Airdropped files from the Files app automatically saves to iCloud Drive—How to stop this
Many have tried to get help on this problem with no results. I am now giving it a go. Since iOS 17, files Airdropped from any application (except the Photos app, it seems) are automatically saved to iCloud Drive. For example, if I use AirDrop to send a PDF document from my iPhone to my iPad, the file will *automatically* be saved to the Downloads folder in iCloud Drive, even though the file was never in iCloud on my iPhone. No matter its original location, the file will be saved in iCloud Drive. This is new behavior since iOS 17– behavior that Apple has obviously implemented with intention. I am searching for a way to get around it, and would be grateful for a solution. I’ve searched this forum and the web many times for an answer. I’m beginning to suspect there isn’t one, which leaves as my next step a complaint to Apple for behavior that goes against their public statements regarding privacy.