Handoff and AirDrop not working in El Capitan

So I resolved my issue. I also tried to turn iCloud on and off on all my devices with that not working. What I did instead was to create a new user account, logged into iCloud in that, and that allowed me to access all handoff and continuity functionality. I then had to copy in old files from my old account or allow iCloud to sync so that was annoying, but if you've already turned off iCloud and toggled it on, there isn't much to lose by trying this as well.

Thanks.

I tried that previously, but it also did not work for alternate accounts. I also installed a completely fresh version on another partition - no luck.

But it's easy enough to try once more just for grins ;-)

Actually in my case all handoff / continuity features just work (phone, message, facetime, apps).

What isn't working is Airdrop (i.e. sharing photos or documents vice versa mac and iPhone or iPad)

Can anyone confirm the same? So this seems to be two different issues....

P.S. in the mac console I see all kinds of activity related to airdrop (without any warning or error, it seems)

15-05-10 10:05:04,313 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:04.312 : Scanning mode Contacts Only

15-05-10 10:05:04,313 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:04.313 : BTLE scanner Powered On

15-05-10 10:05:05,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:05.795 : BTLE discovered device with hash <0146d5e1 a79f3200 0000>

15-05-10 10:05:05,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:05.795 : Hash <0146d5e1 a79f3200 0000> exists in contacts

15-05-10 10:05:05,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:05.795 : BTLE scanning stopped

15-05-10 10:05:20,796 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:20.796 : BTLE scanning started

15-05-10 10:05:20,796 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:20.796 : Scanning mode Contacts Only

15-05-10 10:05:20,797 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:20.796 : BTLE scanner Powered On

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.794 : AirDrop server idle timeout

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.794 : AirDrop server disabled

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.794 : BTLE scanning stopped

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.794 : BTLE scanning started

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.794 : Scanning mode Contacts Only

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.795 : AirDrop server terminated

15-05-10 10:05:35,795 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.795 : Bonjour advertise stopped

15-05-10 10:05:35,796 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:35.796 : BTLE scanner Powered On

15-05-10 10:05:36,178 sharingd[1142]: 10:05:36.178 : Terminate AirDrop P2P link

not working for me😢

Hello All,

Handoff is also not working for me on my Late 2013 13" rMBP with 16 GB, 1 TB, OS 10.11 and iPhone 6 & iPad Air2 both with iOS 9.0.2.

The prior installation of OS 10.10.5 Handoff worked as expected with iOS 8.4.3 (or whatever the last version of iOS 8 was).

Bummer! At least I don't depend on this feature but answering the iPhone on any device is kind of cool!

I've lost all Continuity/Handoff and AirDrop. The former I don't use too often, but AirDrop is crucially important to me as I'm a news reporter who often has to upload/edit video and photos on the road. I AirDrop from my iPhone to my Mac and then edit and send it on so it can be published on the web. I've cycled BT, Wifi on/off, restarted devices, even reset the SMC on the Mac.

Everything worked until I migrated to El Capitan. No handoff/continuity and most importantly for me, no AirDrop. AirDrop is one of the reasons I keep all-Mac/iOS hardware – so it all works together and I can go from device to device easily. They better fix this soon!

my mac handoff not working , its work in lpad and iphone . The other like airdrop or magic mouse it's fine.

AirDrop has been screwed the moment they've released Yosemite and they've done nothing about it ever since. They didn't care to address this issue even though it's affected almost everyone. It's a full scale nonsense that they spent more time on implementing useless things, polishing things most of us won't use in a lifetime, but paid no attention whatsoever to a major and long persistent system scale issue. It's very disappointing that Apple seems to drift towards Windows with their development line regarding their own bred OS.

Go no further, apart from the still screwed AirDrop functionality and the strictly rhapsodic working-not working Bluetooth connection with Android devices, El Capitan seems to have issues with Adobe Flash as well, my MacBook Pro froze and rebooted twice in an our since I upgraded, always when I was playing videos on full screen. There's more to the story here.

The same situation here. SMS, calls and continuity works but I can't use AirDrop.

The Max don't see my iPhone 6 and there is no option to turn on instant hotspot.

Everything was ok on Yosemite.

Exactly the same problem!

My continuity is working fine... but my AirDrop just worked once and after that I can't see my iPhone on the AirDrop list on my mac.

The same situation here. SMS, calls and continuity works but I can't use AirDrop.

The Mac don't see my iPhone 6 and there is no iPhone on Wifi list (instant hotspot).

Everything was ok on Yosemite.

I have the same Problem (MB Pro Mid 2012, iPhone 5)

For the Develop-Team:

When i open the System-Setting and the Bluetooth page and keep it open, handoff works fine and fast - but after closing it, it stops working.

I also face the same problem with the airdrop of El Capitan. Connectivity seems to work OK though.

My iPhone 5s and iPad mini can "see" each other on airdrop and transfer files between them without any problem. None of the iPhone or iPad can "see" the Mac book pro with El Capitan OS nor the Air drop on the El Capitan can see any of the above devices.
All devices are updated to latest version OS.
Tried many suggestion posted, none of them fixed the problem.

Apple has to fix this problem and until then should let us know that is aware and is working on it.

This helped!

System Management Controller (SMC) auf dem Mac zurücksetzen

I tried really everything. Resetting SMC and NVRAM. New Account for iCloud too. And i set up a new and clean installation on my iPad and Macbook pro. Nothing helped. Still the same thing. iPad and iPhone working great with airdrop, handoff and personal hotspot. Nothing with OS X 10.11. Looking forward for the next OS X Update, hoping it comes really soon. Its frustrating!