Airdrop failed sending from iPhone to MacBook Pro

Since 2 different updates to iOS 17, 17.1.2 I cant AirDrop photos from my iPhone 11 to my Mac desktop. BUT I can AirDrop photos from my Mac Desktop to my phone. just did it a few minutes ago! Also I can share photos to my iPad, no problem! This has to be a software problem and iOS 17!!! And I am holding the phone closer to my computer too! Apple you need to fix this, if it works one way, then it needs to work the other way!!!

I have this exact problem. Using

iPhone 12 Pro

iOS 17.2.1

to send a photo to

MacbookPro M1

14.2.1 (23C71)

Works the other way around and was introduces in iOS 17. Pls fix :)

I had this issue, having previously had no issues with AirDrop but also having not executed a transfer for some weeks. I too had the same OS versions as stated (up-to-date at the time of writing).

After an Apple Support chat session, the agent mentioned something about "bringing the devices together" - I think they assumed the transfer was between 2 iOS devices.

iOS device > General > AirDrop > Bringing Devices Together

I believe it is on by default when upgrading to whichever iOS release contained NameDrop. I manually & specifically turned OFF the setting because of recent "security" articles about the new NameDrop capability

I had this setting turned ON, specifically because I did a contact transfer a week or 2 ago. And accidentally left it on.

Toggling it off, retrying the AirDrop, and it worked. It does NOT seem to be work as before, where I could simply tap the AirDrop menu bar item to initiate a transfer - this no longer seems to work. Now I HAVE to use a Finder window, opened to the AirDrop location.

The changes (I will not call them "enhancements"!) to this whole functionality has been for the worse in my experience and opinion.

Hope this helps others...

And Apple too, to make these features work better and have a better UI.

Reply to FernandoAraoz … Airdrop

Hello Fernando ,

🔗 The link that I provided is a thorough guide to using Airdrop :

How to use AirDrop on your iPhone or iPad - Apple https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204144Support

🥳

Hello SteelCityAnne,

As of 1/19/24 the link you have leads to a page that says „The page you‘re looking for can‘t be found.“

Do you have an updated link?

I encountered the same issue, but I found a solution that, while not perfect, works for me. In my case, I use Airdrop to send screenshots from iOS to MacOS. After taking the screenshot, I save it in the Photos native app, and then Airdrop works properly.

I have the same issue and no solution yet - I came back to using Apple devices after six years - now I am having issues with Apple products. Do you experience the same thing? What happened with that company? The new OS X for Mac Book is terribly glitchy, and the iPhone OS is the same nightmare. Dear Apple, if you continue that trend, who will want to spend twice $ for a Book, iPhone, etc., when competitors will do better every year? If Apple tells me in the next few years that the computer I paid $2k is no longer supported, I will go back to PC and Windows and will never go back to this product line. This hardware is great, but the Apple developers, nope.

I want update my MacBook Pro

this MacBook did not all applications

I too have this issue on both my iPhone SE and my wife's iPhone 12. The both worked fine before recent updates. Is there a fix?