My Air Drop on Mac flickers in and out of view on my iphone

Just recently as I have been trying to share from my phone to my mac, the iphone will only recognize the mac for like a half second at a time. I can see my coworkers mac just fine, so I believe it is an issue with my mac. Any ideas how to reset it or fix it?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Jan 2, 2024 12:44 PM

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Feb 7, 2024 01:42 PM in response to nnorth9

I had the same problem on my work computer. But once I've updated at the lasted OS version (Sonomo 14.3), the problem was fixed.

But what I couldn't know is the zscaler app installed on my computer was preventing me to see that I needed an OS update.

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