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airdrop between iOS 8 & Yosemite

Has anyone seen documentation detailing which Mac models running Yosemite will be able to airdrop to iOS 8? For example, will some of the older Macbook models which can run Yosemite be unable to do this function?

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 6:07 AM

93 replies

Sep 28, 2015 5:55 AM in response to BigBobMcGillicuddy

in your iPhone go to general

reset

reset network settings

Oct 8, 2015 8:30 PM in response to BigBobMcGillicuddy

Hi all,

After spending 2.5 hours reading through various forum threads and trying many many different suggestions, here's what worked for me (I was trying to get AirDrop to work with my iPhone 6S running iOS 9.0.2 and my early-2013 Retina MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11):

On the MacBook Pro, in ~/Library/Preferences, delete the file com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
In ~/Macintosh HD/Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/ByHost, delete the file com.apple.Bluetooth.[random letters].plist
Reboot the MacBook Pro.
Start AirDrop on the iPhone and the MacBook Pro.
AirDrop works!

Hope this works for you!

Nov 2, 2015 11:11 AM in response to Coffeeplatoon

Make sure you have the right kind of Bluetooth: To check you have the right version of Bluetooth, click the Apple menu > Select About This Mac > System Report > Bluetooth > find "LMP Version" and check that LMP Version says 0x6. Anything lower than that is an older version of Bluetooth. "and won't work"

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-use-airdrop-on-macs-wirelessly -share-files-3500407/

airdrop between iOS 8 & Yosemite