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Airdrop showing duplicate device

Does anyone know why my phone sees my Macbook twice when I try to send photos via airdrop? I've checked iCloud and my phone for devices connected to my account, and the Macbook only shows up once.


One of them works to send things too (the one without the picture of a Macbook) and the other doesn't, so this is getting a bit annoying. TYA!


MacBook, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 7, 2020 8:14 AM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2020 8:39 AM

After trying to chat with Apple and them suggesting a safe reboot, which I wasn't prepared to do, I found this article that solved my problem:


https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/dgvhoj/after_a_clean_install_of_catalina_airdrop_shows/


As much as I love Apple support, it would be nice if their go-to wasn't ALWAYS restart your Mac.

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Feb 7, 2020 8:39 AM in response to etrnlflame

After trying to chat with Apple and them suggesting a safe reboot, which I wasn't prepared to do, I found this article that solved my problem:


https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/dgvhoj/after_a_clean_install_of_catalina_airdrop_shows/


As much as I love Apple support, it would be nice if their go-to wasn't ALWAYS restart your Mac.

Airdrop showing duplicate device

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