Airdrop on Macs running Mavericks, Yosemite with iOS 8 iDevices

Found this information in discussion with Apple Advisors (and wasted a lot of time doing so) only to find a clear disconnect between KB articles.The current basic article clearly states that any Mac newer than 2012 can use AirDrop:
In order to transfer files between a Mac and and an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
your iOS device needs to include a lightning connector
your iOS device needs iOS 7 or later installed
your Mac needs to be a 2012 or later model with OS X Yosemite installed
Your Mac and iOS device both need bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on. You do not have to be connected to a specific Wi-Fi network.
Perhaps that should be (amended to) read, "... current production model Mac needs to be..." Simply saying that the MacPro line ended. Or simply delete the article in favor of the correct one? In either case though, it seems a bad idea that a computer which can run the latest OS cannot use all of the features of the latest OS, including the features that are described as being available a wide range of models of Mac machines in current production. (insert Sad Apple face here).
More definitively this article should receive wider distribution than it has... :
AirDrop
AirDrop between Mac computers and iOS devices is supported by the following Mac models:
MacBook Air (2012 or newer)
MacBook Pro (2012 or newer)
iMac (2012 or newer)
Mac mini (2012 or newer)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
Possible workarounds include using iCloud Drive, Photo Stream sharing.

I got my answer:
"In order to transfer files between a Mac and and an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, your iOS device needs iOS 7 or later installed and your Mac needs to be a 2012 or later model. To transfer files between two Mac computers, you need one of the Mac models listed below and OS X Lion or later."
Mac Basics: AirDrop lets you send files from your Mac to nearby Macs and iOS devices
Thank you anyway for your help :-)
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OS Version 10.9.2 13C64
Build Architecture x86
Build Architecture Info family 6 model 42 stepping 7 | 4
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Crash Address 0x0
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