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Q: Airdrop not working on El Capitan

Does anyone know how to get airdrop working on OS X El Capitan, I used to have the issue intermittently on Yosemite but since upgrading I haven't been able to transfer files via Airdrop to my iPhone 5 or 6S.

 

When I select Airdrop in a Finder window my phone just doesn't appear!!!

 

Can anyone help?

Posted on Oct 5, 2015 9:15 AM

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  • by amir_13,

    amir_13 amir_13 Oct 19, 2015 6:08 AM in response to huds13
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    Oct 19, 2015 6:08 AM in response to huds13

    i had same problem too.

    MBA Yosemite with iphone 6 iOS 9.0.1 and iphone 5s iOS 7.1 = working

    But,

    MBA El Capitan couldn't see my iphones and my iphones couldn't see my MBA El Capitan.

     

    revert back to Yosemite is the best solution for me.using OS X internet Recovery is the best scenario because Yosemite is no longer in Mac App Store (region Indonesia).

  • by Al-Glen,Helpful

    Al-Glen Al-Glen Oct 19, 2015 10:43 AM in response to amir_13
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    Oct 19, 2015 10:43 AM in response to amir_13

    The Apple Support Team have taken a copy of my computer to see if their engineers can find the problem. They acknowledge that other people are having this problem. I am waiting to hear from them.

  • by amir_13,

    amir_13 amir_13 Oct 19, 2015 8:52 AM in response to Al-Glen
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    Oct 19, 2015 8:52 AM in response to Al-Glen

    i'm sure they will fix the problem in the next update.

    but until then, stick to Yosemite is better option by now (for me).

     

    i do like El Capitan, i didn't expect it will be perfect in the first shot, but they did very great job.

  • by DaveC22,

    DaveC22 DaveC22 Oct 21, 2015 1:40 PM in response to amir_13
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    Oct 21, 2015 1:40 PM in response to amir_13

    I have had a problem with my iMac 21.5 inch (late 2013).  In a nutshell, Airdrop has never worked.

    Having spent hours online to Apple support with no success, I resigned myself to never using Airdrop.

    However.....I have just installed 10.11.1 and it now works.  I can use it between both my IOS devices and my iMac and vice versa.

    Better late than never!

  • by Wizbit,

    Wizbit Wizbit Oct 21, 2015 2:14 PM in response to DaveC22
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    Oct 21, 2015 2:14 PM in response to DaveC22

    Upgraded to iOS 9.1 on my iPhone 5S and Mac OS X 10.11.1 on my iMac yet AirDrop still isn't working between the two devices…

  • by Al-Glen,

    Al-Glen Al-Glen Oct 22, 2015 8:57 AM in response to DaveC22
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    Oct 22, 2015 8:57 AM in response to DaveC22

    I was hopeful when I saw your message so I downloaded the latest update. Unfortunately my Airdrop still does not work. Any way I'm pleased for you. I just hope Apple get this problem sorted.

  • by proffo,

    proffo proffo Oct 22, 2015 1:43 PM in response to huds13
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    Oct 22, 2015 1:43 PM in response to huds13

    Finally, with the last upgrade of OS X, airdrop work. Thanks God.

  • by huds13,

    huds13 huds13 Oct 22, 2015 2:00 PM in response to proffo
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    Oct 22, 2015 2:00 PM in response to proffo

    Just finished updating both my iPhone and Mac they both seem to be working, finally I can us airdrop  

  • by oitentaesete,

    oitentaesete oitentaesete Oct 23, 2015 6:00 AM in response to huds13
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    Oct 23, 2015 6:00 AM in response to huds13

    I envy You guys. Both OS X and iOS updated here, but AirDrop still doesn't work

  • by huds13,

    huds13 huds13 Oct 23, 2015 6:14 AM in response to oitentaesete
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    Oct 23, 2015 6:14 AM in response to oitentaesete

    i did create a usb boot disk with el capitan, and perform a clean install don't know if that worth a try!

  • by oitentaesete,

    oitentaesete oitentaesete Oct 23, 2015 6:21 AM in response to huds13
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    Oct 23, 2015 6:21 AM in response to huds13

    Well, I didn't go that way, but I'll try it this weekend. Thanks.

  • by Strullagirl,

    Strullagirl Strullagirl Oct 23, 2015 10:42 AM in response to oitentaesete
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    Oct 23, 2015 10:42 AM in response to oitentaesete

    Same thing; both OS and IOS updated to latest version but airdrop deosn't work yet

  • by myjovian,

    myjovian myjovian Oct 24, 2015 9:20 PM in response to huds13
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    Oct 24, 2015 9:20 PM in response to huds13

    I've been chatting with the Senior Advisors for hours yesterday and today. We've been trying everything to solve this problem of mine. My Airdrop of my MBA cannot be searched by other iOS devices. However, other iOS devices are doing the jobs just fine. Therefore, we know something is wrong with the MBA 2013.

     

    We've tried resetting NVRAM, SMC, wireless network, reinstall the OS X, change a different router, setting up a test account, and other things too.

     

    However, none of above worked for me.

     

    At the end, he asked me what kind of third party apps I have, and i gave him a list of the app i have. (I was really hopeless at that time and thought that it was not the problem for sure, however, we have already tried everything, why not one more)

     

    Out of so many apps, he asked me to delete "Dr Cleaner, Memory Clean, and the unarchiver", I did not want to troubleshoot anymore, so i just deleted those and restarted the MBA.

     

    You know what!? IT WORKS! WOW!!

     

    Hope this helps other people like me having trouble with the AirDrop.

     

    Good Luck!

    Cy

  • by willy symphonia,

    willy symphonia willy symphonia Oct 27, 2015 12:03 AM in response to Wizbit
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    Oct 27, 2015 12:03 AM in response to Wizbit

    same problem here

  • by etsara,

    etsara etsara Oct 27, 2015 7:19 AM in response to amir_13
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    Oct 27, 2015 7:19 AM in response to amir_13

    Well, I will share..

     

    I have the same problem, but I found some solution..

    First I try to FaceTime to my device (iphone5s) and end shortly.

    Then back to see Air drop from Finder, My device (iphone5s) is founded, so I can use Air Drop and transfer my photos.

    I don't know this work for others devices....lets try.....

    Thank you.

     

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