iPhone 5 to MacBook Pro - Airdrop?

[Darren S]

So my girlfriend picked up her new MacBook Pro on Friday afternoon and I tried to Airdrop a couple of photos to her.
During the failed connects & reconnects, I noticed that this was a widespread (and well known) issue within the Apple community.

Is it really an issue, or is there a workaround? It seems astonishing to me that the simplicity in nature of the Apple devices, cannot cope (or hasn't been supported) to be able to Bluetooth to one another?

D.

 

[Al_G]

I didn't think you could airdrop from OSX to iOS???

http://www.computerworld.com/articl...de--airdrop-for-os-x-mavericks-and-ios-7.html

Has this changed with iOS8?

 

[Darren S]

I didn't think you could airdrop from OSX to iOS???

http://www.computerworld.com/articl...de--airdrop-for-os-x-mavericks-and-ios-7.html

Has this changed with iOS8?

Looks like you can't My iPhone 5 is on iOS8 and the MacBook Pro on Mavericks.
Clearly there are significant technical reasons for this - but I just thought it would work due to the cross platform nature of all Apple devices. Worse, is the fact that they connect (or appear to connect) for a few seconds and then disconnect.
I did read online that the Bluetooth codec support on the phone is for audio transfer only? Though that sounds a bit dodgy to me. Data is data, regardless of audio file, photograph, etc.

Definitely one of those 'features' that the anti-Apple camp can point their finger and simply laugh at.....

D.

 

[Al_G]

Exactly mate, I couldn't believe it initially (I'm lucky enough to have a 2.2k iMac).

May be Yosemite will offer the functionality :neutral:

As you say, data is data.

 

[levaz]

Looks like you can't 😧 My iPhone 5 is on iOS8 and the MacBook Pro on Mavericks.
Clearly there are significant technical reasons for this - but I just thought it would work due to the cross platform nature of all Apple devices. Worse, is the fact that they connect (or appear to connect) for a few seconds and then disconnect.
I did read online that the Bluetooth codec support on the phone is for audio transfer only? Though that sounds a bit dodgy to me. Data is data, regardless of audio file, photograph, etc.

Definitely one of those 'features' that the anti-Apple camp can point their finger and simply laugh at..... :wink:

D.

That explains why I can't airdrop with my iMac and 5s.
I did read somewhere that un-jailbroken iPhones only support 2 of the 10 Bluetooth protocols.
This is why iPhones can't be used with a Bluetooth OBD reader and only a Wi-Fi one.

 

[Tom]

Will work on yosemite if you have the correct hardware and iOS8

 

[Darren S]

Will work on yosemite if you have the correct hardware and iOS8

That's good to hear! Is the upgrade to Yosemite out for download already then?

Cheers,
D.

 

[Tom]

very soon

 

[Carlv8415]

iPhone has to be running iOS 8 and your Macbook has to be running Yosemite. You need wifi and bluetooth turned on on both devices.

 

[Darren S]

very soon

iPhone has to be running iOS 8 and your Macbook has to be running Yosemite. You need wifi and bluetooth turned on on both devices.

Cheers Tom/Carl,

Downloaded Yosemite onto the Macbook yesterday and Airdrop now works fine between the two devices.

D.