iFarmMake a TikTok draft from your Mac
In iFarm, drag a video from Finder onto an iPhone and choose TikTok draft. iFarm puts the video in the phone's Photos, opens TikTok, fills in your caption and stops at the post screen. You choose Save draft, Post or Discard, and if you don't answer within 30 minutes it's saved as a draft. No AI is needed.
How to make a TikTok draft from a Mac
TikTok keeps drafts in the app on your phone, so the usual answer is "AirDrop the video and finish on the phone". iFarm does it on the real iPhone, from your Mac:
- Drag one video, or several photos (up to 35), from Finder onto a phone's tile or its large view.
- In the box that opens, choose TikTok draft.
- iFarm sends the media into the phone's Photos, opens TikTok, picks the newest item or items, taps through to the post screen and types the caption.
- The tile asks Save draft / Post / Discard. Post asks you to confirm.
- If you don't answer within 30 minutes, it's saved as a draft.
The draft is now in TikTok on that phone, ready for you to finish, add sound or post later.
Captions from a text file
Put a .txt file with the same name next to the media, for example clip.mp4 and clip.txt. iFarm fills in its text as the caption. That lets you prepare a week of videos and captions in a folder, then drop them one by one without typing.
Three choices when you drop a file
| Choice | What happens | Needs AI? |
|---|---|---|
| Save to Photos (the default every time) | The media goes into the phone's camera roll. Nothing is posted. | No |
| TikTok draft | The steps above: media into Photos, TikTok opened, caption typed, then you decide. | No |
| Post to apps | Tick Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube (videos only), Facebook and/or X and write the caption. iFarm puts the media in Photos, then the AI posts it in each app, one after another. | Yes |
Save to Photos is the simplest way to send a video from your Mac to your iPhone: no AirDrop, no cable dance, and it works on several phones at once.
Post to apps uses the AI brain you set up (see AI brain). You can add extra instructions, such as "post to Story, not Spotlight". Your ticks are remembered for next time.
Several phones at once
Check several phones in the grid, then drop the file onto one of the checked phones. iFarm does the same thing on all of them. If a phone is busy, the job waits in that phone's Up next queue and runs when it's free.
If a phone holds several of your own TikTok accounts, pick the account when you drop. A saved draft remembers its account: Post now switches back to it first.
You approve each post
By default nothing is posted without your click. iFarm's engine refuses any step that taps Post, Story, Send or Follow unless you chose it. When a draft is ready, it appears in Waiting for you on the Mac with the choices above.
If you want drafts to go out on their own, turn off Setup → Preferences → Ask me before posting, sending or following. Dropped files are then posted straight away. Either way, taps on Buy or Pay are always refused.
Drop from anywhere: the drop folder
You don't have to be at the Mac. Pick a folder inside Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud Drive under Waiting for you → Drop folder, and press Create phone folders to make one sub-folder per phone and group, plus All. Then, from any device:
| You put | iFarm does |
|---|---|
Phone 1/clip.mp4 | one video post on that phone |
clip.txt next to it | uses its text as the caption |
a folder of photos + caption.txt | one slideshow (photos sorted by name) |
clip.json with a draft_at time | waits until then |
a file in a group's folder, or All | the same post on each of those phones |
Files are picked up once they've stopped changing for 10 seconds, so a half-synced file isn't used. The post is prepared exactly like a drag and drop, and appears in Waiting for you with a Mac notification. After 30 minutes without an answer it's saved as a TikTok draft. When it's done, the files move into _drafted, _posted, _discarded or _failed (with a .reason.txt), so whoever dropped it can see what happened.
Limits worth knowing
- One video, or up to 35 photos, per drop. For more, drop again; extra jobs wait in the phone's Up next queue.
- The first time, the phone asks for Photos access for the iFarm helper. Tap Allow Full Access or Limit Access on the phone.
- Give remote drafts a caption. Post now finds a saved draft in TikTok by its caption, so a draft without one can't be found again later.
- YouTube takes videos only in Post to apps.
- You need to be logged in to TikTok on the phone. iFarm never types passwords.
- Follow each app's rules. iFarm is for posting your own content to your own accounts. It doesn't hide automation from apps.
Frequently asked questions
Can I save a TikTok draft from my computer?
Yes, with iFarm. Drafts live in the TikTok app on the phone, so you drag the video onto your iPhone on the Mac's screen and iFarm creates the draft in the TikTok app on the phone.
How do I send a video from my Mac to my iPhone?
Drag it onto the phone in iFarm and keep the default, Save to Photos. It lands in the phone's camera roll, and nothing is posted.
Will iFarm post without asking me?
Not by default. It stops at Save draft, Post or Discard, and saves a draft if you don't answer in 30 minutes. You can turn on automatic posting in Setup → Preferences if you want it.
Does the TikTok draft need Claude or another AI?
No. The TikTok draft flow is a built-in automation. Only Post to apps, which posts to Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook or X as well, uses the AI brain.