There will be a button to allow you to turn them on if they are off. Tried airdropping a picture from my iphone 6s ios 1021 to macbook air macos 10123.
Choose airdrop from the sharing options listed.
How to turn on airdrop on macbook air 2015.
Open finder and youll see airdrop listed in the sidebar on the left or you can open it from the finders go menu.
In order to turn on airdrop on a macbook first the finder will have to be launched.
If off is already selected it means that airdrop is turned off currently.
A window with a short summary of your macs hardware and software will pop up.
Airdrop is enabled by default on yosemite.
This will also automatically turn on airdrop.
Or control click the file in the finder then choose share from.
How to share via airdrop from a post 2012 mac to a pre 2012 mac.
You can do that pretty easily by following these steps.
Make sure the finder is active and choose about this mac in the apple menu.
Choose a recipient from the airdrop sheet.
Airdrop can be found on the left hand side and click it will bring up the option to set it to be enabled for contacts or everyone 3.
Open the file that you want to send then click share button in the app window.
Share content with airdrop.
You need to make sure your wi fi and bluetooth are turned on.
Selected a picture on the iphone and tapped on the share icon.
To turn on airdrop on a mac you follow these steps.
Now click the system report button to launch the system information application.
On the go menu choose airdrop.
Open an airdrop window on the pre 2012 mac.
With you can can now use airdrop to share files between ios devices and macs.
How to tell if your mac supports airdrop using system information.
Had a finder airdrop window open and connections set to everyone.
The airdrop window will open.
If you have a post 2012 mac around the house and want to send or receive files with an older model you need to change your airdrop settings.
My macbook air did not show up all shown was an airdrop icon the blue beam.
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