Manage your own social accounts on iPhones from a Mac

Who this is for

Creators and social media managers who edit on a Mac and post from iPhones. Instead of AirDropping files, unlocking each phone and tapping through each app, you keep your phones on the desk, see them all live in one window, and send content to them from Finder.

This page is about your own accounts. Use iFarm within the rules of each platform you post to (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, Snapchat). iFarm is never for fake accounts, fake engagement, spam or mass messaging, and it doesn't hide automation from apps.

Workflow: drag a video onto a phone, get a draft

1. Export your video on the Mac. Put a .txt file with the same name next to it (clip.mp4 and clip.txt) if you want its text as the caption.
2. Drag the video (or up to 35 photos) from Finder onto the phone's tile in iFarm.
3. Pick what to do: Save to Photos (the default), TikTok draft, or Post to apps.
4. For a TikTok draft, iFarm puts the media in the phone's Photos, opens TikTok, picks the newest item, taps through to the post screen and types the caption. No AI is needed.
5. 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.

Post to apps lets you tick Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube (videos only), Facebook and X; the AI brain you set up then posts it in each app, one after another. Drop onto one of several checked phones to do the same on all of them. If a phone is busy, the job waits in its Up next queue.

Workflow: post from anywhere with a drop folder

Your editor, or you on the road, doesn't need to be at the Mac.

1. In iFarm, open Waiting for you → Drop folder → Choose… and pick a folder inside Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud Drive on the Mac.
2. Press Create phone folders. You get one sub-folder per phone and group, plus All.
3. From anywhere (for example the Google Drive app on your phone), put clip.mp4 and clip.txt into a phone's folder. A sub-folder of photos plus caption.txt becomes one slideshow.
4. Once the file has stopped changing for 10 seconds, iFarm prepares it on the phone exactly like a drag-and-drop and shows it in Waiting for you, with a Mac notification.
5. Choose Save draft / Post / Discard. With no answer in 30 minutes, it's saved as a TikTok draft; Post now later finds that draft by its caption and posts it.

When a post is done, its files move into _drafted, _posted, _discarded or _failed (with a .reason.txt), so whoever dropped it can see what happened. A clip.json with {"draft_at": "2026-11-02T18:30:00Z"} makes it wait until then.

Several of your own accounts on one phone

A phone can hold several of your own TikTok accounts.

1. Log in to each account once in TikTok on the phone (Profile → your name → Add account). iFarm never types passwords.
2. In iFarm, press Find accounts on this phone under Farm → Accounts.
3. When you drop a file, pick the account; in the drop folder, use the account's @handle folder.

Before each run for an account, iFarm switches TikTok to it with TikTok's own account switcher and checks the profile shows that @handle. If the account isn't logged in, the run stops and says so. Each account gets its own schedules and history.

You approve each post

By default iFarm asks before posting, sending or following: the engine refuses any step that taps Post, Story, Send or Follow unless you chose it. You can turn that off in Setup → Preferences, but the default is a person's click on every post. iFarm never buys anything; taps on Buy or Pay are always refused.

The same goes for comments. The built-in TikTok templates can suggest a short comment based on the caption, but it waits in Waiting for you and is posted only if you approve it.

Routine tasks on a schedule

Some daily phone work is the same every time. Record it once and put it on a schedule (Plan → Schedules): once or N times a day at random times inside a window, on chosen weekdays, per phone or per account. Examples:

• Open the app and browse your niche for 20 minutes each evening, so your feed stays on topic.
• Bring up a saved draft at a set time with the TikTok: post a saved draft template; it posts only when you choose Post.
• Run your own routine (check Inbox, open drafts) at the start of each workday.

History records every run, with a screenshot when one fails. Planned runs wait while a phone is in use, so they won't interrupt you if you pick one up.

Note: only run automations on phones dedicated to the farm. A replay taps whatever is on screen, so don't run one on a phone someone is using. To stop everything on a phone, hold volume up + volume down together.

Frequently asked questions

Can I post to TikTok from my Mac with iFarm?

Yes, through a real iPhone. Drag a video onto the phone and choose TikTok draft; iFarm prepares the draft in the TikTok app and you choose Save draft, Post or Discard.

Does iFarm post without asking me?

Not by default. iFarm asks before posting, sending or following. You can turn that off in Setup → Preferences.

Can iFarm create accounts or boost engagement?

No. iFarm is for managing accounts you already own, within each platform's rules. It never types passwords, doesn't hide automation from apps and isn't for fake accounts or fake engagement.

Do I need an AI subscription?

No. Drag-and-drop TikTok drafts, the drop folder, automations and schedules work without AI. Posting to several apps at once uses the AI brain you choose: Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, or a local model with Ollama or LM Studio.

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