Airdrop - Older MacBook cannot find new MacBook

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Airdrop - Older MacBook cannot find new MacBook

Airdrop has been working between Macbook Pro (Late 2013) with Sierra and other Macs and iPhones. But it cannot find my new MacBook Air (2020) with Big Sur. MacBook Air can find MacBook pro.

How could I make the Old MacBook pro find the new MacBook air so that I can use Airdrop feature?

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on May 6, 2021 7:53 PM

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babowa

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May 6, 2021 9:30 PM in response to Paige-Roo

Make sure all your devices are compatible with Air drop:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203106

Having said that, I found that "borderline" Macs (machines that were introduced close to the introduction of airdrop) are not very reliable in trying to locate other devices for airdrop. On mine, it only worked 70% of the time; I had to email it to myself quite often.

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