AirDrop sends to files app rather than prompting for destination on iPad Pro

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AirDrop sends to files app rather than prompting for destination on iPad Pro

One of the ipad users in our group now have airdropped PDFs go directly to the files app rather than being prompted for the intended destination. I have read some reports that this was an intended change in IOS 17. However, only one user has experienced this behavior in spite of several ipads being at the same IOS revision, 17.2

So, how do I get back to the prompt for destination behavior and why don’t all ipads behave the same at the same IOS revision?

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iPad Pro (6th generation)

Posted on Feb 18, 2024 03:01 PM

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Feb 18, 2024 06:35 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

The intended destination is an app called ForScore. We exchange files via Airdrop in this app that are PDF files. Most everyone gets a prompt to accept an airdropped file, followed by a prompt to designate the intended destination app since usually more than one can receive PDFs. This is how it worked for everyone until recently, one user now gets the PDF delivered to the Files app. I don’t think there is any prompt to accept, it just automatically goes to Files. She must then open Files and “download” it to ForScore. She wants it to go back to how it worked before and how it still works for everyone else.

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King_263

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Feb 19, 2024 06:47 PM in response to Veedubbayou

I have been having the same issue. I find this very troublesome considering it’s double work to move the file again from the Files app to its intended save location. Can’t seem to see the logic behind Apple making this a feature (if it really is one), seems more like a glitch to me.

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Veedubbayou Author

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Feb 22, 2024 05:44 AM in response to King_263

So…. No one else having this issue or can offer a solution? I don’t believe it is an intentional change in IOS since only 1 person from our group of about 15 users is having the issue. There MUST be a way to restore the prior functionality????

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Feb 18, 2024 05:49 PM in response to Veedubbayou

What is the “intended destination”? Airdropped items will be delivered to the app that is intended to accept and process the item; for example, AirDropped photos will go to the Photos app. If there is no such app it will go to Files. That isn’t new with iOS 17, it’s how AirDrop has always worked.

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AirDrop sends to files app rather than prompting for destination on iPad Pro

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