I can open the airdrop folder but the options "Allow me to be discovered by" and "Don't see who you're looking for" are not showing. I tried scrolling down and resizing the window but the options aren't showing up.
I am not able to see or be seen by other devices. I have bluetooth and wifi turned on and the imac is compatible with airdrop (iMac 24-inch, Early 2009).
OS X El Capitan 10.11.5
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Hi,
I've spent hours on finding a solution to this same problem. Here's how I fixed it after combing through hundreds of webpages of "fixes." Seems a PRAM reset does it:
Shut the laptop down not restart. press power and hold the following 4 keys Cmd+Opt+P+R and keep holding for 3 restarts which will happen as long as you keep the keys depressed. make sure it is 3 "ta-da's" and then let go and check Airdrop again once your laptop has started up.
Good luck!
The hardware doesn't support it. If you want a more specific answer than that, you'll have to contact Apple Engineering and persuade them to talk to you (which they won't.) Even then, you still won't be able to use AirDrop with a mobile peer.
I see, thanks for your answer.
I have the same problem. I have a MacBook Pro (early 2011) and an iPhone 7, but never worked airdrop on my Mac!, I don't understand, I'm tried everything, but I don't have any solution.
That is pretty silly. Why don't they support it tru wifi on older devices?
AirDrop "Allow me to be discovered by" not showing
