File sharing between Macbook and iPhone 5s? AirDrop or bluetooth

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File sharing between Macbook and iPhone 5s? AirDrop or bluetooth

Just purchased my first Macbook ever! I'm catching on quickly however I've run into a snag with file sharing between my other Apple devices.

How can I pair and send files between my MBA and iPhone 5s?

I've made the change in system preferences to allow file sharing, yet still pops up on my iPhone that my MBA doesn't support this.

Also I've enabled Airdrop on both devices yet I can't seem to get that to work as well. Any help or advice would be appreciated. I would love to be able to easily send pictures or documents from my MBA to my iPhone 5s via Airdrop and vice versa.

Thanks in advance

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 24, 2014 2:06 AM

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FoxFifth

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Aug 24, 2014 10:14 AM in response to MichaeliOS84

Regarding AirDrop, note the quotation below from: iOS: Use AirDrop to wirelessly share content

You can't use AirDrop on iOS to share with OS X users, and OS X users can't use AirDrop to share with iOS devices.

The iPhone has limited bluetooth profiles and the only supportde connection between an iPhone and a computer is for tethering (sharing the iPhones cellular data connection). iOS: Supported Bluetooth profiles

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