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or links to someone else’s PC up to 30 feet away, instantly and wirelessly.

You don’t even need an internet connection; it works on a flight, a beach, or
a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic.

It requires PCs with the April 2018 Update of Windows or later.

Nearby Sharing Setup

To get things ready, open → → System → “Shared experiences.”
Here you have three choices to make:

Nearby sharing on/off. Shocker: The feature doesn’t work unless
it’s turned on.

Tip

There’s also an on/off tile for Nearby Sharing on the Action Center (Figure 2-29), for your
convenience.

I can share or receive content from. Your choices are “Everyone

nearby” (including total strangers, by the way) or “My devices
only” (you’ll use it only for moving files and photos among your
own machines—computers that are signed into the same Microsoft

account).

Note to the paranoid: If you choose “Everyone nearby,” it’s true
that total strangers could mischievously attempt to send you files.

But it’s also true that when a “Do you want to accept?” notification
appears on your screen, you can always just hit Decline.

Save files I receive to. Where do you want incoming files to go?

Windows, of course, proposes your Downloads folder.

Sending a File with Nearby Sharing