iOS9 Airdrop to Mac not working

In addition to the Vanishing ''Airdrop'' usage , Microsoft Outlook 2011 quitted to operate properly , no syncing to exchange servers and so ...

Note that this is ONLY with EL Capitan ( OS X 10.11) Anyone running Yosemite or older versions might not encounter the Air drop / Outlook 2011 Exchange sync issues .

faced the same issue yesterday. searched on net but couldn't find a proper solution. tried again today and I observed that my personal hotspot was left as "on" by mistake and that was causing problem. turned that off and boom, airdrop works like a charm once again! good luck! 😉

Which devices are in use for Air drop and what are their OS ?

hello my air drop is the same, i contacted apple help , who told me unless i udate my i mac , to el capitain it will not work, great my i phones a mess on iOS 9, do not wish to update my mac yet don't no if this helps

Hey,

yes that's exactly how I did it... airdrop was turned on before, and then like in your picture... just that there IS no airplay device in my household, maybe it was that? Then my iphone 'searched' a little longer, and when it was doing that, my iphone popped up in the airdrop-window in finder...

sorry if it didn't work for you...

Same problem with iPhone 6 iOS 9.0.2 and 2013 MacBook Air with El Capitan 10.11😟😟

Same problem and it's not just between the Macs; even my iOS devices can't see each other most of the time. We need a fix Apple!

Have now updated to El Capitan 10.11 on MacBook Pro and to 9.0.2. on iOS devices viz iPhone 6, 6 + and iPad 3. Airdrop on the iOS devices works without problem to each device. However MBP cannot see them and vice versa. NOW I HAVE A DIFFERENT ISSUE. Whereas before, the iPad 3, running iOS 9.0.1, could communicate with the MBP running Yosemite, now it cannot do so. I am assuming this is more likely to be a software issue rather than a Bluetooth compatibility one. I'm hoping that Apple Support will do the right thing and respond again after their contact with me on 29th September. Let us hope for a successful conclusion to this as it is frustrating for many of us. It's must also be a bit of a let down for Apple I suppose especially when 3rd party software can accomplish what Airdrop cannot!

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Unless Apple acknowledges the problem, there is nothing we can do. It is ridiculous that such a helpful function stops working and yet after so many pages of people complaining and affected, they have not fixed it yet. Disappointing.

I had this problem with El Capitan - my iPhone 6S Plus and MBP didn't see each other in order to establish an airdrop connection. This problem went away 10 minutes ago after, out of curiosity, I downloaded the beta build of El Capitan - 10.11.1 Beta (15B30a). Not only are they mutually visible now but airdrop happens blazingly fast. This has confirmed my suspicion that the lost functionality was due to ramped up security in the public build of El Capitan and will be addressed in the 10.11.1 update.

The failure with airdrop between iOS and OSX is intentional. Apple is trying to address / resolve the security risk / vulnerability which comes with that communication technology. They choose to disable airdrop between the two OS' rather than keep it open for potential hack. All you can do now is wait for the fix.

Say what??? I don't think so. Maybe it's just a bug and they fixed it in 10.11.1?

I did read about an Airdrop exploit that was possible under iOS 8 and supposedly fixed in iOS 9. I hadn't read anything about Apple disabling Airdrop currently or between OS X and iOS; is this documented anywhere or just inside information?

OS X 10.11.1 will definitely rectify that. If you really need airdrop now, why not install the beta?