When I use AirDrop from my phone to my Macbook Air, the photos land in the Downloads folder, not the Photos app. I tried dragging one over; it simply didn't appear. I tried Move To --> I couldn't find the Photos Library. How can I fix this so that AirDrop photos go in the Photos app?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
You can select several Air dropped photos at once and drag them together to the Photos icon. Select the first photo, hold down the Shift key, select the last photo. This will select a range of files.
I don't see a way to send directly to the Photos.app, if you air drop to yourself on a Mac:
How to use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
If you imported photos to Photos, they should show up in the Imports album. Don't you see them there?
Thanks Leonie! I have a few follow up questions: 1) I’d like to use AirDrop to transfer over large-ish sets of photos. I won’t have to drag and drop one by one, right? How to drag all? 2) is there a way to set up AirDrop so that it drops the photos automatically into the Photos app? 3) I DID actually drag the photos already into Photos, but I cannot find them there. Where should I look to find the photos I dragged over?
When the air dropped photo appears in the Downloads folder, drag it onto the Photos icon in the Dock. This should import it to Photos.
Or right-click it and select "Open with > Photos".
Where do AirDrop photos land when transferred?
