Hey,
I have a macbook pro late 2011 an I am running osx yosemite. Like you can see on the picture I cant select my airdrop status (no drop down menu, nothing just that what you can see), so it is impossible to activate the thing. Airdrop used to work for me on mavericks.
I restarted the macbook several times, but nothing changed.
What am I doing wrong?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10)
I Just researched this as I have the same date of MacBook Pro (Late 2011)...
As for MANY things about this year-model of Mac, MANY features are limited - the real frustration being if it were the next year later (2012) model, then they would...!!
These restricted features are, in the main, associated with the out-dated combination BlueTooth/WiFi internal card, for things, starting with AirDrop, and ending with the ability to unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch.
Why is an AirDrop dialog even showing then? - Apparently all you can do is AirDrop BETWEEN MACS - that's all...!!
It IS possible to replace the card, but is a lot of hassle as it too is one year before a more standard PCI socket was introduced, so it means expense, jury-rigging & tutorials...!!
See the link in the other reply, reproduced again here:
I found that it works properly only with my Imac late 2011. It doesn't "talk"to my Iphone or Ipad.
Do you have Airdrop turned on in the IOS device?
I can't find the answer to this question
I can't activate airdrop on my macbook pro late 2011
