How to I locate and start using AirDrop?

I got a new Macbook Pro, iphone 5S and iPad Air. i want to move files from my iPhone 4S to the other devices and i wiould like to share files among all devices.
However, i cannot seem to be able to locate the Airdrop icon on the laptop where it is visible on both the iPhone 5s and the iPad. Can anyone please help?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
On a Mac, you can find the AirDrop icon on the Finder sidebar, after opening a Finder window. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4783?viewlocale=en_US
Note that you can only use AirDrop on your Mac to transfer files to or from other Macs, so you cannot use them to transfer files from the iPhone or iPad. Respecting to AirDrop on the iPhone and iPad, you can use it to transfer files between them

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