Trying to move/copy a file from my phone 5 (iOS7.1) to my MacBook Pro. How do I do that?

How do I copy or send a DocsToGo excel file from my iphone 5 (iOS7.1) to my MacBook Pro? How do I make it work using AirDrop or Bluetooth? Or other suggestions....
Thank you.

AIrDrop and Bluetooth cannot communicate between an IPhone and a Mac.
I don't know about DocsToGo. Excel files could be communicated by email, or by Apple's Numbers app.

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Hi Thomas,
Thank you again for another very swift response.
The folder got into the Trash because I'm an idiot who didn't think he needed it anymore.
Then I thought: hold on a minute. I'll pull that back out of the Trash before I delete it, JUST in case.
And thank goodness I did.
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Last login: Thu May 24 21:10:04 on ttys000
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$ ls -al ~/.Trash
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-rw-r--r--   1 michaelthorne staff      0 18 Sep 2004 .localized
drwxr-xr-x 12 michaelthorne staff    408 24 May 17:23 22.05.12
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 michaelthorne staff    102 15 Apr 2011 Mail.app
drwxr-xr-x   7 michaelthorne staff    238 24 May 16:42 V2 copy
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