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Q: 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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A:

Recent software updates of OSX El Capitan OS X 10.11.1 (15B42) in conjunction with iOS 9.1 (13B143) has cured the problem for me.... Happy days

Posted on Oct 29, 2015 10:19 AM

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  • by macrobin,

    macrobin macrobin Sep 22, 2015 5:55 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 22, 2015 5:55 AM in response to macrobin

    Not sure what happened, but today I was able to Airdrop iOS 9 to OS X 10.10.5 and vice versa, nothing had changed with either device set up.

  • by steviep200,

    steviep200 steviep200 Sep 22, 2015 10:03 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 22, 2015 10:03 AM in response to macrobin

    Me too. What are they playing at?  Pressure sensitive screens etc etc but they can't even get the basics right. It's ios 9 that's the problem as I have another device on ios8 and it works no problem.

  • by alessandro85,

    alessandro85 alessandro85 Sep 22, 2015 12:12 PM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 22, 2015 12:12 PM in response to macrobin

    same problem here.. since i use iOS 8 airdrop work fine.. now with iOS 9 and yosemite airdrop stop working.. i try with el capitan beta version and i have the same issue... bad apple... very bad....

  • by gen_v,

    gen_v gen_v Sep 22, 2015 12:41 PM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 22, 2015 12:41 PM in response to macrobin

    same, freshnew macbook updated with iphone 6 plus ios9 and nothing.. they can't see each other. I really hope for a fix soon ;(

  • by kmprsn8r,

    kmprsn8r kmprsn8r Sep 22, 2015 2:44 PM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 22, 2015 2:44 PM in response to macrobin

    I had the reverse, was able to Airdrop from iPhone 6 on iOS 9 yesterday (though it identified my iMac on 10.10.5 with a grey square with my initials instead of my usual avatar), but today, iPhone is not able to find the iMac and the iPhone does not appear in the list of wireless devices in my network as it usually does. At the same time, if I changed the Airdrop settings to "visible to everyone", the iMac could see the iPhone... but not the other way around.

     

    iOS 9 has been a real mess, worst iOS upgrade for me. There are also problems with iCloud backups. The benefits do not outweigh the nuisances. In the future I will not upgrade to a new iOS until at least one bug fix release has been posted.

     

    Whatever happened to "it just works", Apple? How about "insanely great"? Those were the days.

  • by seeker33,

    seeker33 seeker33 Sep 22, 2015 2:52 PM in response to kmprsn8r
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    Sep 22, 2015 2:52 PM in response to kmprsn8r

    exactly, iCloud tested on iPhones 6 Plus and 2 iPads Air 2, there is no way to back up those devices. However, icloud app on mac says that the back ups takes 25 GB of my 50GB iCloud storage....***???

     

    I  mean THE MOST BASIC functionality is gone = AirDrop, iCloud Back ups, Spotlight does not search contacts(LOL) and the fact that I cant send emails via Yosemite native app is just bonus.

     

    It just su$k$! Insanely r3tard3d!

  • by facetimeprobs,

    facetimeprobs facetimeprobs Sep 22, 2015 10:38 PM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 22, 2015 10:38 PM in response to macrobin

    I have the same problem with my IPhone 5s to my IMac late 2014. Shortly connected than directly after seconds break the connection. Nearly no chance to transfer files.

     

    APPLE please help !!!

     

    With IOS 8.4.1 I had no problems.

  • by macrobin,

    macrobin macrobin Sep 23, 2015 1:22 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 23, 2015 1:22 AM in response to macrobin

    So, yesterday Airdrop suddenly started to work between iPhone 6+ iOS 9 and 2013 iMac OS X 10.10.5 but today it stopped working.

     

    Having a think about what might have been different, the only thing was I also have a 2008 MacBook Pro running Beta 10.11.1 (it's the oldest model of MBP capable of running El Capitan) on which I have Airdrop enabled via terminal command.

     

    After an Airdrop between the iMac and MBP, Airdrop to/from iPhone and iMac suddenly seems to work.

  • by neilfromtimperley,

    neilfromtimperley neilfromtimperley Sep 23, 2015 4:43 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 23, 2015 4:43 AM in response to macrobin

    My iOS 9 update is still preventing Airdrop from working, numerous restarts, reboots on both devices and it still doesn't work. Where the **** is Apple Support on this issue?!!

  • by neilfromtimperley,

    neilfromtimperley neilfromtimperley Sep 23, 2015 5:32 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 23, 2015 5:32 AM in response to macrobin

    I just disabled a 'Network Traffic Filtering' option on my third party Anti-Virus Firewall protection and ta-da! AirDrop now works again.

  • by LukyLuk,

    LukyLuk LukyLuk Sep 23, 2015 1:39 PM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 23, 2015 1:39 PM in response to macrobin

    I've just installed iOS 9.0.1 and Airdrop is back to work : it's working between my iPhone and my Macbook (running Yosemite 10.10.5)  

  • by alessandro85,

    alessandro85 alessandro85 Sep 23, 2015 2:58 PM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 23, 2015 2:58 PM in response to macrobin

    update to iOS 9.0.1 don't fix hope apple can understand this bug and fix very soon...

    iphone 6 plus with iOS 9.0.1 and imac 2014 with yosemite last relase.. very disappointed....

  • by LukyLuk,

    LukyLuk LukyLuk Sep 23, 2015 9:30 PM in response to LukyLuk
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    Sep 23, 2015 9:30 PM in response to LukyLuk

    OH NO ! You all won't believe me... yesterday night everything was ok just after I updated my iPhone... and this morning, Airdrop isn't working anymore this bug is driving me crazy ... but I can see in the console that my MacBook found my iPhone via Bluetooth :

     

    24/09/2015 06:26:43,779 sharingd[263]: 06:26:43.779 : BTLE discovered device with hash <01b34e30 f9000000 0000>

    24/09/2015 06:26:43,779 sharingd[263]: 06:26:43.779 : Hash <01b34e30 f9000000 0000> exists in contacts

     

    But it doesn't let me use Airdrop

  • by macrobin,

    macrobin macrobin Sep 24, 2015 12:51 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 24, 2015 12:51 AM in response to macrobin

    so iOS 9.0.1 doesn't solve it for me either!!

  • by adamnl,

    adamnl adamnl Sep 24, 2015 3:01 AM in response to macrobin
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    Sep 24, 2015 3:01 AM in response to macrobin

    Same here. My iPhone 6 and Macbook Pro (2014) can still not find eachother in iOS 9.0.1

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