Handoff and AirDrop not working in El Capitan

After upgrading to OS X 10.11 El Capitan, my Handoff and AirDrop stopped working between iOS 9.0.2 on iPhone 5S and my MacBook Pro Late 13. I've tried logging out of iCloud account on both devices numerous times, it didn't help.


For my friend with MacBook Air and iPhone 5S with same iOS version it works flawlessly.


Did anyone encounter similar issue, and if so, how did you solve it?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 9.0.2, plus iPhone 5S with iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 6:18 AM

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Oct 18, 2015 4:11 AM in response to John_Karas

Michal, not helped for me.

At work MBP 2015 ElCapitan has Airdrop between iPhone, but not at home.

At work after on phone select to Foget used WiFi and reconnect again, Airdrop also is gone.

At home only once for a half second Airdrop was shown, but I didn't found some logic.


It's only OSX El Capitan problem, maybe related to some security or used WiFi connection.

Oct 18, 2015 4:59 AM in response to Shangelios

Really I don't know what's going on. Before a couple of minutes I tried again to connect my iPad with my Mac following the steps below on iPad:

Settings>Turn On Bluetooth>On the "DEVICES" window I tapped my Mac>Connected.

Simultaneously on my Mac a Pairing Process Request showed up in which I clicked "Pair". After that on bluetooth preferences on my Mac the iPad was connected. However, on iPad's top left corner next to "iPad" the WiFi symbol was gone and replaced with a "pairing symbol?". The aforementioned may sound somewhat childish, but when I was doing the pairing process from my Mac (with the code), the devices couldn't connect. My iPad showed up for a fraction of a second on my Mac (AirDrop) but eventually didn't work, it's still dead.


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