airdrop macbook pro m1 not working

Don't know if you have sorted this yet, but I had the same issue on my M1 MacBook Air. Turns out the icon and the equivalent 'button' are slightly misaligned in the Airdrop window on my machine. If I click slightly above the icon for the device I want to send to, Airdrop works. Click on the icon and it doesn't. Same applies to the 'Done' and 'Cancel' buttons. Hope this helps someone.

In my case I am unable to send files from iPad to mac M1. When I want to airdrop file I can’t see the M1 in the receiptent list. I can see my iPhones and also another intel Macbook in the list and send and receive files.

Surprisingly However I am able to send files from MacBook M1 to all devices as they are visible to it.

The MacBook M1 is carrying the latest updates and its Bluetooth and WiFI are fine and the visibility is set to everyone..

Hi there Jonny2121,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We understand you’re unable to share files between your MacBook Pro and iPhone. We’ll be happy to help.

Look over your iPhone settings as well: How to use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If the behavior started after updating iOS or macOS, you can also back up and update to the latest iOS version: Apple security updates. If the issue continues, there’s a link at the bottom of the page, to contact Apple Support for further assistance. We hope this helps.

Best regards.

It happened to me too while on VPN. I turned off my VPN and my airdrop worked fine. If you're using VPN, try turning it off. See if it works on your end like mine.

Exactly same issue. I can airdrop for and from iphone and ipadpro... but not to and from Macbookpro M1

No, I am not using any VPN. So this doesn’t help.

I tried this, and although the visual geometry is vague, airdrop started working, probably because of clicking around the button. Thank you for this, assuming that was at least part of the solution.