Yosemite iOS8 airdrop only from mac to iphone.

Had the same issue but after 3hrs and four different people at Apple support we got it to work.

1st we got the iPhone to be able to see the MBP by disabling the firewall

System Preferences>Security & Privacy>Firewall>Turn Off Firewall

2nd we were able to get it to work with the Firewall

Firewall Options...>sharingd>Allow incoming connections>Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections

I had the same problem, persistent even after upgrading my iPhone 5S to iOS 8.1. MacBook Air (mid 2012) would AirDrop to my iPhone but not the other way around.

I attempted to pair them via Bluetooth as suggested in this thread. But when doing so I actually received an error message on my iPhone: "Connection Unsuccessful. 'name-MacBookAir' is not supported." !?

Strangely enough, even in failure this resolution worked. After trying and failing to pair them, and choosing to forget the devices on both iPhone and MBA, I can now see my MBA on my iPhone's AirDrop.

Apple in 2014: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just another post to say this solved the same problem with a 2102 MBP and an iPhone 6+ using 8.1

Nono of these tips worked for me!

I was having exactly the same issue. Restarts didn't help, turning Wifi on and off. Then I opened the Bluetooth preferences (Bluetooth menu icon > Open Bluetooth Preferences...) and immediately it started working—I didn't change any settings, but clearly launching it triggered something to right itself.

Having the same issue here, Mac Pro 15" with updated latest IOS and iPhone 5s, can't see anything on airdrop.....

Waited a day did nothing and now all works fine!

That solved it! Awesome.

this helped me, but i switched from contacts to everyone and then back to contacts and it showed up on my phone.

I have this same problem! I have a new MacBook Pro and an iPhone 5C. I found that if you go to finder on the mac, click go to folder, go to ~/library/preferences. Search the folder for Bluetooth. Find the com.apple. file that has a bunch of random letters in the name. There should also be files with mulitouch track pad and Bluetooth file exchange in the names. These you do not need. Now trash the file with a bunch of random letters in it. It should instantly regenerate itself. My iPhone could immediately see my Mac after I did this.

The name of the file is com.apple.Bluetooth.E8BCC1E3-B8CA-5CF4-B60C-29874104BACD and it is located at ~/Library/preferences. Delete this file and it will regenerate immediately. This worked for me.

After trying to get this to work all day, I logged out of iCloud on my mac (which did this whole "do you wan to delete blah-blah-blah from this mac...") then logged back in and now I can do airdrop and handoff. Still can't get the bluetooth to pair between the two though?

Seems like there's a lot of people with this issue and no response from apple. Maybe they should put a way to deal with it in that annoying new "tips" feature.

for some reasons, if I will not open "Bluetooth" in system preferences, airdrop from iPhone to Mac doesn't seem to work. I hope there's a fix in this

I am using a iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007) with yosemite and an iPhone 6 with 8.1.1 sf while I can see both devices when pairing, I get a message saying that my iMac is not supported?? I also cannot see my other computer on the same network not my two iPhone 6s, all are discoverable and I cannot see the iPhones at all.

GH

I turned off my iCloud account on my phone then turned it back on. Without pairing the bluetooth, now my iPhone sees my Macbook Pro Retina (mid 2012). It didn't work after many other attempts, but turning off and then on my iCloud account seemed to work.