I can airdrop from my mac to my iphone but not from my iphone to my mac?

I can airdrop from my mac to my iphone but not from my iphone to my mac! It's worked forever and then poof! Stopped working.


I am on the same wifi network, I can SEE my iphone in my mac's air drop. I have air drop set to 'everyone' in both devices. (I see my iphone messages on my mac so they are communicating there) My phone says that my pics have sent, but I don't see them in my recent or downloads folders.

Any ideas?

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Posted on Feb 7, 2023 03:46 AM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2023 06:27 AM

tim_suex3 wrote:

I can airdrop from my mac to my iphone but not from my iphone to my mac! It's worked forever and then poof! Stopped working.

I am on the same wifi network, I can SEE my iphone in my mac's air drop. I have air drop set to 'everyone' in both devices. (I see my iphone messages on my mac so they are communicating there) My phone says that my pics have sent, but I don't see them in my recent or downloads folders.
Any ideas?


Airdrop has always been finicky, sometimes it works sometimes it does not for no known reason...


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The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.2


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The current stable release of iOS including bug fixes, security updates is iOS 16.3

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Feb 7, 2023 06:27 AM in response to tim_suex3

tim_suex3 wrote:

I can airdrop from my mac to my iphone but not from my iphone to my mac! It's worked forever and then poof! Stopped working.

I am on the same wifi network, I can SEE my iphone in my mac's air drop. I have air drop set to 'everyone' in both devices. (I see my iphone messages on my mac so they are communicating there) My phone says that my pics have sent, but I don't see them in my recent or downloads folders.
Any ideas?


Airdrop has always been finicky, sometimes it works sometimes it does not for no known reason...


verify your software is up to date…

The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.2


Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support



The current stable release of iOS including bug fixes, security updates is iOS 16.3

Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support



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