AirDrop not working between iPhone 14 Pro and MacBook Air M2

I've had this problem multiple times and it keeps coming back... and I'm not even sure how I fixed it in the past... it just decided to work after fiddling around for hours.... SO FRUSTRATING.

My airdrop between my iPhone 14Pro and Macbook Air M2 doesn't work... even though:

-I've done all the typical fixes: toggling on and off Airdrop (both devices set to everyone for 10 minutes), bluetooth, wifi, and handoff, and firewalls are off, and surfshark VPN is off

-Signed in to the same contact card on both (I've double and tripple checked) and my photos upload to the same icloud account on both devises.

-I can send and receive airdrops on both devices to/from other people... just NOT myself.

No one seems to know why. HELP.

Posted on Oct 16, 2026 11:32 AM

1 reply

MrHoffman

Level 10 (169,253 points)

Oct 16, 2026 11:40 AM in response to Kylerossblanch

Remove all add-on security apps, all add-on VPN apps, all the firewall apps, all add-on anti-malware apps, restart, and test again. Remove all of these apps, as disabling these apps isn’t always effective.