Airdrop not working

I have an imac mid 2010 running version 10.10 yosemite and I am trying to airdrop some files and pics from my iphone to the mac and it doesn't show any options like, choose to whom or search... nothing shows its just there. I cant even airdrop any files or anything at all to any mac pro. I really never used it and now that I want to it doesn't work. My wifi is connected and working, fiel sharing is enabled and bluetooth is enabled too. I don't know what else to do. Anyone help PLEASE!

I have a Mac Pro (Mid 2012) and am suffering exactly the same way. I have an AirDrop folder, but the options on the bottom don't appear. I can see airdrop between my iPad and my iPhone, but the Yosemite version is just dead.
I'm assuming this is some kind of setting that I'm missing, although if I go to About this Mac -> System Report -> Bluetooth, it tells me "Handoff Supported: No".
Is this a system setting or did I get screwed somehow? The docs I've read say that my machine should be compatible with all of this stuff.

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