Air Drop very slow

[BasilFawlty]

I have the latest Sonoma on my 24" M1 iMac (14.2.1 at this time) and the latest iOS on my iPhone (17.2.1). I'm not sure exactly when this started happening, but I've noticed lately that when I air drop an image or file from my iPhone to my iMac, it seems to take a very long time. It used to be that an air drop happened very quickly, but lately I've noticed that it seems to take much longer. Has anyone else noticed this problem or know what a solution might be?

 

[Alpha Centauri]

How long is much longer and approximately what file size?

 

[BasilFawlty]

How long is much longer and approximately what file size?

I just did a test with a timer and it took over 35 seconds to transfer a 2.2MB .HEIC image file from iPhone to iMac. I had never timed a transfer before but I know in the past it would have been just maybe 10 seconds tops. (Did another test and it took 40+ seconds)