cannot receive via bluetooth

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cannot receive via bluetooth

About two months ago, my Mac stopped being able to receive files from my bluetooth phone. But I could still browse and get them with the Mac.

Today my sister bought a MacBook. I can send to and browse her machine, but my Mac cannot receive files from the MacBook nor is my sister able to browse my computer.

Any ideas?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jan 21, 2008 2:09 PM

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Answer 1

NeddySeagoon Author

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Jan 21, 2008 2:27 PM in response to NeddySeagoon

this is the message I get on my Mac when someone tries to send a file via bluetooth to me :-

The file being sent to you could not be saved on your disk. Perhaps the receive folder is located on a locked volume. Try changing the destination folder and trying again.

how do I change the folder?

also my Mac can now be browsed by another device, though I didn't change anything.

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NeddySeagoon Author

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Jan 21, 2008 3:27 PM in response to NeddySeagoon

solved myself with a little bit of thought

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Answer 3

ivanmil

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Jan 26, 2008 8:03 AM in response to NeddySeagoon

i'm getting same error message but am unable to solve the problem

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Answer 4

NeddySeagoon Author

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Jan 29, 2008 4:57 PM in response to ivanmil

Go to System Preferences > Bluetooth > Sharing.

Tick the boxes in the ON and KEY [for security pairing] column next to Bluetooth File Transfer and Bluetooth File Exchange.

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