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Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by ttul on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:09PM (#40638284)
AirDrop is great in theory, but in practice 80% of the time I try to send a photo to my partner using AirDrop, it simply fails to bring up a notification on her devices. In my experience, Apple often delivers well much of the time, but will allow mysterious bugs like this to pervade a feature for years without finding a fix despite much discussion in their customer forums. I wish they did a better job of fixing such problems.
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by justinator on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:25PM (#40638524)
80% of those 20% of the times it doesn't work, it's just because the receiver's phone either doesn't have Bluetooth turned on, or it just isn't unlocked.
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by ttul on Monday June 10, 2024 @06:23PM (#40639902)
And the remaining 20%… total mystery.
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by justinator on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:39PM (#40640592)
95% is pretty good when I'm Airdropping, "dumb shit I did last night".
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by jmugan on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:29PM (#40638572)
I even have the same problem from me to me. My phone to my mac. Bluetooth and all that is on.
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by Kina on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:22PM (#40640455)
FWIW, I found LocalSend (https://localsend.org/) to be quite handy especially since it is a cross-platform solution.
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by chdefrene on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:34PM (#40640563)
There's also https://snapdrop.net which works in the browser
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by jimbobthrowawy on Thursday June 13, 2024 @04:10AM (#40667165)
Snapdrop is fantastic. I have an app version installed on my android device so it'll appear in the share menu.
Re:macOS Sequoia Preview by MyFirstSass on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:22PM (#40640450)
Yes this is so weird. This like photos sync just doesn't work fully for 10+ years, fundamental features that just works 60% of the time often resolving themselves after a few hours or days with no information given.

Very weird and very annoying. Especially since they are used by millions of people every hour.