That is indeed the only way to do it. I contacted Apple about this some months ago, and made them aware of the bug that causes VO users to not use Airdrop normally. Hopefully this will be fixed in an update, but until then, the share menu is your only option. On Sep 8, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Edward Green <ergreen1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks Jeff, > > I'll give that a try. > > Cheers, > > Ed > On 8 Sep 2013, at 14:01, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: > >> I don't know if this is the only way to use Airdrop, but I launch it on both >> computers, open up a finder window on the source machine, find the file(s) >> that I want to transfer, do a [VO] [shift] [m] on the file (bringing up a >> context menu) and then choose Airdrop from the Share menu. You will then be >> asked to confirm the action on the destination machine. >> >> Hth, >> Jeff >> >> On 2013-09-08, at 8:37 AM, Edward Green <ergreen1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have just got a new Macbook Pro, and want to transfer files onto it from >>> my Macbook Air. >>> >>> I have clicked on Airdrop on both machines and each can see the other. >>> >>> I then go to the folder I want to transfer on the Air, and press VO comma >>> to mark it. However, when I locate the image for my Macbook Pro and press >>> VO period, I am told that the marked item is no longer available. >>> >>> I also tried to copy and paste it but suspected that wouldn't work as the >>> things I'd read about Airdrop suggested that I needed to use drag and drop, >>> and sure enough, the it didn't. >>> >>> It's probably stating the obvious, but both machines are running Mountain >>> Lion and connected to the same WiFi network. >>> >>> Any tips/guidance on where I'm going wrong would be much appreciated. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
