Monterey & Airdrop

Having one machine freshly installed with Monterey and the old one running Big Sur. No issues seeing the Big Sur MBP, but the other way around at some point stops to be discoverable and only works again after a restart.

Checked firewall settings, looked for VPN services running, no AdGuard installed. Tried restarting Wifi/BT on either side without any luck.

It works consistently after a restart. While it works I now tried switching BT & Wifi off on the Monterey machine and then on again, but it is visible once reconnected, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. Also waited until it went to sleep and it worked fine after waking up. Not sure yet at which point it stops and what might be causing it.

Wow! I've never had a post removed in this way by Apple! I'll try this again because I believe the relative information is important for Apple and it's communities to share in order to arrive at a solution to this ongoing problem with Monterey Airdrop and Bluetooth connectivity...

I was able to send files and photos from my Mac mini 2014 with Catalina and nothing changed when I upgraded to Monterey 12.0.1, bluetooth and airdrop all still worked just fine.

However after upgrading again to Monterey 12.1 Airdrop from my Mac to either my 2017 iPad Pro 12.9 or my 2020 iPhone SE was no longer possible, and upgrading a 3rd to Monterey 12.2 last night I had hoped would fix the problem but alas no the problem still exists.

My iPhone SE is running with the latest "Bravo Echo Tango Alpha" and my iPad Pro still on iPadOS 15.2. It really doesn't matter which version iOS the problem is with Monterey and bluetooth regarding Airdrop.

Conversely I'm able to receive Airdrops from my devices to my Mac. But when ever I want to send something to my phone I'm forced to attach to an email I send to myself then open that on my phone and save.

I honestly think Apple can do better it seems such a simple thing really...

lebackpacker wrote:

Can you provide the solution you used?

im having the same issue (though can’t airdrop anything to MacBook) and I’m losing patience.

I'm not sure what problem the OP was having with AirDrop. On my computer, when AirDrop stops responding to clicks, it works again after I restart.

Hi, Alexandra I am having the exact same problem in Monterey as you have. I have no adware installed and have been in contact with Apple's senior adviser multiple times. I have done a clean install to no avail . We are currently out of ideas. What is your status? Has your situation changed, could you solve your problem. Please reply, thanks.

My devices are 1iPhone 12 and MBP16 2021 M1Max both have the newest software installed. PS. It's not Monterey based since my older MBP 15 (2014) that is on Catalina has the same problem. I start thinking that the iPhone is the problem.

In response to falk20. My issue continues and I need more input from others here. VPN is not the problem in my case since I don't have any such App nor do I use any adblockers etc. I still see two iPhone and Mac avatars when airdropping but only one works . The ones with my contact profile image is dead. The generic one works up and down from and to MBP. What the heck is going on? My problem has been looked at the Apple engineer level to no avail. Who else suffers from this? Please swamp the forum. Thanks.

No problem between iPhone x and 2013 MacPro

I have have the same issue as falk20. Tried dragging the items to Airdrop in Finder but it also didn't work. My iphone can still airdrop to Mac though, but not vice versa.

I have the same issue can send to mac but not viceversa

It worked in safe mode and i restarted and it didint work, should i shut down or restart after safe mode?

I'm not seeing this issue (see below). My spouse and I both have AirDrop configured as "Contacts Only". You might find useful information in Use AirDrop on your Mac - Apple Support.

Can you provide the solution you used?

im having the same issue (though can’t airdrop anything to MacBook) and I’m losing patience.

thank you!