When I airdrop from my iPhone to iPad, I get a prompt telling me I have an airdrop from my phone but no option to accept or decline. I’ve set the iPad airdrop to “everyone for 10 minutes”.
The iPad is on iOS 18.5 and the iPhone is on iOS 18.4.1. Any ideas?
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Hfinn196 wrote:
When I airdrop from my iPhone to iPad, I get a prompt telling me I have an airdrop from my phone but no option to accept or decline.
That is correct. When you AirDrop to yourself, the logical assumption is made that of course you are going to accept the material.
Hfinn196 wrote:
When I airdrop from my iPhone to iPad, I get a prompt telling me I have an airdrop from my phone but no option to accept or decline.
That is correct. When you AirDrop to yourself, the logical assumption is made that of course you are going to accept the material.
Either that is incorrect (the sharing will happen immediately), or you have omitted some essential information from your scenario, such as some Apple Account difference when communicating from iPhone to iPad. It does seem unusual your screenshot displays “Work Mobile”.
Here’s another possibility. From:
Use AirDrop to send items to nearby Apple devices - Apple Support
”If you’re using a VPN, make sure its configuration doesn’t prevent local networking, as that may interfere with some Continuity features.”
Hello~ Is your “work mobile” managed by an MDM? It may not allow Airdrop for security reasons.
~Katana-San~
Did you try tapping on the alert?
Following up on Katana-San’s question, if that is the case, you should almost certainly not be using the same Apple Account on both devices. If your work data is on a device managed by an MDM, it likely does not belong on another device. The MDM is very likely in place to manage the devices and data under its auspices.
Are you signed in? Might your device be asleep?
Yes, it happens when I’m signed in/unlocked. I just showed the screenshot of the Lock Screen for privacy reasons. But I get the same alert with no option to accept or decline when it’s unlocked.
That may be the logical assumption but without an accept button, the photos never get transferred.
No, it’s not managed by an MDM
Yes, tried tapping and nothing happens. Tried swiping left, nothing happens
Why is my iPad not showing accept or decline option for AirDrop from my iPhone?
