Fix for Airdrop stuck on waiting

Hello all, this is not so much a question as a solution.


The problem I solved is as follows: my iPhone and iPad saw my MacBook Pro (2021, M1) when trying to Airdrop photos to the MacBook, but the operation was stuck on 'waiting.'


After attempting several fixes, I found that my firewall settings were blocking all incoming connections using built in apps; alternatively, I could have only selected "sharingd" from the connections I wanted to allow, and supposedly this would have worked as well.


After allowing built in apps to accept incoming connections, Airdrop once again functioned perfectly.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 14, 2021 12:46 PM

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