To add to this, airdrop has to be running means, that the airdrop window should be visible on the recipients computer as well. I used to think that I could airdrop a file to my wife, and that she would get a popup, no matter what she would be doing. That's not the case. I need to tell her I have a file ready, she needs to open her airdrop window, I then go to the file and hit vo comma, I then go into my own airdrop window using the sidebar, I then find her name in my airdrop window, and then I drop the file on her name. She then gets a message asking to accept, and then my file goes into her downloads folder. That works, although I last needed to use it some time ago, so I hope I am not forgetting a step. Hth, Paul. On Mar 18, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Robert Carter wrote:
> Hi Caitlyn, > > airdrop has to be running on both Macs. Your husband would need to accept the > file request on his Mac for the operation to be completed. You can't control > both sides of the exchange from a single Mac as far as I know. > > Robert Carter > On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > >> I was trying to play around with this last night and still can't get it to >> work. >> >> I'm trying to send a file to my husband's mac which is on our home network. >> His wifi is definitely on and so is mine. First I went to where the file I >> wanted to airdrop was and interacted with it and did vo comma, then I went >> to my network and to the other mac and did command shift r for airdrop and >> did vo period but it said that the item was no longer available for airdrop. >> >> I know I'm doing something wrong, but just can't figure out what. >> >> Thanks for any help.. >> Totally mystified, >> Caitlyn >> >> On Mar 17, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Robert Carter wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I haven't used airdrop in a few months but I believe it drops the file in >>> the downloads folder by default. >>> >>> Robert Carter >>> >>> >>> On Mar 16, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Robert, >>>> So, if the place where I wanted to airdrop the file is someplace on my >>>> network, I should first open that place, then go to where my file resides, >>>> then do the drag and drop thing? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help! >>>> >>>> Cait >>>> >>>> On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:11 PM, Robert Carter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Caitlyn, >>>>> >>>>> The key is that both the file on your Mac and the location on the mac >>>>> where you want to drop the file have to be visible on your screen at the >>>>> same time So, open two finder windows one with the file and the other >>>>> with airdrop and you can make it work. >>>>> >>>>> Robert Carter >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> Has anybody successfully been able to use air drop with lion yet? I >>>>>> tried a couple of times tonight and it kept saying failed to drop on >>>>>> airdrop. Any suggestions? I was using the vo commands to drag my file >>>>>> selection from my documents and then used command shift r to bring up >>>>>> the air drop item then tried to drop the file with voperiod. 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