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iOS9 Airdrop to Mac not working

Trying to connect iPhone 6+ iOS9 to 2013 iMac OS X 10.10.5 via Airdrop but not showing up on iMac or iPhone, worked perfectly before iOS 9.

iPhone can Airdrop to another iPhone and iMac can Airdrop to another Mac, but not iPhone to/from Mac.

iOS update was originally done OTA and have reinstalled through iTunes.

Have tried all suggestions I have come across but still they won't connect.

Anyone have similar problems?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 21.5 in 2.9GHZ i5 16 GB

Posted on Sep 18, 2015 7:13 AM

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Posted on Nov 1, 2018 1:10 PM

I just got a new iPhone 6s last weekend and my AirDrop is to working. It was working fine with my iPhone 5S with the latest version of El Capitan. I tried the suggestion about restrictions and that did nothing. Between constant app lock ups since the latest El Capitan update and now this issue with AirDrop, I'm thinking El Capitan still has some major issues!!!

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Techana

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10 points

Sep 26, 2015 3:26 PM in response to macrobin

My Backbook Pro RT (late 2012 running OS X 10.10.5) can see and send to my iPhone 5 (iOS 9.0.1) via AirDrop. The problem is with the iPhone which cannot see the MBP in AirDrop.

This only happened after I updated the iPhone to iOS 9

max2air

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Sep 27, 2015 9:10 AM in response to macrobin

Yes, same problem here! Really annoying!

ahmadzin

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4 points

Sep 27, 2015 10:21 AM in response to macrobin

same problem

Sep 28, 2015 9:00 AM in response to macrobin

Yes, the problem is definitely on the iOS9 side. Upgrading to El Capitan on the Mac side (pre-release version) does not help.

Sep 28, 2015 11:40 AM in response to 豚に真珠

Omg how many time we must wait for fix it?????

Sep 29, 2015 12:07 AM in response to macrobin

Had a standard email from Apple Support asking for details. At least they are taking an interest and we may get a fix soon. Perhaps even tomorrow when El Capitan is released. Don't hold your breath!

Sep 29, 2015 12:46 AM in response to macrobin

This is really really frustrating, I have same problem. Macbook Pro now doesn't see my iOS 9 iPhone 6 and iPad mini. Grrr, I use this all the time. Hurry up Apple.. I am banking on El Capitan to fix this!!

Sep 29, 2015 1:28 AM in response to macrobin

I had the same problem. Neither of my devices (MacBook Pro with El Capitan GM, iPad Air with iOS9, iPhone 5 with iOS9) could see my iPhone 6 (iOS9) in AirDrop

And - as silly as it might sound - changing iPhone 6 name helped. Once I did that - it did appear on all other devices.

Checked now and it does not showing again on Mac (it is ok on other devices)... So I am on the same boat as all of you ;-)

Sep 29, 2015 2:08 AM in response to macrobin

Hi Guys

Same Problem here , Air Drop was barely working before but , was working , and now since the IOS 9.0.1 Update , i have not been able to send/receive any file thru Air drop between my MBP OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (2014 model) and my Iphone 6+ 128GB recently updated .

This is such a pity , i can't wait to see a resolution about this .

Best .

Sep 29, 2015 11:14 AM in response to macrobin

Same issue here - iPhone 6Plus, running iOS 9.0.1 and a MacBook Air running Yosemite, and no sign of an AirDrop connection between them, yet the Air can see the iPhone, as it suggests its as a connection in the wifi networks...

AirDrop has now degenerated from 'flaky & unreliable' to 'unusable'...

Sep 29, 2015 7:33 PM in response to macrobin

Same issue here.

After I updated my iPhone 6+ with iOS 9.0.1, it won't able to using Airdrop connect to my MacBook pro 10.10.5. Really sad for this as I rely on this function a lot.