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Can I remove my neighbor from showing up in the AirDrop options on MacOS Sonoma

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I want to keep the "MacOS Sonoma" in the title because there are hundreds of obsolete Q&A pages or pages about the iOS version of this issue floating around the internet which I have weeded through without finding an answer. Somebody I assume to be a neighbor regularly shows up in my AirDrop menu, and usually loads up faster than my own devices: enter image description here The top option is my other computer, the bottom one is the intrusive device This obviously creates safety issues, as I do not wish to send a stranger personal documents. I also wonder if my neighbors and anyone in the neighbourhood can see my face and full name show up when they use AirDrop, which I would obviously prefer to avoid. I have found an Apple help page explaining how to only show up for friends and contacts in the iOS version of AirDrop , but the desktop computer help page doesn't go into very much details about how to do the same. A lot of users seem to have a similar complaint about the risks of the current process. **How do I restrict who can connect to my AirDrop and whose machines I can AirDrop to?**
Asked by MicroMachine (4051 rep)
Aug 10, 2024, 07:47 PM
Last activity: Aug 12, 2024, 03:22 AM