# How to Change Where AirDrop Files Go on Mac

Updated: November 12, 2026

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macOS saves the files that you get with AirDrop in the Downloads folder, and has no setting to change it. [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge) moves them to the folder that you choose as soon as they arrive.

## With Supercharge

1. Open the settings of [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge), and click “Tweaks”.
1. In the “AirDrop” section, click the button next to “Move files received through AirDrop to”, and choose a folder.
1. Send a file to the Mac with AirDrop. It goes to that folder.

Supercharge moves the files from the Downloads folder when they arrive, so items that macOS does not save in Downloads, like photos that you save in Photos, stay where they are. Finder then does not open a window for the received files, so the “Show in Finder” button of the AirDrop notification does not work.

## Without an app

macOS saves received files in the Downloads folder, and some items in the app that they were sent from, or in Photos when you choose it. There is no setting to choose another folder. [Apple’s instructions.](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-airdrop-mh35868/mac)

To find the received files, open Downloads in Finder, and sort by “Date Added”. Then drag them to the folder that you want. This is fine when you get a file now and then. Supercharge is for when you often get files with AirDrop, like photos from your iPhone for a project folder.