Instead of compressing your file and attaching it to the email, Mail Drop uploads it to iCloud in the original form. Hence, there is no loss of quality or data. The recipient gets an iCloud link to the file and can download it using any web browser (even if they don’t have an Apple ID).
Further, the 5GB cap on the attachment doesn’t occupy any space on your iCloud. Hence, even if you have exhausted the 5GB free storage limit and don’t pay for iCloud, you can still use Mail Drop. In a nutshell, it is a perfect solution for sharing files that are otherwise too big for regular email service.
However, there are a few things that you need to keep in mind. The attachment you send will be available to download for 30 days, after which it expires. Further, Mail Drop has a storage limit of 1TB. If you exceed this limit at any point, you’ll need to wait until some of the files expire and the storage frees up again.
