Q: why can't i find airdrop on my laptop.

Update Yosemite to v10.10.4

Go to the App Store then select Updates from the menu top of the App Store window.

Your Mac may restart several times on it's own.

Then try AirDrop.

Share content with AirDrop from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

And this is with a 12" Retina MacBook 2015?

have wifi and bluetooth turned on then turn on airdrop on your iPhone, now go to your mac and then click the share button on whatever it is you want to share,

click airpdrop then wait a few moments for your iPhone to appear and click on it and then accept it on your iPhone and your photos will be flying on to your phone.

Airdrop does not appear as an option in the share menu

Despite what was said by, "Inunotashio," it has nothing to do with Sharing.

You go to the Airdrop icon in the Finder. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202267

Actually the whole point of airdrop is to share content otherwise what would be the point of having it?

Further more the steps to use it are exactly as i have described providing airdrop is turned on.

It's mid 2012

There is no MacBook Mid 2012, but whatever you have, it would be new enough to have Airdrop capability. This posting area is for 12" Retina MacBook 2015s.

You should see an Airdrop icon in the Finder. If you select, for example, a photo, on your iPhone, you should see an option to share with Airdrop (not to be confused with Sharing in System Preferences). You should the find the photo in your Mac's download folder.

Actually, this is the MacBook area.  MacBook was just released in 2015, as Lanny says.  However, this area is also for older MacBooks.  The newest MacBook that preceded 2015 was manufactured in mid-2010.

Therefore, if you in fact have a MacBook, and it was made earlier than 2015, it cannot AIrDrop to anything other than another Mac.  This is confirmed here:

Use AirDrop to send files from your Mac to another nearby Mac or iOS device - Apple Support

However, this area is also for older MacBooks.

Incorrect. There is a seperate area for 13" MacBooks 2006-2010.

Therefore, if you in fact have a MacBook, and it was made earlier than 2015, it cannot AIrDrop to anything other than another Mac.  This is confirmed here:

Incorrect again. Your given link does not state that.

OK, you are right about the first point ... older MacBooks do have a separate area.  Obviously I did not realize that.  Thanks for the correction.

But your second point is refuted here:

Lanny wrote:

Therefore, if you in fact have a MacBook, and it was made earlier than 2015, it cannot AIrDrop to anything other than another Mac.  This is confirmed here:

Incorrect again. Your given link does not state that.

From the cited article:

As stated there, a Mac must be a 2012 or later model running Yosemite to transfer files between a Mac and iOS device.  A late 2008 or newer MacBook can transfer files Mac to Mac.

But your second point is refuted here:

You're assuming that he has a MacBook. Not really, because the OP stated that he had a MacBook Mid 2012, something that doesn't exist. So, my bet is that he actually has a MacBook Pro Mid 2012.

You may be right ...

However, the OP did post in a MacBook area, so it may be that the OP guessed the age of her/his non-new MacBook.  In that case, the machine would be no newer than mid=2010.

I have requested that the MacBook label be updated on several occasions because there is a high incidence of people with MacBooks posting to the wrong area. They could just add 2015 or Retina, or both to the name.

However, it's also common that posters mis-identify their MacBooks as MacBook Pros and vice versa. And then there are the posters that confuse MacBook Pros with Mac Pros.

I'm still betting on the Mid 2012 part being the most accurate part of the name though. It could either be a MacBook Pro Mid 2012 or even a MacBook Air Mid 2012.

Sweetsu, now would be a good time to clarify the identity of your Mac Model.