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macrobin Author

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60 points

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

409 replies

Sep 30, 2015 7:18 AM in response to 豚に真珠

Interesting to know

Sep 30, 2015 7:56 AM in response to morizot95

Hi there

Good to know , i 'am located in France as well and will be very curious to find out if that ''Captain'' is solving this issue .

Let's hope so .

Bests,

Xian

Sep 30, 2015 3:49 PM in response to Onemanshow75

Guys

9.0.2 is out for Iphone , just updated mine .

My MBP update to ''El Capitan'' is in progress ... we'll see ..

Xian

Sep 30, 2015 6:06 PM in response to Onemanshow75

Update of 9.0.2 complete and El Capitan done.......still no Airdrop between my MacBook Air and my iPhone 5s.....hope you've had better luck

Picacion

Level 1

4 points

Sep 30, 2015 6:12 PM in response to SprogsAunty

The same here. All updated and still does not work . 😢

appaday

Level 1

6 points

Sep 30, 2015 8:54 PM in response to macrobin

This has been a problem on El Capitan and iOS9 beta. Phone to phone works, but OS X El Capitan does not see the phone. ugh.

Ironimus

Level 1

0 points

Sep 30, 2015 10:40 PM in response to macrobin

Exactly the same here. Problem started after installing iOS9 - nothing improved with installing elCapitan. Worked well with iO9 and Yosemite.

Sep 30, 2015 11:46 PM in response to Ironimus

Not Working at all 😟

MBP : El Capitan 10.11

Iphone 6+ : IOS 9.0.1

9.0.2 is available , upgrading it now , but looking at this , i seriously doubt that it'll do the trick .

Xian

Oct 1, 2015 12:02 AM in response to Onemanshow75

Well , not working either with the 9.0.2 version on the phone .

Oct 1, 2015 12:20 AM in response to macrobin

Well, we're beating a dead horse.. all updates failed to solve it.

Someone suggested renaming the phone, but that does not help.

Ironimus

Level 1

0 points

Oct 1, 2015 12:35 AM in response to macrobin

According to this (http://www.wired.com/2015/09/hack-brief-upgrade-ios-9-now-avoid-bluetooth-iphone -attack/) i would say Airdrop has/had a significant security problem which hasn't been solved yet by apple. But why should it work properly from Iphone-Iphone but not in a Iphone-Macbook connection??

Oct 1, 2015 12:46 AM in response to macrobin

Same for me: nothing changed since iOS 9.0.2 and Capitan.

(Mac mini late 2014 and iPhone 5s)

xH4wK

Level 1

4 points

Oct 1, 2015 12:49 AM in response to muckelapfel

Same here, no change even after everything is updated.

Seriously Apple ?

Oct 1, 2015 1:06 AM in response to steviep200

El Capitan installed. No difference whatsover. I still believe the issue is with the Apple Bluetooth chips being selective as to what they connect to.

Oct 1, 2015 1:40 AM in response to macrobin

Very bad. I called the apple support. In a very long call and chat tthe supporters have no solution for.

But the great one was on tuesday at the german support that they have no entries in their database about this issue.

In the moment I have installed El Capitan and IOS 9.0.2, BUT Airdrop will not running.

With IOS 8.4 was all once OK.

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