Air drop does not work? help!

[Popis1991]

Hey!
I just tried transferring some files from my iMac to my Macbook pro and when i send them through Air drop it says that the transferal was canceled immediately after i tried to send something, why is that? Then i tried to send something from my macbook pro to my iMac and i got an error message that said" The apple id certificate for "xxx iMac" is invalid. the transfer has been canceled. How do i fix this?!?!? help!!!

 

[cocky jeremy]

Not sure, but you can try what i tried. Restart Finder on both Macs. It fixed my issue.

 

[blueroom]

AirDrop isn't supported on some older AirPort adapters (2006 20" iMac for example)

 

[camardelle]

Not sure, but you can try what i tried. Restart Finder on both Macs. It fixed my issue.

That worked like a charm CJ. Thanks a bunch for the tip.

 

[cocky jeremy]

That worked like a charm CJ. Thanks a bunch for the tip.

No problem. I had the same general issue a week or so ago. Got the idea from the Apple support forums. 😀

 

[MacOG728893]

My brother has a 2008 24" iMac 2.8GHz C2D running 10.7.2 and airdrop is nowhere to be found. I tried searching for it, enabling it system preferences or finder preferences, but nothing worked. I find this extremely odd and quite confusing.

 

[huskyte]

My brother has a 2008 24" iMac 2.8GHz C2D running 10.7.2 and airdrop is nowhere to be found. I tried searching for it, enabling it system preferences or finder preferences, but nothing worked. I find this extremely odd and quite confusing.

Nothing to worry about, the 2008 iMac8,1 does not support airdrop, so you're fine

 

[cantueso]

Nothing to worry about, the 2008 iMac8,1 does not support airdrop, so you're fine

But you can cincunvent that. Look for "activating airdrop in older macs". Works flawessly in my Mini 3.1 and late 2008 iMac.

 

[qeemat.com]

read this...

I think that it has something to do with the built-in Wi-Fi in these devices. You don't need to be connected to a Wi-Fi network to share files, but I think that you have to have Wi-Fi capability in order for AirDrop to work.

 

[MacOG728893]

Nothing to worry about, the 2008 iMac8,1 does not support airdrop, so you're fine

Haha.. Facepalm.. Then takes a nice walk of shame..

But you can cincunvent that. Look for "activating airdrop in older macs". Works flawessly in my Mini 3.1 and late 2008 iMac.

Interesting, I'll have to look into this!

 

[bauyeung]

Turn on AirDrop for those older models running Lion

I successfully turn on this function on my 2008 iMac (upgraded to Lion) which is officially not supporting AirDrop.

Try if it works for you:

- Run terminal,
- type "defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1" and hit enter
- restart

You shall see the AirDrop in your finder! 😎