Airdrop 'Contacts Only' issue with same Apple ID on Mac and iPhone

Hey Max. Try opening Contacts, going to the search bar, and start typing your AppleID email or phone number. This will show any contact cards with your AppleID. Make sure to delete your AppleID from all contacts except one. Make sure to delete all the suggested ones too, for your AppleID. I believe the problem arises because Airdrop finds “you” as a nearby Airdrop target, but can’t decide which contact card to show on the Airdrop interface for “you”. So it shows none and there is no target for you to select.

I have had similar problems airdropping to people when their AppleID has been in more than one contact card in my Contacts app. Sometimes, randomly, my friend’s email addresses get assigned to a new blank contact by iOS, and that breaks Airdrop until I find and delete that contact.

Note: if you go to Airdrop and see “No people found”, I don’t think my tip is relevant. I believe the problem I am describing only has the symptom that the Airdrop list is empty, or the person nearby is not shown when you think they should be.

Im not sure why Airdrop has a problem with duplicated AppleID’s, or if this is even your problem, but I thought I’d suggest it just in case.

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MexVector wrote:

Macbook Pro 2018 (MacOS Ventura 13.7.1) (yes, I'm holding on to Ventura for compatibility reasons - could this be the culprit?)

You said it worked with 'Everyone for 10 Minutes' option. So macOS or iOS is not the culprit.

MexVector wrote:

I even separately added myself again as a contact in my iPhone, but that didn't solve it.

Did you add your Apple ID to the list of Contacts?