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why is my iPhone 7 not seeing airdrop transfers to accept it

why is my iPhone 7 not seeing airdrop transfers to accept it


iPhone SE, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 5, 2021 5:58 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2021 6:15 AM

Please check your Screen Time restrictions on your iPhone.


Screen Time

Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps > AirDrop [Enable]

Watch the GIF below



If you have Contacts Only turned On then please add Apple ID of the sending device to your list of contacts on the receiving device. See the pic at the bottom of this post for better clarity


Before you begin

  • Make sure that the person you're sending to is nearby and within Bluetooth and Wi-Fi range.
  • Check that you and the person you're sending to have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on. If either of you have Personal Hotspot on, turn it off.
  • Check if the person you're sending to has their AirDrop set to receive from Contacts Only. If they do, and you’re in their Contacts, they need to have your email address or mobile number in your contact card for AirDrop to work.
  • If you're not in their Contacts, have them set their AirDrop receiving setting to Everyone in order to receive the file.

You can put your AirDrop receiving setting to Contacts Only or Receiving Off at any time to control who can see your device and send you content in AirDrop.


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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Oct 5, 2021 6:15 AM in response to joan keyter

Please check your Screen Time restrictions on your iPhone.


Screen Time

Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps > AirDrop [Enable]

Watch the GIF below



If you have Contacts Only turned On then please add Apple ID of the sending device to your list of contacts on the receiving device. See the pic at the bottom of this post for better clarity


Before you begin

  • Make sure that the person you're sending to is nearby and within Bluetooth and Wi-Fi range.
  • Check that you and the person you're sending to have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on. If either of you have Personal Hotspot on, turn it off.
  • Check if the person you're sending to has their AirDrop set to receive from Contacts Only. If they do, and you’re in their Contacts, they need to have your email address or mobile number in your contact card for AirDrop to work.
  • If you're not in their Contacts, have them set their AirDrop receiving setting to Everyone in order to receive the file.

You can put your AirDrop receiving setting to Contacts Only or Receiving Off at any time to control who can see your device and send you content in AirDrop.


Oct 5, 2021 6:27 AM in response to SravanKrA

Thank you. All settings are in place, both iMac and iPhone logged in - still, sometimes the iMac sees the iPhone, sometimes it does not. This iMac is weird. I bought it in dec last year. It struggles to render a small video in photoshop (adobe checked with me the settings in adobe), it cannot import a single photo from a Nikon card - while the old 2013 model iMac does all of the above effortlessly. I have mackeeper installed. I ran all sort of tests. nothing wrong. just weird


why is my iPhone 7 not seeing airdrop transfers to accept it

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