Unable to Airdrop between MBP & iPhone 6

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Unable to Airdrop between MBP & iPhone 6

Hi,

I'm encountering difficulty to Airdrop between my MBP (13' late 2011) and iPhone 6. My MBP is running Yosemite (10.10.5) and iPhone on iOS 8.4.1. My MBP can't even detect/pair with my iPhone. I had put my iPhone 6 to be discoverable to everyone yet its not detect by my MBP, and vice versa.

Wonder if its the Bluetooth antenna of my MBP as I understand the specs/version in my MBP does not support Handsoff and Continuity (anyway to get around besides changing the antenna that will cost a bomb).

All help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

nick

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Aug 24, 2015 9:07 AM

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Niel

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Aug 24, 2015 9:08 AM in response to Nick.K

Your MacBook Pro is too old to use AirDrop with iOS devices; it’s limited to using it with other Macs.

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Nick.K Author

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Aug 25, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Niel

Heard and read somewhere that to overcome the old bluetooth antenna of my MBP, i can use compatible 3rd party USB bluetooth dongle. True?

Thank you,

nick

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Sep 2, 2015 11:16 AM in response to Nick.K

yes, you can buy a usb dongle with CSR or Broadcom which support Bluetooth 4.0 off ebay, they are cheap. Then go to github to download "Continuity Activation Tool". You might also need the "Hardware IO Tools" from developer.apple.com to switch to use the usb bluetooth dongle instead of the built in bluetooth.

Edward

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