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I just finished installing Lion, and i have no AirDrop in Finder. Also nothing in Finder's preferences. I have a Mid 2009 MacBook Air. I saw nothing about this on the internet/Apple's page.
Any sugestions?
MacBook Air Mid 2009, Mac OS X (10.7)
AirDrop requires a Late 2010 or newer MacBook Air.
See http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html (under "AirDrop").
AirDrop requires a Late 2010 or newer MacBook Air.
See http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html (under "AirDrop").
Awww... I'm dissapointed 😟 AirDrop was an awesome feature i waited for 🙂 I hope there'll be a workaround or something 😀
I have MacBook Pro late 2008 and I also don't see the AirDrop...
Same here...my WIFI card details are below - but I would imagine this should work?
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.11)
MAC Address: 00:22:41:fc:48:b4
Locale: FCC
Country Code: CA
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
Status: Connected
It looks like AirDrop is based upon a WiFi standard called WiFi Direct, that allows direct peer-to-peer connections between devices without needing a base station, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like WiFi Direct was built into devices until 2010.
Bummer. Was looking forward to this feature!
See also: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4783
me too! *****!
I have a late 2008 iMac.....I also installed lion last night and can't find airdrop on my finder. I installed lion on a 2009 MacBook and it is there...
Anybody knows whether we have any hope for a firmware update or correction to this? ..this feature was one of the nicest ones, I am disappointed that there was no warning about this limitation.
Airdrop appears on my late 2008 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo Macbook, but not on my early 2008 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo iMac. Feeling rather hacked off about that...
Carlos Camilion wrote:
I have a late 2008 iMac.....I also installed lion last night and can't find airdrop on my finder. I installed lion on a 2009 MacBook and it is there...
Anybody knows whether we have any hope for a firmware update or correction to this? ..this feature was one of the nicest ones, I am disappointed that there was no warning about this limitation.
This was your warning: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4783
There is this thing called Desk connect. It is free. at the App Store and also available for the iphone. Simple to do.
No AirDrop in Finder?
