Airdrop not finding other device

I recently bought an ipad, decided to choose apple for the synergy between my macbook & the pad. I can't get airdrop to work however.
on my macbook pro the pad will not show in the airdrop finder, and neither the other way around. both are in the same wifi, bluetooth on (and paired).
specs: macbook pro 17inch early 2011 osx 10.10.1
ipad air 2 ios 8.1.2
I am using filevault2 on mbp, can this interfere with the process? All the guides seem to only apply to people with no problems ("in finder you will see other devices")... well, what if you don't?

well crap . thanks still. at least I won't need to waste any more time solving the problem

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