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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="bluetooth"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="sharing"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="files-share"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.8.2" version="0.2" date="2013-05-16" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.10" version="0.3" date="2013-11-09" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-23" status="candidate"/>

    <desc>Share files to Bluetooth devices such as your phone.</desc>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Paul W. Frields</name>
      <email its:translate="no">stickster@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

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  </info>

  <title>Send files to a Bluetooth device</title>

<if:choose>
  <if:when test="platform:unity">
    <p>You can send files to connected Bluetooth devices, such as some mobile
    phones or other computers. Some types of devices don't allow the transfer
    of files, or specific types of files. You can send files in one of three
    ways: using the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar, from the Bluetooth settings
    window, or directly from the file manager.</p>
  </if:when>
  <p>You can send files to connected Bluetooth devices, such as some mobile
  phones or other computers. Some types of devices don't allow the transfer
  of files, or specific types of files. You can send files using the Bluetooth
  settings window.</p>
</if:choose>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Click the system status area of the top bar.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui>Bluetooth</gui>. The Bluetooth section of the menu will
      expand.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui>Bluetooth Settings</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Make sure Bluetooth is enabled: the switch in the titlebar should be
      set to <gui>ON</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>In the <gui>Devices</gui> list, select the device to which to send the
      files. If the desired device is not shown as <gui>Connected</gui> in the
      list, you need to <link xref="bluetooth-connect-device">connect</link>
      to it.</p>
      <p>A panel specific to the external device appears.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Send Files...</gui> The file chooser appears.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Choose the file you want to send and click <gui>Select</gui>.</p>
      <p>To send more than one file in a folder, hold down <key>Ctrl</key> as
      you select each file.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>The owner of the receiving device usually has to press a button to
      accept the file. Once the owner accepts, the
      <gui>Bluetooth File Transfer</gui> progress bar will be shown on your
      screen. Click <gui>Cancel</gui> when the transfer is complete.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>
