AirDrop is not working after new iOS 17 update

How can I find my AirDrop?

Fix this **** apple

iPhone 15 Pro Max OS 17.5.1 -will not air drop to two Mac Laptops MacBook Pro and Air running 14.5 (23F79) Sonoma - tried everything on here No Go!! So frustrating!!

Airdrop will send from Mac to iPhone - iPhone to Mac No Go! - "No People Found" no matter what setting on iPhone - does not see the Mac!

I know exactly what to do. You will never have that problem again ever✅

I had been suffering from that same problem until I said enough is enough and this is what changed the game:

On your iPhone, go to -settings>cellular>personal hotspot

-Then activate: Allow others to join

-Also activate : Maximize Compatibility

Extra tip: turn off cellular data when trying to send something to your iPhone

You are all done. Your problem is resolved forever ✨

It works for me only when I:

1. Disconnect the VPN
2. Turn off cellular in the control center
3. Turn off wifi in the control center

It makes no sense but it works.

Oh wow! Thank you for posting this! It worked for me. So frustrating because I bought into the Apple ecosystem because I wanted to airdrop files to my different electronics, and then when I updated to 17.4 it stopped working. Turning off cellular is a small price to pay to still have the airdrop working.

Finally fixed my Airdrop by turning Private WiFi Address on!

Don’t know why it was turned off or when but now my Airdrop is working again.

You find this in your Settings by tapping on the “i” after your SSID name.

Hope this helps.

Been using workarounds for months now to airdrop from my recent SE phone and iPad Air, several times waisted a lot of time to try different suggestions from this forum and all to no avail…..rebooting numerous times this morning on both my devices still no improvement for the last decade at least always could airdrop without any problem until about 6 months ago and thought well ……..next update Apple will get this fixed but not so and this is getting very disappointing.

will just have to accept the fact that texting to my devices is the way to go and forget about Airdrop………..R.I.P. Airdrop

This started to happen for me after the 17.4 update if I remember correctly. This is what worked for me :

• I enabled and disabled both the VPNs I'm using on both my devices ( I use Google ONE VPN ), they were both disabled at the start of this but I enabled them and disabled them both anyway.
• On my MacBook, I found an old VPN configuration ( I used GhostVPN in the past ) so I deleted it because it was useless.
• And that's it. Airdrop works now !

Thank you, that clue was all I needed: Firewall in Mac OS 14 was the problem all along! On the MacBook Pro (Mac OS 14.4.1), I went to Settings--->Network--->Firewall but could not add or delete anything from the list of allowed or blocked apps. (In fact, Settings froze completely and I had to force quit.) But I went back to Settings and turned OFF Firewall, turned it back ON, and now everything is fine.

Apple needs to fix the Firewall problem in Mac OS 14.

My Problem was Solved by Apple --> Here is How: I had a similar problem when AirDropping from an iPhone 11 to a MacBook Air M1 (not working after an iOS17 update), chatting with apple support and escalating to a Senior technical Level and after trying a few things which didn't work at all (Network Reset, VPN apps uninstalled, VPN configurations deleted, Force Hard Reset, Router and Internet device reset, AirDrop Off/On, Wifi Off/On, Bluetooth Off/On, Software Update, ScreenTime->Apps Allowed-> AirDrop Off/On), They found an app (DaVinci Resolve) that was configured in the native Mac Firewall that was creating the problem, so I just block the app in the firewall and it worked properly back again. The only thing that we didn't try (it was the last step) was backing up the phone and restore it to factory settings.

Hope this gives you one more clue on what to look at.

Same problem with my Ipad 10 and iphone 14 Pro both IOS 17 updated, it never happened before, really annoying.

IOS 17 is a stupid update ever from Apple, what a shame Apple!

I’m having the same issue, I’ve just been Texting pictures to myself. Faster than email at least

Hi,

I have found a very good site where I found the culprit :)

https://www.howtoisolve.com/airdrop-not-working-on-mac-ei-capitan-how-to-fix/

For me this one was the issue: Firewall setting

1. Go to System Settings
2. Go to Network
3. Select Network right side Firewall
4. if the Firewall is enabled, then Click on Options
5. Disable the ‘Block all incoming connections’ toggle

If it solves it then I suggest you to do the following under Firewall Options:

a) press + (lower left corner)

b) in search field enter AirDrop

c) select AirDrop.app

d) select open —> it will then appear in the firewall options window —> select allow (green dot)

e) press / select OK

f) you could now enable Firewall

I hope it helps!

Cheers

Restarting the iPhone worked but it doesn't last. The next day, the same problem existed. With all the comments about the non functionality of airdrop, I hope Apple is listening and is working to correct this problem. It is a pain!!