Q: Why does Airdrop disappear after first use?
Hi all,
I've a 2013 MacBook Pro with an up to date OS X El Capitan and some iOS devices (iPad mini, IPad Air, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6). When I try to send files from any of those iOS devices, the Mac cannot be found. A transfer between the iOS devices is however possible. I've spent some time now browsing the web to find a solution for this problem. And one hint is actually working quite good. The problem is: After the first transaction is done, the Mac disappears from the recipient list on the iOS device and no more device is listed in the Airdrop window on my Mac and you have to do the whole procedure again. And that is what I've done: Activated Bluetooth and Wifi on both, Mac and iOS device. Set Airdrop visibiity to "none" on both systems. Reboot both systems and set visibility of Airdrop to "all" again.
As you can image this is not a very convineint solution. Can anyone help?
Best,
Jens
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on May 1, 2016 11:07 AM