Q: Why does Airdrop not work between my iPhone and my iMac after doing everything they say one must do? All I want to do is transfer some photos without having to use a USB cable.

Why does Airdrop not work between my iPhone and my iMac after doing everything they say one must do? All I want to do is transfer some photos without having to use a USB cable.

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 3, 2015 8:21 AM

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by Luis Sequeira1,

Luis Sequeira1 Nov 3, 2015 8:43 AM in response to BusyDougB
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Nov 3, 2015 8:43 AM in response to BusyDougB

Airdrop between a mac and an iphone has stringent requirements in both hardware (very recent phone and mac), and software.
I can't use it myself, as I only have an old but reliable iPhone 4S. What model is yours?
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by Kong yip,

Kong yip Nov 3, 2015 9:03 AM in response to BusyDougB
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Nov 3, 2015 9:03 AM in response to BusyDougB

choose to "Everyone" on iPhone, if it doesn't work, turn it off then on again.
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by BusyDougB,

BusyDougB Nov 4, 2015 12:45 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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Nov 4, 2015 12:45 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

iPhone 5s running on IOS 9.1
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by BusyDougB,

BusyDougB Nov 4, 2015 12:53 AM in response to Kong yip
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Nov 4, 2015 12:53 AM in response to Kong yip

Thanks but tried as suggested - did not work either.
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by BusyDougB,

BusyDougB Nov 4, 2015 10:33 PM in response to BusyDougB
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Nov 4, 2015 10:33 PM in response to BusyDougB

Thanks for help but I will end it here. For some unknown reason it suddenly worked when I went into network preferences (without changing any settings) !?!
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