Yosemite iOS8 airdrop only from mac to iphone.

I have the same problem too. I have Macbook Pro retina and can't see it from my iPhone.

One more here. Something is weird, because the Mac can see the iPhone normally, but the iPhone can't see the Mac. The iPhone can also see other phones.

Something wrong in the Yosemite build?

I'm also having this problem. Mac can see the iPhone 6, but the iPhone can't see the Mac. I chatted with Apple Support and they told me that it wouldn't work between an iPhone and a Macbook. I even asked them "wasn't that part of the Yosemite update?" and she said no, that the update was handoff and continuity. Everything that I've read says that it should work, but after talking with support...I don't know. Hopefully we'll get a definite answer soon.

Specs:

Macbook Pro (late 2013) running Yosemite 10.10

iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.2

I have the similar problem, both of my iPhone and my mac can't even find each other

is this a bug??

for some reasons, airdrop from iPhone to mac is not also working but my mac can easily recognise my phone. Upgrading from beta 6 kinda screw my system.

Hi, I think I found a solution.

After switching my Mac AirDrop setting from "Contact Only" to "Everyone", it shows up on iOS. This is definitely a bug.

I had already tried that with no success.

*However*, just opened up airdrop on my iPhone to send something to my husband (I had given up sending things to OS X) and guess what popped up? Yup, my Macbook Pro. It's like it just randomly decided to start working. I haven't changed any settings since the last time I posted here, so???

I'm having the same problem but I did get it to work (intermittently) by forcing my phone to connect to my MBP through the Bluetooth preferences. Here are a couple of things that worked:

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth and under My Devices find your MBP. It will be listed as "Not Connected." Tap it to see if it connects. I got a couple of "Connection unsuccessful" errors at first but once it connected I could see my MBP in Airdrop.

OR

Pair your iPhone with your Mac. On your MBP, go to System Preferences > Bluetooth. Find your iPhone on the list and click Pair. Accept the pair request on your phone. I think this connection is meant to be used to create a hotspot, but for some reason it allowed Airdrop to work between the two.

(Macbook Pro Retina, Mid 2012, Yosemite 10.10

iPhone 5, iOS 8.0.2)

Thanks, just tried that and it works, although with a weird bug - it shows both my iPhone and my iMac with my Twitter account name and icon! I have no idea why this is or where to change it to my iPhone and iMac names - any ideas?

Never mind, fixed it!

I was wondering where it was getting my twitter details from and after reading another thread it appears it was because they were in my contacts, not sure why I created a contact card just for my twitter account. Anyway.

I deleted the contact card and just to be sure, I turned off Bluetooth on the iMac, then turned it back on. Now I see the correct name and photo on both the iMac and the iPhone.

Since I paired it, it has worked consistently, even after turning Bluetooth on and off on both devices. And there's no need for them to appear "connected" in my phone's BT settings -- right now my MBP is "Not Connected" but I can still Airdrop to it.

My BT settings on my Mac look exactly like yours (Discoverable: Off).

Sorry it's not working for you -- clearly this isn't the way it's supposed to work, but maybe it will work for some as a workaround.

it seems updating to iOS 8.1 fixes the issue. Thanks Apple.

I'm unsure if this will help, but I was experiencing the issue where the MBP (late 2013) could Airdrop to the phone (5S), but the phone couldn't airdrop to the MBP. Thing is I have another phone (5) that worked fine. I tried restarting the phone, the computer, turning bluetooth off and on, switching networks, even upgrading the phone to 8.1. Finally I turned off bluetooth on the phone, then did a soft reset (home & power), and turned bluetooth on again and finally was able to airdrop from phone to the MBP. Good luck!