Why is AirDrop transfer failing?

I have a mid 2010 Mini and a late 2010 Mac Book Pro that I'm trying to transfer a photo between using AirDrop. I was able to successfully transfer the Xcode install file from my Mini to the laptop earlier this week using it, but now when i try to transfer the photo file (or any other file), I get an error messages in AirDrop on my Mini that says "The transfer failed. Please try again". I can send files from the laptop to the Mini no problem.

The console output looks like this:

Jul 27 21:44:27 My-Name-Mac-mini Finder[192]: AirDrop P2P link retained (1)

Jul 27 21:44:27 Peter-Browns-Mac-mini Finder[192]: WormholeClient::didFail(kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork, -1200, "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made.")

Jul 27 21:44:29 My-Name-Mac-mini Finder[192]: AirDrop P2P link released (0)

Jul 27 21:44:29 My-Name-Mac-mini Finder[192]: Terminate AirDrop P2P link

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 27, 2011 6:53 PM

22 replies

Aug 21, 2011 6:50 AM in response to cjtoefur

Go to apple logo and make click. There is an option force to quit.

A dialog box appear with all your programs open. Select finder and make click on relaunch button. That will close and open Finder.

Aug 21, 2011 6:52 AM in response to Kurite

You are right. Go to apple logo and select force to quit in the dialog box select finder and click on relaunch button. That will work. Do that on both computers.

Oct 20, 2011 1:50 AM in response to Rasmus Haugen Sandvik

In my case, the problem was resolved by restarting the iMac (the resceiving computer).

Nov 1, 2011 1:30 PM in response to thenattylight

Same here. Even after force quit the finder on both Macs I'm only able to copy files from one machine to the other but not vice versa. Have this issue since LIon came out.

Jan 22, 2012 11:24 AM in response to susan t.

same here, apple gives no response at all

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Oct 28, 2012 2:07 AM in response to mrPhoneGames

Hey thanks your method worked!!! I was so worried when I couldn't get it to work even after relaunching finder.

Jul 14, 2016 1:30 PM in response to mrPhoneGames

Thanks - this worked for me.

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Why is AirDrop transfer failing?