iPhone to iPhone airdrop "No People Found There is no one nearby to share with."ne to ipho

Hi there, hmaclewis!

Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities. If I understand your post, you are having trouble sending photos via AirDrop from your iPhone to your wife's. I see she does not have this same issue in reverse, though, and you can receive them as well. I'd be happy to help!

Based on the error you're receiving, as well as the great troubleshooting you've already completed, I would recommend next doing the following steps, then testing to see if you're able to send her a photo:

1. In Settings > General > AirDrop, toggle AirDrop off, and back on.
2. Make sure neither of your devices have Personal Hotspot enabled, and that they are both awake.
3. Set your AirDrop preferences on both devices to Everyone: How to use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support.
4. Restart each device again: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support.

Cheers!

Many people are experiencing this same problem. My iPad Air and iPhone 8 no longer recognize each other even after trying all the fixes. This appears to be related to iOS updates, and I hope that something gets done to correct the problem, since users are not able to fix the problem from their end.

This actually has nothing to do with my phone. I lost my "Smart Group" in a direct transfer from my old computer to the new done at an Apple store. Since the new computer was Catalina loaded I couldn't downgrade. And sadly, no, my Smart Group isn't on my phone for some reason. Any help appreciated! I don't have a way to retrieve this list from an old backup at this time. The Genius bar was out of ideas.

Same issue. Was able to fix by changing in both phones the AirDrop from CONTACTS ONLY to EVERYONE

Thanks for following up, hmaclewis,

Since the provided steps haven't solved the issue and it appears on multiple devices I'd suggest getting in touch with Apple Support directly next: Contact Apple Support.

Best.

I'm having this problem as well.

Both my computer (2017 Macbook Air) and Phone (iPhone 7+) are on the same wifi and both have bluetooth turned on.

My phone consistently says "there's no one nearby to share with".

I've tried turning the phone on and off. I've tried turning wifi on and off. I've tried turning bluetooth on and off. I've tried turning airdrop receiving on and off.

Nothing. Works.

Any suggestions?! This is frustrating when I need to get large files sent from my phone to my computer.

i had the same problem and tried for several days to find the answer on the internet but nothing until this morning I found this website:

https://www.techbout.com/airdrop-not-working-on-mac-31036/

forget about everything you’ve tried and go to your laptops

System Preference

Security & Privacy

FIREWALL turn it OFF!

that fixed my “No People Found” Airdrop message. Now I can AirDrop pics and videos from my iPhone to my MacBook

hope it helps you!

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Nope, not a Catalina problem. Works find with Catalina on my MacBook Pro.

Do you have both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled, and are both devices on the same Wi-Fi network?

Same exact problem. Apple > Please fix. This seems like a Catalina problem. One of many unfortunately.

I have the same issue, tried all the known obvious tricks to try resolve it but nothing works, even just did the Beta2 update and nothing.

does anyone at apple know what’s going on ?

I'm having the same issue, none of these troubleshooting tricks have worked

Mine weirdly started working again the next day after posting this.. I dunno could be software issues.