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How To Enable AirDrop On Unsupported Macs And Share Files Via Ethernet

Posted on the 09 September 2012 by Skateroren @ProgramsAlive
 How To Enable AirDrop On Unsupported Macs And Share Files Via Ethernet
Step 1: Open up an instance of the Terminal app. Terminal can be found within the /Applications folder or by searching for it through Spotlight Search.
Step 2: At the command line in Terminal, type the following command and press enter: defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1.
Step 3: Still in the Terminal application, type the following command to restart Finder: killall Finder.
Step 4: The process is now complete and AirDrop sharing should be supported on older Macs, as well as over an Ethernet connection.

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