Why won’t my MacBook Pro accept AirDrop files from any device?

philreises wrote:

Hi all,

I've had a macbook pro with M1 chip for the last 2 years where for some reason i was not able to airdrop anything to with any apple device (i've tried multiple iphones also from friends). Now i switched to a new Macbook pro with M4 chip and used the old one to set up the new one. Same issue here. I can airdrop from the Mac, but when i want to airdrop to it, it's stuck in waiting.

I've tried all the troubleshooting arcticles, also ran the first aid in recovery mode. Still not working.

I am assuming it is some setting somewhere within the software, because the problem carried over from the old mac to the new one.

I am running on the newest iOS and MacOS,

same wifi, bluetooth enabled, hotspot disabled, etc. I am not even getting the notification on the mac to accept or decline the airdrop.

What is also weird is that i do not have the "airdrop" option in my finder. When i try to select it to show in my favorites, it unselects itself everytime. What is going on?

Any ideas that i can try?

"I am running on the newest iOS and MacOS"...(?)

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