# AirDrop | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/AirDrop_logo.svg/320px-AirDrop_logo.svg.png) | **AirDrop** is a proprietary wireless ad hoc service in Apple Inc.'s iOS, macOS, and visionOS operating systems, introduced in Mac OS X Lion and iOS 7, which can transfer files among supported Macintosh computers and iOS devices by means of close-range wireless communication. This communication takes place over Apple Wireless Direct Link 'Action Frames' and 'Data Frames' using generated link-local IPv6 addresses instead of the Wi-Fi chip's fixed MAC address. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [AirDrop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop) |