Disabling Airdrop

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I've tried disabling Airdrop on my Mac mini using these commands in terminal:

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defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES

sudo killall Finder

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However it hides Airdrop, I can still send files from my iphone and the mac mini auto accepts them into my downloads folder.

how can i disable all communication through this protocol?

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 21, 2014 6:38 PM

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Answer 1

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While this works by stopping the AWDL protocol, it still doesn't disable it permanently. After system restart AWDL is back up.

Any way to completely prevent it from starting?

I read this is also used for gaming connections. Does anyone know what limitations I'm introducing by disabling this protocol?

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Answer 2

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Maybe:

As for OS X Yosemite? Just open up Terminal and type in the following command to disable AWDL and AirDrop:

sudo ifconfig awdl0 down

And to restore AirDrop and AWDL:

sudo ifconfig awdl0 up

Same fix made here:

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