FWIW, I have that experience just using Apple’s own apps... It works most of
the time, but sometimes, it just… doesn’t.
So, it might well not be anything you are doing (or not doing, as the case may
be).
> On May 27, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote:
>
>
>> On 28 May 2016, at 02:06, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote:
>>
>> File a bug report with Apple!
>
> Just done.
>
>>
>> —Jens (who has intermittent troubles with AirDrop too)
>>
>>> On May 27, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 27 May 2016, at 23:18, Steve Christensen <puns...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I haven't worked with AirDrop, but I just looked at the docs and one of
>>>> the delegate methods is -sharingService:didFailToShareItems:error:. Maybe
>>>> if you implement that you can at least see what the specific error is?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, it does not tell anything. Never gets called. The problem: if there
>>> is no-one found to share things with, then there can be no sharing, and
>>> thus no errors while sharing.
>>>
>>> “Invoked when the sharing service encountered an error when sharing items.”
>>>
>>> But thanks for the suggestion. It is better to have this delegate method
>>> implemented.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Gerriet.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On May 26, 2016, at 10:23 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an OS X app (10.11.5) which has a button called AirDrop, which
>>>>> does:
>>>>>
>>>>> - (IBAction)airDrop: (NSButton *)sender
>>>>> {
>>>>> NSArray *shareItems = list of one or more urls of pdf files
>>>>> NSSharingService *service = [ NSSharingService sharingServiceNamed:
>>>>> NSSharingServiceNameSendViaAirDrop];
>>>>> service.delegate = self; // probably not needed
>>>>> [service performWithItems:shareItems];
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Usually this just works:
>>>>> I click the AirDrop button, a Panel slides down with a picture of the pdf
>>>>> (or a symbol for multiple files if more than one).
>>>>> I grab my iPad (which has “AirDrop: Contacts Only" set) and unlock it.
>>>>> The AirDrop panel on the Mac shows (after a few seconds) my Mac Login
>>>>> picture, I click it, and all is well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes it does not work correctly:
>>>>> In this case I have to set the iPad to “AirDrop: Everyone". A generic
>>>>> user picture will appear on the Mac and it will still work.
>>>>>
>>>>> But sometimes it does not work at all:
>>>>> I can do whatever (like restarting the iPad; restarting the Mac) but
>>>>> still no picture of a recipient will appear in the Mac AirDrop Panel.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I debug this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerriet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Found some log messages, which seem to be related:
>>>>>
>>>>> Clicking my AirDrop button:
>>>>>
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.630 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.629 : Bonjour discovery
>>>>> started
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.662 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.662 : BTLE advertiser
>>>>> Powered On
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.664 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.663 : BTLE advertising
>>>>> hashes <01ca38ce b5742b51 4900>
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.667 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.666 :
>>>>> SDBonjourBrowser::failedToStartAdvertisingWithError Error
>>>>> Domain=NSMachErrorDomain Code=8 "(os/kern) no access"
>>>>> UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=wirelessproxd can't start advertising at
>>>>> this time.}
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:43.720 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:43.719 :
>>>>> SDBonjourBrowser::failedToStartAdvertisingWithError Error
>>>>> Domain=NSMachErrorDomain Code=8 "(os/kern) no access"
>>>>> UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=wirelessproxd can't start advertising at
>>>>> this time.}
>>>>>
>>>>> Clicking “Cancel" in the AirDrop Panel:
>>>>>
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.595 AirDrop[17426]: Error in
>>>>> CoreDragRemoveTrackingHandler: -1856
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.595 AirDrop[17426]: Error in
>>>>> CoreDragRemoveReceiveHandler: -1856
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.658 sharingd[17313]: 12:19:46.657 : Bonjour discovery
>>>>> stopped
>>>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.671 sharingd[17313]: 12:19:46.671 : BTLE advertising
>>>>> stopped
>>>>>
>>>>> But still don’t know what to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gerriet.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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