Unable to Share with Airdrop

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Unable to Share with Airdrop

I have been trying to share a photo from the camera roll on iPadAir2 to iPhone 8+ and 13" MacBook Pro (early 2015 running MacOS10.13.3) using Airdrop. I receive the error message: Unable to Share-There was an error while preparing to share. Please try again later. Bluebooth and wireless are turned on all devices. I can see the images of the MacBook Pro and iPhone 8+ (or iPadAir2 and MacBookPro on the screens. What do I need to check/do on the devices to make this work?

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 11.2.6

Posted on Mar 17, 2018 8:22 AM

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sberman

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Mar 17, 2018 4:27 PM in response to Sunsetdude

Here are a few things to check.

Are all devices on the same Wi-Fi network?
Is Hotspot turned off on any device that might offer it?
Does the iPad Air 2 have sufficient free storage? Check Settings > General > iPad Storage and be certain you never have less (hopefully much more) than 10% of the total storage free.

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