer.

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