AirDrop Invalid Apple ID

Well I did the double delete and it works. For now at least. There is clearly an issue here with AirDrop. At least I have a workaround when miving files between my iMac and Air.

psr24 worked for me as well. I have 2 machines sharing the same Apple ID. One of the machines has multiple IDs. We'll see if it's just a temporary fix...

I had the problem. The solution that worked for me, was to delete and recreate my Apple ID from Users & Groups in the System Preferences. Now it works like a charm.

Worked beatifully for me. Erased and then re-instated my apple ID on both macs (it's the same ID for both in my case). Works great now. I don't know why it stopped working in the first place.

Had the same problem, used to Sys Pref > Users & Groups... Turns out I'd accidentally put the wrong password in to my Apple ID field. Works fine now.

I have an iMac and a Macbook Pro. Both worked fine with AirDrop but one day got out of sync. To fix the problem, I went into System Preferences | Users & Groups, then clicked on the Change button adjacent to the Apple ID section. I entered my system password, when prompted, clicked on the email address associated with my Apple ID, and then clicked the "minus sign" button to remove my Apple ID. Next, I clicked on the "plus sign" button, entered the email address and password associated with my Apple ID, and tried AirDrop. It worked perfectly.

Keep in mind, this is the same Apple ID, used on two different systems. If you can't get it to work, I'd suggest removing and re-adding it to one system and trying it, as stated above. If that doesn't work, try to remove and re-add it to the second system.

DG

I had this same problem. I noticed that my Keychain (spotlight search: Keychain Access) had duplicate public keys for my AppleId. I deleted all my Public and Private AppleId keys, restarted Finder, and the AirDrop transfer worked. I would also probably go ahead to System Preferences -> Users & Groups and delete and readd my AppleId after doing this.

that one worked for me... Thanks

FYI. going to System Preferences > Users & Groups, then deleting and setting my Apple ID again on both machines worked. I didn't even have to reboot. Thanks 🙂

I tried deleting the Apple IDs in Users and Groups, Forcing Finder to quit and restarting, but that didn't work for me.

Deleting the Apple ID Keys in the Keychain (Go to spotlight, type keychain and open "Keychain access") on BOTH machines with the same Apple ID worked for me.

I had the same problem with my AirDrop. The correct fix is to go into system preferences - Users & Groups. Once in the User section, remove your Apple ID and then re-login with the same Apple ID.

I was having the same error message when attempting file transfers via AirDrop. I deleted and then readded the AppleID from both computers under System Preferences>Users & Groups. AirDrop worked perfectly afterwards.

Macbook Pro to iMac, two different Apple IDs: on the sending macbook message is 'waiting for' then 'iMac declined'. On reverse it's the 'invalid Apple ID' message. Deleted and re-entered IDs on both systems, no joy. Tried putting both IDs on both computers - no joy. Last shot - sign out of iCloud (system preferences) start the transfer - worked straight away - then signed back into iCloud. Transfer continues, all is well with the world.

This would appear to be a conflict with iCloud (y'think Dinozzo?) that can be rectified by signing out and in again - not sure if the fix is persistent, it's a 5Gb file and I'm about 20% through now. By the way, the proper spelling of 'color' is 'colour.' 🙂

psr24 wrote:

Solution:

Go to System Preferences> Users & Groups, Delete the Apple id and then reinsert again on both the systems. Done.

Force Quit finder on both systems before you start and then start using airdrop.

Thanks:)

The first half of psr24's suggestion worked for me. I didn't have to force quit finder or reboot.

I'm pretty sure the reason this worked for me is because I had changed my Apple ID passwords awhile back. Deleting and adding back the ID in Users & Groups allowed me to update the passwords on the two MacBooks.

The advice of psr24 works fine with me. Thanks!