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I'm having trouble with Airdrop. In the Finder menu, Airdrop is set to find No one. When I change the setting to Everyone, I still don't see any nearby devices. When I go back to Finder, Airdrop has been reset to No one. How do I get it to stay?
I'm using a MacBook Air with
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Send items
You can send items from the Finder, the desktop, or from within apps such as Safari or Maps. Use one of the following methods to send items using AirDrop:
If you don’t see the device you want to share an item with in the AirDrop window, click “Don’t see who you’re looking for?”
An article : macOS Sierra: Use AirDrop to send files to devices near you
Send items
You can send items from the Finder, the desktop, or from within apps such as Safari or Maps. Use one of the following methods to send items using AirDrop:
If you don’t see the device you want to share an item with in the AirDrop window, click “Don’t see who you’re looking for?”
An article : macOS Sierra: Use AirDrop to send files to devices near you
Open system preferences > security & privacy > firewall > click on firewall options .
Uncheck block all incoming connections and do exactly the settings as shown in the screen shot .
Go to finder click on turn on wifi & Bluetooth then select everyone or contacts only & try to share file between IOS & Mac computer or vice versa , make sure the two devices must be near to each other and having fantastic network speed .
I'm having a similar problem, on my Mac Air (el capitan), it's Airdrop can't detect thus can't transfer file to my iphone 6, vice versa.
I have tried to sent picture among my iphones (6 and 6 plus) and its successfully. Can anyone help me?
How to change Airdrop sharing settings on Mac
