Airdrop Mavericks to iPad mini

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Each device is set and enabled for Airdrop, but I don't "see" the iPad mini in my Airdrop window. What am I doing wrong please?
 

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Note: AirDrop for iOS supports only iOS 7 devices. You cannot use AirDrop on iOS to share with OS X, and OS X users can't use AirDrop to share with iOS devices.
 
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Thanks for your help. :)
 

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The simple explanation is that iOS does not allow access to the underlying filesystem which I imagine won't change anytime soon. As such, if you need to share files, you may want to look at something like Dropbox.
 
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Thanks - Dropbox it is.
 

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