AirDrop is a wireless transfer utility available in Mac machines Finder application running (OS X Lion or above), which enable Mac user to share and transfer files between iOS devices and Macs via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. But the problem is that older Macs having no support for AirDrop to share files. The good news is, you can make use AirDrop on unsupported older Macs using terminal, which enable you to share or transfer files between Mac (running OS X Lion or higher) and iOS devices via AirDrop. Let’s go into details.
In fact OS X Yosemite supports both AirDrop versions the Bonjour/PAN combo and Bluetooth LE/Wi-Fi, due to which it allows to connect iOS devices with all newer Macs very easily. But if have an older Mac machine then follow this guide to share files over AirDrop.
How To Use AirDrop On Unsupported Older Macs
You can do that pretty easily by following these steps:
- Open Terminal from Applications (Utilities folder)
- Enter following commands in Terminal window and just hit Enter
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1
killall Finder
- You will find that AirDrop option will be show up beneath the favorites menu in Finder sidebar.
Later on if you want to disable the AirDrop feature, just repeat the above steps, but use “0” instead of “1” in command in Terminal window:
defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 0
sudo killall Finder
That’s all about enabling AirDrop unsupported older Macs.
