Can’t play audio files in Files app

I found a work around. Instead of airdropping the file to my iPhone from my computer, I go to iCloud.com and upload it to the drive instead. It shows up in my iPhone playable after that.

That's disappointing. Someone else on a thread on here recommended Doppler, which I've just taken my first look at but seems like a promising solution in the interim. Solid, streamlined player that makes it easy to work with tracks from whatever source, either between your Mac or directly on the phone.

I'm having the same issue! Duplicating and playing immediately solves the issue (temporarily), but then if you close the preview and open it again, back to a blank title screen. Did you ever get any further help from this issue via Support?

Yo bro thank you so much for this tip. I was about to lose it. I’m a musician and have around 100 audio files. Some of them stoped playing suddenly and this is the best solution i could find. I resetted my apple password to sign in here and just to say thank you to you.

Hello JasonB26,

As a test, are you able to play these WAV tracks with any other apps on the iPhone? Per If a media file doesn't open or play on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad - Apple Support, " if you still don't have an app that supports the media format used by the file, search the internet or App Store for an app that does". So this may require testing with the use of a third-party app that is known compatible with WAV format files.

Thanks!

This is happening to me too :( playing some wav files but not others

this just started happening to me today. wtf

Lol, happy to help!

This is a major bug !!

Hi JasonB26,

Based on the troubleshooting that has been completed up to this point, your best bet will be to Get Support directly from Apple from here on out. You can use the link here to get started.

Take care.