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Q: iOS9 Airdrop to Mac not working

Trying to connect iPhone 6+ iOS9 to 2013 iMac OS X 10.10.5 via Airdrop but not showing up on iMac or iPhone, worked perfectly before iOS 9.

 

iPhone can Airdrop to another iPhone and iMac can Airdrop to another Mac, but not iPhone to/from Mac.

 

iOS update was originally done OTA and have reinstalled through iTunes.

 

Have tried all suggestions I have come across but still they won't connect.

 

Anyone have similar problems?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 21.5 in 2.9GHZ i5 16 GB

Posted on Sep 18, 2015 7:13 AM

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  • by Karlos.Liwanag,

    Karlos.Liwanag Karlos.Liwanag Oct 5, 2015 2:17 AM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 5, 2015 2:17 AM in response to macrobin

    I have the same problem between my MBA and iPhone6+/iPad.  My iphone and ipad can detect and connect to each other but not in my mac.  My iphone/ipad is invisible in my mac and vise versa.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Oct 5, 2015 6:15 AM in response to Karlos.Liwanag
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    Oct 5, 2015 6:15 AM in response to Karlos.Liwanag

    Has it worked previously?

  • by sriharshasharma,

    sriharshasharma sriharshasharma Oct 5, 2015 6:44 AM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 5, 2015 6:44 AM in response to macrobin

    hello apple..im also facing this prolem with my macbook pro el capiton and iOS9

     

    any one fixed this issue

  • by lindersoft,

    lindersoft lindersoft Oct 5, 2015 12:02 PM in response to sriharshasharma
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    Oct 5, 2015 12:02 PM in response to sriharshasharma

    Exact the same problem here. It worked fine until last week. Then we updated our MacBook Pro Retina machines and our iOS devices. As a result, the Mac machines do not "see" the iPhones (5s, 6) and iPads. This is a nightmare for us...

  • by Horemakhet,

    Horemakhet Horemakhet Oct 5, 2015 10:04 PM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 5, 2015 10:04 PM in response to macrobin

    Hello all,

     

    So I'm running iOS 8.4 on an iPhone 5s and OS X El Capitan on a MacBook Pro 15' late 2013 and AirDrop won't work since the update!!!

    Before it was working... sometimes... when it wanted. Now nothing.

    As it was said it's very annoying. Apple highlights a feature that doesn't work... Since the update I didn't change any parameter in my laptop. Same thing with a friend but running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6+.

     

    Guys... really? You want your customers to be satisfied? I'm not. For some time, I'm not anymore. And I'm not the only one. That's not the only issue I've encountered but that one really annoys me.

     

    Regards

  • by Chini.m,

    Chini.m Chini.m Oct 5, 2015 11:25 PM in response to Horemakhet
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    Oct 5, 2015 11:25 PM in response to Horemakhet

    I'M not satisfied at all..

    And the most interesting think, as you said that before it was working Sometimes when it wanted !! It annoying me, because to send some file from max to iphone I was waiting a lot, and I turn off/on my airdro to make it work.

    AirDrop was glitch since it was released but now it doesn't work at all.

    850€ for iPhone

    2249€ For MBP

    And glitched software

    Poor Apple

  • by karimkallas,

    karimkallas karimkallas Oct 6, 2015 8:12 AM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 6, 2015 8:12 AM in response to macrobin

    Same problem i here ,, iPhone 5s 9.0.2 IOS and MBP El-capitan airdrop stopped working perfectly like than before ,, we need Urgent Update for this case

     

    Bravo Apple !!

  • by igorigoro,

    igorigoro igorigoro Oct 6, 2015 9:11 AM in response to Chini.m
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    Oct 6, 2015 9:11 AM in response to Chini.m

    yes,you are right. Apple products are too expensive to have such stupid problems as not function airdrop . As we know the  airdrop is only one direct   connection between mac computers and iPhones. It's a shame if it's not function. I have the same problems with airdrop after update iPhone to fw 9.

    I decided not to wait for repair of firmware and so I have installed instashare software which is better than airdrop. Now I can communicate not only with matchbooks but android phones ,win pc as well. On the other side this software is not charge of free. I think I can't hardly use airdrop any more.

  • by Cisco's Beat,

    Cisco's Beat Cisco's Beat Oct 6, 2015 10:55 AM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 6, 2015 10:55 AM in response to macrobin

    Same problem here ! I phone 6 iOS 9.02 to Macbook pro 2015 El Capitan Airdrop not working anymore in anyways.
    Just before iOS 9.0 everything was perfectly working.

     

    Airdrop is very important, hoping apple will provide in future the solution about that.

  • by MVROM,

    MVROM MVROM Oct 6, 2015 5:53 PM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 6, 2015 5:53 PM in response to macrobin

    I have the same issue. My iPhone 5S AirDrops to other iOS devices, but not to my MacBook Pro. They should get this fixed ASAP, as it is very annoying.

  • by yodaprincess,

    yodaprincess yodaprincess Oct 6, 2015 6:57 PM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 6, 2015 6:57 PM in response to macrobin

    I found (coincidentally) a way to send pictures via aidrop from the Mac to the iphone, even with this problem...

     

    When you are trying to go to the 'airdrop' field directly from a picture on your iphone (which isn't working, as the mac isn't shown), instead go to the 'airplay' field below - then the iphone will try to look for airplay devices, and in that instant, the iphone pops up in the airdrop-window on your mac. (airdrop has to be activated first though)

     

    Then you can send pictures etc. to your iphone. Unfortunately not the other way round....

     

    But I thought it might help someone

  • by Onemanshow75,

    Onemanshow75 Onemanshow75 Oct 6, 2015 11:59 PM in response to yodaprincess
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    Oct 6, 2015 11:59 PM in response to yodaprincess

    Hello Yodaprincess

    Thank you for your tip

    I don't know how you managed to pull this off but i couldn't

    There is no confusion on my phone between Airdrop and Airplay , the Airdrop icon is on top and the Airplay below , none can be swapped or access thru the other , tapping the Airplay is bringing Airplay devices ( Apple tv ...) nothing else , the mac on Airdrop always active and visible from Everyone is not popping up anything ..

    Are sure you are running  EL CAPITAN on one device and IOS 9.0.+ on the other device ???

    This is a well known reported bug issue by anyone running those Sw on the apple devices .

     

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  • by Onemanshow75,

    Onemanshow75 Onemanshow75 Oct 7, 2015 12:20 AM in response to Onemanshow75
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    Oct 7, 2015 12:20 AM in response to Onemanshow75

    In addition to the Vanishing ''Airdrop'' usage , Microsoft Outlook 2011 quitted to operate properly , no syncing to exchange servers and so ...

    Note that this is ONLY with  EL Capitan ( OS X  10.11)  Anyone running Yosemite or older versions might not encounter the Air drop / Outlook 2011 Exchange sync issues .

  • by ianshulahuja,

    ianshulahuja ianshulahuja Oct 7, 2015 2:57 AM in response to macrobin
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    Oct 7, 2015 2:57 AM in response to macrobin

    faced the same issue yesterday. searched on net but couldn't find a proper solution. tried again today and I observed that my personal hotspot was left as "on" by mistake and that was causing problem. turned that off and boom, airdrop works like a charm once again! good luck!

  • by Onemanshow75,

    Onemanshow75 Onemanshow75 Oct 7, 2015 3:48 AM in response to ianshulahuja
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    Oct 7, 2015 3:48 AM in response to ianshulahuja

    Which devices are in use for Air drop and what are their OS ?

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