Am I the only one who can't get AirDrop to work? Or is it just as useless for everyone?

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MacJeepster wrote:
I had the same problem.
Then I turned on WiFi on my Mac (even though I was using a wired connection) and it works.

AirDrop is strictly a wireless (WiFi/Bluetooth) protocol. AirDrop creates a direct, independent on-the-fly connection between two devices. Lots of good information here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop