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8.4 Airdrop broken
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Hey adamhenry does AirDrop work for you? Should I add your name above?
50 or 60 million idevices that can run airdrop, 6 say there are issues? Okay not doubting it, but it's a far cry from saying it doesn't work.
It's not broken. It just doesn't work consistently.
If 50-60 million people were forced to reply here you'd see a very different picture
If 50-60 million people were forced to reply here you'd see a very different picture
You have to admit though, of those 50 to 60 million iDevices its pretty amazing we found all 6 users that AirDrop isn't reliable for. What are the odds!!?? /s
That's said with a lot of certainty. While I don't know what 50 million may think of air drop, I tend to believe if there was a widespread issue there would be a huge internet backlash.
After updating to iOS 8.4 AirDrop doesn't work at all on my iPhone 6. Tried everything to fix it including a full restore. It doesn't see any other iOS devices and isn't seen by my Mac. My iPad mini 2 which was also upgraded to iOS 8.4 works fine however. AirDrop for me has never been particularly consistent but now it's nonexistant.
The fact that it isn't seen by the Mac makes me wonder about your bluetooth. Is it enabled? Is Airdrop configured to be discoverable by Everyone?
Yes, both Bluetooth and WiFi are on. Normally it's Contacts Only but I have it set to Everyone in order to troubleshoot. Here is the weird thing:
On my iPhone, AirDrop never shows the MacBook but it does show the iPad sometimes. On my iPad it shows everything. If I then use AirDrop on the iPad to send a photo to the MacBook the MacBook suddenly shows up as available under AirDrop on the iPhone. Only when the iPad is using Airdrop though.
Yeah, I've never had very good success with AirDrop in general nor have any of my friends with iOS devices but I wonder what it means when the iPhone only sees the MacBook when the iPad sees it.
Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi doesn't do anything unfortunately nor does rebooting the phone. I have also done the same on the MacBook. It seems the MacBook can see the iPhone but the iPhone cannot see the MacBook (unless the iPad sees it first which is the weird part).
Still not working for me, I've tried various settings and such. I can send from the iPad to the 5S, but iPad to 6 Plus fails and I get a message on the 6 that says "Airdrop from (null) failed".
Also my Mac Mini has never detected any devices via Airdrop and none of my devices can see the Mac Mini. I've wasted hours on it and finally just gave up.
Are you sure your Mac mini is meets the requirements....
- Mac Mini (Mid 2010 or newer)
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