IPad – AirDrop between MBP and iPad not working

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I have a mid-2012 MacBook pro running Yosemite and an iPad Air 2 with the latest iOS 8. The 2 devices can connect via Bluetooth (at least they claim to be connected), however, neither initially showed up in the others AirDrop widget.

Both BT and WiFi are turned on, AirDrop is enabled (set to Everyone), but the Finder window stayed blank. I rebooted and reconnected the devices which did not help.

Funnily, I can send a file to the iPad via the Share context menu, and after selecting the iPad it suddenly showed up in AirDrop, but the other direction does not work.

How can I diagnose what the problem might be?

Best Answer

I unfortunately have no solution to offer you, but I need to point out that the answer by TheBro21 is actually incorrect. AirDrop should work between Macs and iOS devices provided that:

  • The iOS device supports AirDrop and runs iOS 8 or later
  • The Mac was made in 2012 or later and runs OS X Yosemite

Since both requirements are fulfilled in your case, it should work. I does for me. If it doesn't, I'd keep looking or take it up with Apple (since your iPad Air is still under warranty, I'm sure they'd help you out).

Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18947

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