iPad won’t share or airdrop voice memos

In the past I’ve made loads of voice memos and air dropped them to my computer or Google drive but suddenly this option no longer works. The share button doesn’t open any choices. I’ve updated my iPad, turned it off and on… but it still doesn’t work. Can anyone help?

iPad, iPadOS 16

Posted on Aug 21, 2023 3:00 AM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2023 3:38 AM

Not just with airdrop but with all sharing capabilities - none of them open when I press the share button on my iPad. Bluetooth is turned on.


Aaahh! I just checked my laptop to see if bluetooth was turned on, and it wasn't...


Usually the iPad would just tell me it can't find a device, rather than the Share button not working at all... and then I would activate bluetooth. Anyway, I've done that now and things seem to be working again. Thanks for your quick response.

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Aug 21, 2023 3:38 AM in response to LotusPilot

Not just with airdrop but with all sharing capabilities - none of them open when I press the share button on my iPad. Bluetooth is turned on.


Aaahh! I just checked my laptop to see if bluetooth was turned on, and it wasn't...


Usually the iPad would just tell me it can't find a device, rather than the Share button not working at all... and then I would activate bluetooth. Anyway, I've done that now and things seem to be working again. Thanks for your quick response.

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