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Q: AirDrop: iPhone 6's iOS v9.3 is unable to see to connect MacBook Pro's Mac OS X v10.10.5/Yosemite...

Hello.

 

As a AirDrop newbie, I followed Use AirDrop to send content from your Mac - Apple Support web page's instructions to connect my work's iPhone 6 (iOS v9.3) and MacBook Pro (15"; Retina; early 2013; Mac OS X v10.10.5/Yosemite) to connect each other wirelessly to send and receive files like images. However, I could only get one direction working: MBP to iPhone (sending a photo(graph)). iPhone does not see MBP when I use its AirDrop. What am I missing? I checked AirDrop settings (open to everyone), and Mac OS X's firewall (even tried disabling it fully). What am I missing?

 

Thank you in advance.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.3, no SIM card since it's for testing

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 3:13 PM

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Q: AirDrop: iPhone 6's iOS v9.3 is unable to see to connect MacBook Pro's Mac OS X v10.10.5/Yosemite...

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  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Mar 31, 2016 10:04 PM in response to antdude
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    Mar 31, 2016 10:04 PM in response to antdude

    When you're searching for your MacBook Pro from the iPhone, is the MacBook Pro's Bluetooth on?  It needs to be on.

     

    Both the iPhone and Mac need WiFi and Bluetooth "on".

  • by antdude,

    antdude antdude Mar 31, 2016 10:38 PM in response to sberman
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    Mar 31, 2016 10:38 PM in response to sberman

    sberman wrote:

     

    When you're searching for your MacBook Pro from the iPhone, is the MacBook Pro's Bluetooth on?  It needs to be on.

     

    Both the iPhone and Mac need WiFi and Bluetooth "on".

    Yep, both were on. HOWEVER, I did fix it by rebooting both devices. I don't know why!