Airdropped photos from iPhone appear in my Mac Downloads folder for 3-4 seconds only then disappear.

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Airdropped photos from iPhone appear in my Mac Downloads folder for 3-4 seconds only then disappear.

Airdropped photos from iPhone and they all appear in the Download stack in toolbar. But when I open the Download folder in the Finder, they only appear for about 3-4 seconds and then disappear. Why is that? If I open a photo in the stack in the toolbar, & then quit, it then does appear in the Downloads folder. I've got 50 photos that I need on my Mac so don't want to open each one - any ideas?

MacBook Air

Posted on Sep 5, 2022 10:14 AM

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BDAqua

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Sep 5, 2022 11:55 AM in response to SiBirch

Start with this of M1 or M2 Mac...

Start up a Mac with Apple silicon in safe mode

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > Shut Down.

After your Mac shuts down, wait 10 seconds.

Press and hold the power button on your Mac until the startup options window appears showing available startup disks and Options.

Select a startup disk.

Press and hold the Shift key, click Continue in Safe Mode, then release the Shift key.

To leave safe mode, restart your Mac normally, without pressing and holding any keys during startup.

Start with this if IntelMac...

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.

Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.

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Airdropped photos from iPhone appear in my Mac Downloads folder for 3-4 seconds only then disappear.

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