Airdrop greyed out downloading file

6. Manage File Types On AirDrop. iOS’s implementation of AirDrop is a little different from that of macOS. On an iPhone, when you receive a file via AirDrop, the expected behavior of the OS is to open it in an appropriate app (hence receiving a photo will open it in the native Photos app).

But if you have a Windows system around that you want to share files with, you will need to find another way instead. So if you are looking for an alternative to Airdrop for Windows, here is a complete and excellent software similar to AirDrop - Tenorshare Phone to Phone Transfer which can works perfectly on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista. simpleCommands