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Airdrop issue. Macbook doesn't discover devices and vice versa
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1842764" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>The issue is most likely interference from other BT devices at work. All of your colleagues have phones, all blasting out BT signals, plus if you have hand-free landlines, or wireless land-lines, those use the same frequency band as BT. Plus all of the other laptops in your office may well be sending out BT signals. Plus those on the floor above you and below you, or even across the street. BT works at about 30 feet, so every device in that globe around you could be interfering with your own connection. </p><p></p><p>As for the connection disappearing after a bit, that is how I have seen it work. I think that's the way it is designed, but I'm not sure. What I do know is that when I invoke Airdrop, it connects, but if I don't use it within about 30 seconds or so the connection is dropped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1842764, member: 396914"] The issue is most likely interference from other BT devices at work. All of your colleagues have phones, all blasting out BT signals, plus if you have hand-free landlines, or wireless land-lines, those use the same frequency band as BT. Plus all of the other laptops in your office may well be sending out BT signals. Plus those on the floor above you and below you, or even across the street. BT works at about 30 feet, so every device in that globe around you could be interfering with your own connection. As for the connection disappearing after a bit, that is how I have seen it work. I think that's the way it is designed, but I'm not sure. What I do know is that when I invoke Airdrop, it connects, but if I don't use it within about 30 seconds or so the connection is dropped. [/QUOTE]
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