AirDrop from Mac Finder

Thank you Joseph, I found the mp4 file in... Photos. The name was stripped off, Siri does not find it, the preview is black... (Photos is definitely not a good place for movies. I use VLC to access chapters, sound tracks, subtitles)

I copied the Mac file (32 MB) to iCloud>Downloads, it appears in Files>Downloads on iPhone, that’s fine. But a larger (2.24 GB) file does not show up on iPhone. Even more puzzling, if I try to AirDrop this big file, iPhone gives a message that it can’t save to Photos, offering to save to Files>Downloads. This works OK, it preserves the name, it shows the cover art (where Finder and Photos show the first frame, often back) and I can play the movie. But it does not appear on Mac.

Either way I can copy the movies to Files>On my iPhone>VLC where I want them to be in the first place.

Have a nice day!

I do not upgrade to a service that don’t give size limitations. Good day.