I can’t edit portrait mode photos when they’re from airdrop?

So a friend of mine took photos of me in portrait mode in iPhone 11 and had it airdropped to me to an iPhone 11 as well but I can’t seem to edit the aperture on my device even it has the portrait mode tag?

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 7:54 AM

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Posted on Oct 31, 2020 5:08 PM

Person who shares the photo needs to send it photo with ‘All Photos Data’ enabled.


  1. Select the photo.
  2. Tap Share.
  3. Tap “Options” right underneath where it says ‘1 Photo Selected’.
  4. Enable ‘All Photos Data’.
  5. Share file via AirDrop.
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Dec 7, 2020 3:07 PM in response to MarkRonald

I’m just learning about this myself. Apparently you can’t share editable portrait photos, as far as depth goes. Even with AirdDrop. I think that’s pretty crappy. We should be able to receive & edit EVERYTHING. Another problem related. Often times a photo taken in portrait mode, looks washed out, blurry, and awful when shared. I believe it’s a symptom of not being able to edit it. It’s sort of bleeding all that computational photography information together or something. My recommendation, if you know you’re sharing photos, DO NOTE USE PORTRAIT MODE. Sadly.

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