Airdrop Photo from iPhone to Mac each photo is in it's own folder

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Airdrop Photo from iPhone to Mac each photo is in it's own folder

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I am experiencing the same issue which is really frustrating.

When I select multiple photos on my iPhone 11 Pro (iOS 16.3.1) and want to Air Drop them to my Mac (Apple M2 Pro macOS Ventura 13.2.1), I get a notification asking me whether I want to import them to the Photo app or save them to the 'Downloads' folder. I choose saving them to the 'Downloads' folder and what it does is creating a new folder for each single picture within the 'Downloads' folder on my Mac

Remark: This only happens when I select the option to Air Drop the pictures with 'All Data'.

It's ok with my OLD Mac book Pro 2014 running Catalina !

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Mar 29, 2023 12:40 AM

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Lissy_12

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Apr 1, 2023 12:48 PM in response to jmdaix

Hi jmdaix,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities! To clarify, are these the steps you are following:

Use AirDrop on your Mac to send files to devices near you

Receive items using AirDrop

When someone uses AirDrop to send an item to you on your Mac, you can choose whether to accept and save it.

If you send an item from one device to another (for example, from your iPhone to your Mac), and you’re signed in to iCloud using the same Apple ID on both devices, the item is automatically accepted and saved.

1. In the AirDrop notification on your Mac, click the Accept pop-up menu, then choose an option.

2. Look for the item in your Downloads folder or the app you saved the item to.

If someone who wants to send you a file can’t see your Mac, make sure you’ve set it up to allow others to send items to you using AirDrop.

If so and the issue remains, we recommend that you reach out to Apple Support directly to take a further look. Please reach out here:

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Hope this helps!

Have a great day.

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