Airdrop Not working iPhone 13 Pro Max

This may not apply to everyone, but I found that using a VPN can interfere with AirDrop, at least with Monterey.

SteveO2019 Said:

"Airdrop Not working iPhone 13 Pro Max: I can’t airdrop anything to my wifes phone even though she appears as available."

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New AirDrop Session:

Turning AirDrop off and then back AirDrop on.

1. Go to: Settings
2. Tap: General
3. Tap: AirDrop

Restart Both Phones:

For iPones, perform the following...

1. Go To: Settings
2. Select: General
3. Scroll to: the Very Bottom
4. Select: Shut Down
5. Slide Finger: to the Right
6. Wait: 30 Seconds
7. Power One: the iPhone
8. Try this Once More

I installed all the updates on both my iPhone and my MacBook. I rebooted both my iPhone and my MacBook. Airdrop worked for a while after I did those things. It did stop working again a few days later so I restarted/rebooted my Macbook and Airdrop started working again.

it’s not a long-term solution but the frequent rebooting is at least a short-term solution (for me) until Apple can fix the larger issue.

I had to back up iCloud after following the steps you have described for the Airdrop on my iPhone13 Pro Max to work again.

Thanks to everyone who have posted helpful remedies for this problem. It seems to be a common issue!!

I'm seeing similar bizarre behavior

Two brand new iPhone 13 Pro Max. My phone and my wife. Each iPhone can see the other in airdrop. If I turn off airdrop in either phone I can see the contact drop so they definitely see each other. If I try to send from either device to the other I get the waiting and the other device NEVER gets the prompt to accept the file.

I have tried all troubleshooting. Restarts. On/off wifi and Bluetooth.

I also see the wife's name under People and then under devices as in the poster above her iPad which I can send to. However neither iPhone Pro Max 13 can ever get a prompt to accept a file.

I updated my iPhone 13 Pro Max and my wife's as well with latest iOS last night. Tested airdrop on our phones this morning and it works properly both ways now (mine to hers and hers to mine). Whatever was in the software update fixed the bugs it seems.

I have same problem. I got iPhone 13 pro max as gift to girlfriend. When sending from mine iPhone 13 mini than she time to time see prompt only when I cancel sending or shortly after on my phone it shows that recipient has declined receiving. Sending to me works perfectly. Only short time solution is to restart hers iPhone 13 pro max. I am waiting for fix of this problem.

Forget the AirDrop or iCloud. The best solution I've found, after much testing, is use the Apple Lightning to SD Card reader adapter. I put in a 1TB SD card and was able to download all my iPhone 13 Pro Max ProRes video files. It's slow - it took under 2 hours to download 280GB worth of video - but have patience and it works great. Make sure you use reliable SD brands - Sandisks - and sometimes the microSD cards can be a problem, esp with the cheap SD adapters. Use a full SD card.

Just waiting for the next gen Iphones to use a USB-C connection to charge (like their iPad Pros) but until then patience is the key w/ the lightning (an oxymoron since it's NOT that fast) connection.

Hey,

did you find a solution for this specific problem/behavior?

I experience exactly the same with my iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Thx :)

I had the same problem with Mac Air 2013 and iPhone 11. It has worked in the past. Sending from phone to Mac just a foot away did not work. Then the message "AirDrop form iPhone was cancelled" on my mac that showed me the photo.

But it was not in Airdrop as I seem to recall in the past.

Using Finder, I went to DOWNLOADS and the photo was there. I'm not sure if the default location has changed, if I may have changed it, or if my memory is faulty. :)

Check your Downloads folder. Tell me if it works for you.

I'm having this problem too. It was working fine until recently. Now, my macbook can "see" my iphone in Airplay but my phone can't find my Macbook. I've tried all of the recommended solutions listed here with no progress.

Have the same problem on iPhone 13 Pro. Can send/receive airdrops from my wife and her 13 Pro. But cannot even see nor send to my daughter’s iPhone 12 running iOS 15 (both phones latest version with updates). I cannot see her in airdrop. She can see me, but I never get the acceptance popup. Doesn’t change if I set Airdrop to Everyone.

I am experiencing the same behavior as omgshinies on my iPhone 13 Mini, trying to AirDrop to/from my wife’s iPhone XS. We’re both on the latest version of iOS 15 for each of our respective devices (15.1.1 for me, 15.1 for her).

Just so you know. That’s absolutely garbage.

An intricate built in function of the OS doesn’t work, so we should destroy all of our stored network connection information is not an acceptable response. Not to mention it NEVER WORKS!!!

Airdrop is an effing joke and needs to be fixed. It’s 2021 for crying out loud