I have two machines: 1 iMac and 1 MacBook Pro, both running MountainLion. While MacBook is showing the Air Drop icon in Finder the iMac doesn't and I can't figure out what the problem is.
Does anyone have a clue what could be wrong?
Thanks for your help
Hans
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)
Here are the machines that support AirDrop.
Macs that support AirDrop in OS X Lion
If your Mac is the same as, or newer than, the models listed below, then it supports AirDrop.
* The MacBook Pro (17-Inch Late 2008) and the white MacBook (Late 2008) do not support AirDrop.
Here are the machines that support AirDrop.
Macs that support AirDrop in OS X Lion
If your Mac is the same as, or newer than, the models listed below, then it supports AirDrop.
* The MacBook Pro (17-Inch Late 2008) and the white MacBook (Late 2008) do not support AirDrop.
You can easily turn on AirDrop on old mac using this instruction via terminal:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1
then hit enter...
Now you have tu restart your finder, and will see AirDrop icon in your finder window...
enjoy 😉
Diego,
You are a genius. Air Drop is back!
Thanks a lot!
🙂
Good 🙂
You have to do this hack on all Macs if you want each computer see the other......
I did. But it seems that both machines need to be on the same network. If not, I can't see the other machine.
Great tip. 🙂
Yes! All machines must be in the same network...
Genius - this solved my problem and was also my first experience with terminal ! thankyou
good! 🙂
I wish I could say this worked for me (Terminal instruct) but it didn't. Even more perplexing is that my issue is with a late 2012 Mac mini that is up-to-date (10.9) and supposedly supports AirDrop. However, I cannot see it when activated while on other Macs (late 2011 MacBook Pro). I can see the MBP on the mini's AirDrop window, but not vice versa. That includes this hack on both computers.
The old trick of sending a file from MBP to mini to get it show on MBP no longer works either. As soon as the transfer is complete, the mini disappears from the MBP's AirDrop window.
I had the same issue. I just restarted the macbook that wasn't finding the other one and it worked.
Not too computer savvy. Where do I type in the text defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1? I am not sure what is terminal?
Thanks.
Nevermind, I think I figured it out after searching for "terminal."
Air Drop missing
