AirDrop conitnually Failing between iPhone and MacBook

iOS 17.4.1 and macOS 14.4.1 AirDrop fail all the time trying to send from my iPhone to my Macbook. If i try to send from my Macbook to my iPhone AirDrop can't find my iPhone. Of course, Bluetooth is turned on both devices. I just want to highlight that this problem is coming from the previous iOS version. Unfortunately, with the latest update to iOS and macOS, this problem remains. This is so frustrating!

Same - Airdrop was fine.

then I update to Sonoma 14.4.1 and consistent failure of Airdrop from iPhone 12 pro (up to date) and MBP16 M1.

Its too painful to troubleshoot and Ive done all the usual ones.

Any ideas?

Updated my Macbook air M2 Sonoma 14.4.1, iPhone 15 17.4.1 yesterday. Airdrop icon in iPhone says 'declined'. Toggled wifi and bluetooth, airport mode off and on, reset network and nothing.

Tried the cmd line in this thread and didn't work after both rebooting the phone and mac along with everything else. Can send from the mac to iphone but not from iphone to the mac just as mentioned in this thread.

Checked my contacts to see if my email addresses were the same and they are. It just works? No, it doesn't anymore and quite frankly Apple's software quality control is getting worse.

More info:

Airdrop from my iPhone (SE 3 aka SE 2022), running iOS 17.4.1 works to my wife's laptop running MacOS 14.2, but to my Mac Studio running 14.5 fails. AirDrop from the Mac Studio to the phone works fine. I've used AirDrop prior to this version of Sonoma and it has worked flawlessly. I can see the phone in the AirDrop app on the Mac Studio and I can see the Mac Studio in the set of devices from the phone. I've tried both photos and videos. THIS is why I hate updating my OS.

I had the same issue for my Macbook Air M3 (14.5 (23F79), and my Mac has installed some profiles including Jamf. I can sent out airdrop from my MAC, but my MAC is not able to receice any airdrop files! I tired the solution from the Youtube, but it didn't work out.

https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/airdrop-not-working-on-macos-14-sonoma/m-p/303177

the worse for me, iPhone 11 and macbook air 2017, is that sometimes works well and sometimes just fails. I'd say its because my devices are "old" (5+years though they work amazing still) but now i see it's an issue with everyone. i saw it may be about more than one number and the personal contact card, since i also have other foreign numbers so it may be a pattern.

17.0.3 is the latest- I am up to date. I have phone set to automatic updates to always apply as they're released.

This is not helpful.

My iPhone is updated to 17.0.3

All AirDrop of photos from iPhone to MacBook Air M2 14.0 FAIL.

Any solution?

Wifes just got new mac laptop with Sonoma she can not airdrop to it, be she could mine. Just updated to Sonoma now I can no longer airdop to my laptop from my iphone

... I use a iPhone SE with iOS 15.8 and a MacPro mit macOS 14.1

... iPhone stays in "waiting" durch AirDrop and no receiving notification on macOS 14.1

So, I don't see that macOS 14.1 fixed it

solution >>> check this out > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXP6HYgnJyY

Thanks for the follow up. Glad you were finally able to resolve the issue.

I have been having the same issue but read this so tried from Mac to iPhone and this appears to be working, just not form iPhone to Mac.

Thank you Blade996! All sorted! Very much appreciated!

My laptop is company-owned and the admin is running Jamf Pro. I did the first sudo and restarted the laptop but the problem persists. Do I ask the admin to run the second sudo?