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ValhallaOutcast

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Kinda of embarrassing to ask since I have used iPhones since iPhone 4 and am fairly tech savvy but how do you add files to your phone it is easy to do the opposite but never found a way to do the former.

Assuming it has something to do with that Files app I’ve never used but how do I drag files from Mac or Pc to it?

Types of files if it matters would be like mp4 files or maybe a collection of memes and gifs things you would use in tweets or replies to tweets
 
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now i see it

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Really the easiest way is to use your Files App on the iPhone and iCloud on the Mac and create/designate a folder in iCloud that’s your transfer folder.

Got some files on your Mac that you want to send to your iPhone? Just put them in your iCloud transfer folder (or whatever you want to call it).
Then open the Files app on iPhone and navigate to the iCloud transfer folder you made and download them to your phone.
It’s pretty effortless doing it that way. The Mac of course needs to be able to connect to the internet to access iCloud.
 
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ValhallaOutcast

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Sep 12, 2017
213
149
Really the easiest way is to use your Files App on the iPhone and iCloud on the Mac and create/designate a folder in iCloud that’s your transfer folder.

Got some files on your Mac that you want to send to your iPhone? Just put them in your iCloud transfer folder (or whatever you want to call it).
Then open the Files app on iPhone and navigate to the iCloud transfer folder you made and download them to your phone.
It’s pretty effortless doing it that way. The Mac of course needs to be able to connect to the internet to access iCloud.
Thanks will give that a try when I’m home
 
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