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Airdrop keeps failing on MacBook Pro

Hello! Brand new 16" MacBook Pro, and it keeps failing to appear in the airdrop menu for my other devices (phone, ipad). All of the settings are on and correct, it is discoverable by everyone, Bluetooth and wifi are on and have been restarted a few times. Firewall is off. OS is Monterey, updated as of a month ago when I got the computer. If I restart the computer, airdrop will work for a few hours, but then it will stop. I use airdrop constantly and I really don't want to have to reboot my computer every single time I need to send a file back and forth. How can I fix this?

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Apr 12, 2022 7:57 AM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2022 9:03 AM

atins wrote:

Airdrop keeps failing on MacBook Pro

Hello! Brand new 16" MacBook Pro, and it keeps failing to appear in the airdrop menu for my other devices (phone, ipad). All of the settings are on and correct, it is discoverable by everyone, Bluetooth and wifi are on and have been restarted a few times. Firewall is off. OS is Monterey, updated as of a month ago when I got the computer. If I restart the computer, airdrop will work for a few hours, but then it will stop. I use airdrop constantly and I really don't want to have to reboot my computer every single time I need to send a file back and forth. How can I fix this?


I always found Airdrop to be a bit finicky...yes. Sometime it worked sometimes it did not with no clear rhyme or reason.


Use AirDrop on your Mac - Apple Support




You can file a bug report here submit your Apple Feedback Product Feedback - Apple



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Apr 12, 2022 9:03 AM in response to atins

atins wrote:

Airdrop keeps failing on MacBook Pro

Hello! Brand new 16" MacBook Pro, and it keeps failing to appear in the airdrop menu for my other devices (phone, ipad). All of the settings are on and correct, it is discoverable by everyone, Bluetooth and wifi are on and have been restarted a few times. Firewall is off. OS is Monterey, updated as of a month ago when I got the computer. If I restart the computer, airdrop will work for a few hours, but then it will stop. I use airdrop constantly and I really don't want to have to reboot my computer every single time I need to send a file back and forth. How can I fix this?


I always found Airdrop to be a bit finicky...yes. Sometime it worked sometimes it did not with no clear rhyme or reason.


Use AirDrop on your Mac - Apple Support




You can file a bug report here submit your Apple Feedback Product Feedback - Apple



Airdrop keeps failing on MacBook Pro

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