AirDrop photo from iPhone to Macbook Pro says "waiting…" then "rejected"

Solution 1:

SOLUTION

ok after months of this on occasionally then off mostly and sat with the waiting. I found the solution

VPN, do you have any VPN like expressvpn or similar on your mac, if so turn it off and voila .

Solution 2:

Phew! 😅 (Grinning Face with Squinting Eyes and Sweat Drop)

Here's how I solved this:

1. Swipe up from bottom to reveal Control Panel
2. Toggle bluetooth & wifi off, then on

And now AirDrop works. Wish the iPhone would automatically cycle the wireless antennae when this kind of thing happens…but at least I don't have to wait hours for all my iCloud content to re-sync. *w00t!**

(Remember w00t?! 👴🏼)