Q: Airdrop problem.

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JeffStanford

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Q: Airdrop problem.

I purchased a 1st gen iPad mini for my wife. I want to airdrop some pics to her. My iPad does not see hers or my Macbook. Her iPad sees my iPad but not my Macbook. My Macbook does not see either one. How do I go about fixing these issues?

iPad mini Wi-Fi, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 17, 2014 9:07 AM

I have this question too

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deggie

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Do you have both devices set to Everyone or Contacts? Try it with Everyone and try having both of you connected to the same WiFi hotspot.

Posted on May 17, 2014 3:55 PM

Q: Airdrop problem.

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by JimHdk,

JimHdk May 17, 2014 9:14 AM in response to JeffStanford
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May 17, 2014 9:14 AM in response to JeffStanford

AirDrop does not currently work between iDevices and Macs.
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by JeffStanford,

JeffStanford May 17, 2014 9:18 AM in response to JimHdk
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May 17, 2014 9:18 AM in response to JimHdk

OK. That I now understand but how about the ipad to ipad problem?
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by JimHdk,

JimHdk May 17, 2014 9:30 AM in response to JeffStanford
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May 17, 2014 9:30 AM in response to JeffStanford

Which model iPads do you have? Do you have WiFi and Bluetooth turned on?
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by JeffStanford,

JeffStanford May 17, 2014 9:37 AM in response to JimHdk
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May 17, 2014 9:37 AM in response to JimHdk

Mine:
iPad mini 2nd gen w/retnia 32gb Wifi on: Yes Bluetooth on: Yes

Hers:
New iPad mini 1st gen 16gb Wifi on: Yes Bluetooth on: Yes

Both are just wifi models.
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by Ralph9430,

Ralph9430 May 17, 2014 10:04 AM in response to JeffStanford
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May 17, 2014 10:04 AM in response to JeffStanford

As stated previously the original iPad does not support airdrop. As far as I know neither does the MacBook.

When you say one device "sees" another what do you mean? You cannot transfer files or photos via Bluetooth between iPads or between an iPad and a MacBook.

Best way is to use iTunes on the computer to sync albums of photos to the iPads.
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by JeffStanford,

JeffStanford May 17, 2014 10:08 AM in response to Ralph9430
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May 17, 2014 10:08 AM in response to Ralph9430

If I go to air drop a contact from my wife's ipad to mine, mine shows up as an airdrop canidate. If I do the same from my ipad there is no one listed that I can airdrop too and her ipad is only about 1 foot away from mine.
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by JeffStanford,

JeffStanford May 17, 2014 10:51 AM in response to JeffStanford
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May 17, 2014 10:51 AM in response to JeffStanford

I guess no one else has this problem or they do not have a solution. The problem is simple. My ipad does not recognize hers and I can not Airdrop to her. Music, contacts, anything. If I share music through Airdrop hers does not get it.

How do I fix this problem?
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by JimHdk,

JimHdk May 17, 2014 11:58 AM in response to Ralph9430
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May 17, 2014 11:58 AM in response to Ralph9430

Ralph9430 wrote:

As stated previously the original iPad does not support airdrop. As far as I know neither does the MacBook.
He has an iPad Mini 1st gen whiich should support AirDrop.
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by JeffStanford,

JeffStanford May 17, 2014 3:48 PM in response to JeffStanford
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May 17, 2014 3:48 PM in response to JeffStanford

Bump!
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by rccharles,

rccharles May 17, 2014 4:49 PM in response to JeffStanford
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Classic Mac OS

May 17, 2014 4:49 PM in response to JeffStanford

between a mac and ios.

"Dukto is a simple application that allows you to share files between devices connected to the same (wireless) LAN network."
http://www.tidal.it/?page_id=309&lang=en
http://www.msec.it/blog/?page_id=11
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by mrsaxphone,

mrsaxphone Aug 4, 2016 11:44 AM in response to JeffStanford
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Aug 4, 2016 11:44 AM in response to JeffStanford

Airdrop is not working
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by mrsaxphone,

mrsaxphone Aug 4, 2016 11:46 AM in response to mrsaxphone
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Aug 4, 2016 11:46 AM in response to mrsaxphone

Airdrop is not working in my macbook pro OS X 10.9.5
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by PaoloPeru,

PaoloPeru Aug 4, 2016 12:41 PM in response to JeffStanford
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Aug 4, 2016 12:41 PM in response to JeffStanford

IPad to iPad Work
ipad to Iphone Work
iphone to iPhone Work
Macbook Pro 2015 don t Work with my iPad pro and iPhone since long time. Apple don't fix it, i don't know why
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Accepted Answer · May 17, 2014 3:55 PM

deggie

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May 17, 2014 3:55 PM in response to JeffStanford

Do you have both devices set to Everyone or Contacts? Try it with Everyone and try having both of you connected to the same WiFi hotspot.

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