Cannot Locate Airdropped files

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Cannot Locate Airdropped files

I recently updated to the latest versions of my devices: Catalina (10.15.5) on my Mac and iOS 13.5.1 on my iPad Pro. Since updating, when I send a pdf file (as well as other types) from my Mac to my iPad, I get a beep on the iPad acknowledging that the file has been received, but the window asking which app I want to open the file no longer appears. As a result, I cannot locate the transferred file on my iPad. It doesn't appear in any of my apps on the iPad, and I cannot find it by searching my iPad. How do I fix this?

iPad, iOS 9

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 1:04 PM

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Nancy Gee Author

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Jul 11, 2020 10:39 PM in response to QuickPost

No, the AirDropped file(s) did not show up in ANY of my apps...

However, I finally solved my problem by restarting the iPad...(I forgot the basic doctrine: WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, REBOOT!) After restarting, when I AirDrop, I now get the dropdown list that says, "Open With..."

Thank you for trying to help!

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Jul 13, 2020 7:26 AM in response to Nancy Gee

I faced the same problem and after restarting it is working fine. However, I am not able to locate the files transferred earlier when the dialog box did not appear. is there a way to find those files?

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Nancy Gee Author

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Jul 13, 2020 6:52 PM in response to varsha258

As far as I could tell, even though my iPad beeped to indicate that a file was AirDropped to it, no file was in fact received. I did not find the "missing" file anywhere.

Having said that, however, I did NOT try using a third party app to try to locate the file. If you really want to locate the missing file(s), you might give that a try.

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Jul 11, 2020 7:55 PM in response to Nancy Gee

Hello,

Are these documents being saved to Files or Books, or any other known application that can handle a PDF document?

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Cannot Locate Airdropped files

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