I’m trying to transfer a 39GB file from my iPad to iPhone 12. So far it’s taken 2 hours with no sign of completing. How long should it take to transfer? The iPad said that the iPhone had accepted the file so why is it still downloading after 2 hours? Is the file too big? It’s frustrating that there is no progress bar to show how near completion the transfer is.
Did you have Wi-Fi on and enabled on both devices, and both on the same network? AirDrop will use Wi-Fi for the transfer if available; if it was using only Bluetooth I’m not surprised it failed as BT is very slow.
Other options include Apple Mail Drop (just email it, and for a large attachment Apple Mail will upload to their server, and provide a link for the recipient to download it: Mail Drop), Google One, just syncing to iCloud, box.com or Dropbox.com.
I was trying to transfer it via Air Drop as recommended by the App designer (Stage Traxx 3). I can now see that it failed. I backed up the Stage Traxx library to Files on my iPad then attempted to share that file to my iPhone but it hasn’t worked.
How are you transferring it? AirDrop? iCloud?
Air Drop 39GB File transfer how long?
