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AirDropAssistant

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Air Drop Assistant (ADA) gives you more control over airdrop's settings.

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- FUNDING.yml
- - Contents.json
- - Main.storyboard
- ADA_PF_Helper_Script.sh
- Air_Drop_Assistant.entitlements
- AirDropLogging.swift
- AppDelegate.swift
- com.ttinc.Air-Drop-Assistant.plist
- Logger.swift
- menuicon.png
- menuicon_mono.png
- PreferenceObserver.swift
- PreferencesViewController.swift
- PreferencesWindow.swift
- PrefWatcher.swift
- UpdateCheck.swift
- ViewController.swift
- - contents.xcworkspacedata
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Air Drop Assistant (ADA) gives you more granular control over your AirDrop Settings than normal MDM controls.

On iOS, when switching AirDrop to Everyone, it switches back to Contacts Only after 10 minutes.

On macOS, AirDrop is either Off, Contacts Only, or Everyone - a setting you have to toggle manually via System Settings > General > AirDrop & Handoff or from the Control Center menu item.

ADA allows you to set, if AirDrop goes to Contacts Only or Off and the time frame to switch it.

Why might you want this feature?
- You use your computer frequently in public spaces and do not want AirDrop set to be left open to receive from Everyone.
- Organizations allow AirDrop but want more granular control than Apple's device management gives you.

ADA can be configured by configuration profile deployed by your MDM.

**Domain** `com.ttinc.Air-Drop-Assistant`

`airDropSetting` - **Type: String**
Acceptable Value: **Contacts Only** or **Off**
- When set ADA will be locked to switch AirDrop to that settings after the timer.

`timing` - **Type: Integer**
Acceptable Value: **0-1000**
- Time length before ADA will switch AirDrop to the value from `airDropSetting`

`hideMenuIcon` - **Type: Boolean**
Acceptable Value: **true** or **false**
- Hides the menu bar icon

`icon_mode` - **Type: String**
Acceptable Value: **colorful** or **bw**
- Makes the icon colorful or monochrome.

`afterFirstLaunch` - **Type: Boolean**
Acceptable Value: **true** or **false**
- Hides the first launch question.

`disableUpdates` - **Type: Boolean**
Acceptable Value: **true** or **false**
- Disables update checking at launch and hides menu item to check.

ADA can also be registered to load at login with the argument register and removed from login items as well.

`/Applications/Utilities/Air\ Drop\ Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Air\ Drop\ Assistant --register`

and

`/Applications/Utilities/Air\ Drop\ Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Air\ Drop\ Assistant --unregister`

ADA AirDrop directional restriction can be configured by MDM.

`/Applications/Utilities/Air\ Drop\ Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/ADA_PF_Helper_Script.sh -argument`

- `-blockOut` blocks outgoing AirDrop
- `-blockIn` blocks incoming AirDrop
- `-remove` allows AirDrop both directions

Example mobileconfig
```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>PayloadContent</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
            <string>ccom.ttinc.Air-Drop-Assistant.26F7424C-FEF3-4E94-8E78-2673B2B8CDD3</string>
            <key>PayloadType</key>
            <string>com.ttinc.Air-Drop-Assistant</string>
            <key>PayloadUUID</key>
            <string>26F7424C-FEF3-4E94-8E78-2673B2B8CDD3</string>
            <key>PayloadVersion</key>
            <integer>1</integer>
            <key>airDropSetting</key>
            <string>Contacts Only</string>
            <key>timing</key>
            <integer>5</integer>
            <key>hideMenuIcon</key>
            <true/>
            <key>icon_mode</key>
            <string>colorful</string>
            <key>afterFirstLaunch</key>
            <true/>
        </dict>
    </array>
    <key>PayloadDescription</key>
    <string>ADA Settings</string>
    <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
    <string>ADA</string>
    <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
    <string>com.ttinc.Air-Drop-Assistant</string>
    <key>PayloadOrganization</key>
    <string>BOB</string>
    <key>PayloadScope</key>
    <string>System</string>
    <key>PayloadType</key>
    <string>Configuration</string>
    <key>PayloadUUID</key>
    <string>1BBD23DE-7ED7-45DF-8126-5085A681ED83</string>
    <key>PayloadVersion</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
```

To configuration notifications you'll want to create a `com.apple.notificationsettings` profile to include these keys
```

<key>BundleIdentifier</key>
	<string>com.ttinc.Air-Drop-Assistant</string>

<key>NotificationsEnabled</key>
	<true/>
<key>CriticalAlertEnabled</key>
	<false/>

<key>AlertType</key>
	<integer>1</integer>
				
<key>ShowInLockScreen</key>
	<true/>
<key>ShowInNotificationCenter</key>
	<true/>
```

In order to enable logging of AirDrop transfers, install a configuration profile that enables private logging for sharingd.
```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>PayloadContent</key>
  <array>
    <dict>
      <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
      <string>sharingd AirDrop logging</string>
      <key>PayloadEnabled</key>
      <true/>
      <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
      <string>com.apple.logging.sharingd.airdrop.1</string>
      <key>PayloadType</key>
      <string>com.apple.system.logging</string>
      <key>PayloadUUID</key>
      <string>AA1DD999-J4FC-781W-BA99-345T45TYU891</string>
      <key>PayloadVersion</key>
      <integer>1</integer>
      <key>Subsystems</key>
      <dict>
                <key>com.apple.sharing</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>DEFAULT-OPTIONS</key>
                    <dict>
                        <key>Enable-Private-Data</key>
                        <true/>
                    </dict>
                </dict>
            </dict>
    </dict>
  </array>
  <key>PayloadDescription</key>
  <string>Enable Private Log Data for sharingd AirDrop categories</string>
  <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
  <string>sharingd AirDrop Private Log Data</string>
  <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
  <string>com.apple.logging.sharingd.airdrop</string>
  <key>PayloadOrganization</key>
  <string></string>
  <key>PayloadRemovalDisallowed</key>
  <false/>
  <key>PayloadScope</key>
  <string>System</string>
  <key>PayloadType</key>
  <string>Configuration</string>
  <key>PayloadUUID</key>
  <string>A38C72AH-B1C2-84I8-880R-83JK75LDD173</string>
  <key>PayloadVersion</key>
  <integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
```

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