Your Mac will ask you if you want to be visible to everyone or just your Contacts. Choosing “Everyone” is like leaving your front door wide open, but for cats. I recommend “Everyone” for this trick, because you are about to become a digital magician. If you pick “Contacts Only,” your iPhone might pull a snobby face and pretend it doesn’t know you.
On your iPhone, swipe down from the top-right corner to open Control Center. Hard press the network box (the one with the airplane icon), and you’ll see AirDrop waiting there, like a lazy butler. Tap it and select “Everyone” too. Now you two are ready to talk—like strangers at a bus stop with the same exact sandwich.
