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Airdrop

I have two MacBooks sitting next to each other, on the same wifi network, airdrop set to be "discoverable by Everyone" and bluetooth on both machines are "on", and yet the computers are not discoverable on both machines. macOS are Big Sur and Catalina.

Posted on Sep 28, 2021 2:55 AM

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Posted on Sep 28, 2021 9:30 AM

angieccc wrote:

I have two MacBooks sitting next to each other, on the same wifi network, airdrop set to be "discoverable by Everyone" and bluetooth on both machines are "on", and yet the computers are not discoverable on both machines.
macOS are Big Sur and Catalina.


I will say it is not a perfect science...

Airdrop has always been a bit finicky— requires both blue tooth and wifi


If you can't see the other device in AirDrop

Use AirDrop on your Mac - Apple Support


Use AirDrop on your Mac to send files to devices near you


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Sep 28, 2021 9:30 AM in response to angieccc

angieccc wrote:

I have two MacBooks sitting next to each other, on the same wifi network, airdrop set to be "discoverable by Everyone" and bluetooth on both machines are "on", and yet the computers are not discoverable on both machines.
macOS are Big Sur and Catalina.


I will say it is not a perfect science...

Airdrop has always been a bit finicky— requires both blue tooth and wifi


If you can't see the other device in AirDrop

Use AirDrop on your Mac - Apple Support


Use AirDrop on your Mac to send files to devices near you


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