Most people have more or less gone through the slot in the iPhone display, the once controversial design element introduced with the iPhone X in 2017. But the feelings are harsher when it comes to cutting out the MacBook Pro, which it received only for last year. At least until you see how useful it can be thanks to an application under development by Ian Keen, who is trying to turn part of the missing screen into a feature that makes AirDropping easier.
In a video posted on Twitter, the developer shows how the app makes the slot flash when the user slides AirDrop-compatible files. The idea is that they can then be dragged and dropped onto the slot itself, at which point a traditional AirDrop sharing window opens, showing devices within range to which the files can be sent. This is a clean slate compared to Apple’s official approach, which usually involves either opening a file and navigating to its Share menu, clicking with file control, or navigating to the dedicated AirDrop section of the Finder.
Keen’s app is not yet publicly available, but the developer says he hopes to have a limited version of TestFlight in the coming days. Although it is designed to work around a MacBook equipped with slots, he says it should work on a Mac without clippings.
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