Q: Retina Mac with AirDrop missing
I have read the articles and come up with the problem many others are facing with having incompatible macbooks for AirDrop but for me that is not the case. I have a 2012 15" Macbook Pro with Retina Display and I absolutely do not have AirDrop in my finder. If I open finder and select the "Go" drop-down menu, it does not have an option for AirDrop.
Another thing I've tried is looking in the Finder>Preferences>Sidebar menu to check AirDrop but it is not in the list.
I've also found this other command that is supposed to "enable" AirDrop in incompatible Macs and thought I'd give that a try, but it had no effect.
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1
Thank you!
Jared Sealey
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Posted on Feb 18, 2013 1:41 PM
Oh finally I've found a solution!
There is an apple default value for disabling airdrop. I just had to enter this into the terminal:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -boolean NO
Posted on Mar 28, 2013 7:18 PM

