A friend of mine airdropped some pictures to me yesterday. I accepted them, but when I checked my iPhone 14 later, they were nowhere to be found. I had AirDrop, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth turned on, but the pictures are missing.
iPhone 14, iOS 18
It might be that you have your Library sorting by Capture Date, and the pictures weren't taken where you are looking. If you scroll up to where you see "Library" at the top of the screen, then you can access the sporting menu for the Library and Sort by Date Added:
and then you'd seem them at the bottom of the Library.
Another way to maybe find them would be to go to the very very bottom of the Photos screen and tap on "Utilities." It will open a list of Utilities views,
and you can select Recently Saved to see the pictures you have just gotten.
Let us know if this works for you …
It might be that you have your Library sorting by Capture Date, and the pictures weren't taken where you are looking. If you scroll up to where you see "Library" at the top of the screen, then you can access the sporting menu for the Library and Sort by Date Added:
and then you'd seem them at the bottom of the Library.
Another way to maybe find them would be to go to the very very bottom of the Photos screen and tap on "Utilities." It will open a list of Utilities views,
and you can select Recently Saved to see the pictures you have just gotten.
Let us know if this works for you …
The next thing to try is a forced re-start:
Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
This is different from a simple Power Off…
Hi, thanks, but this was the first thing I checked, and there was nothing. My friend accepted an airdrop from the same person and is experiencing the exact same problem. While looking online for a solution online, I found that several users had the same issue 🙄, but I couldn’t a solution.
Airdropped pics accepted but not showing up anywhere
