iPhone/Files/App/How To/Transfer Files via USB to Mac/26/03/08 Sun
- 2026-03-08 Sun
- used iPhone/Files/App/How To/Scan Documents to PDF, then needed to transfer the PDF to my Macbook.
- Once again, Apple/AirDrop not working. Destination MacBook does not appear as an AirDrop target, even though both devices are updated to the latest versions and AirDrop is enabled, and they are on the same wifi, and they are nearby, and ... . Typical, usually airdrop only works 10% of the time for me. 90% of the time, the destination doesn't appear.
- Looked at iPhone/Files/App/How To/Transfer Files via USB to Mac while trying to transfer documents that were taken with "Scan Documents" in iPhone.
- Method 1 is to use MacBook's Finder > Locations > iPhone > Files, but for me that only shows applications like "Kindle," "Spotify," etc, which aren't connected to Apple/iOS/Scan Document.
- Method 2 is to use Apple/iCloud, which I won't use on principle.
- Method 3 is for Apple/iOS/File/On My iPhone
- it says "check which app created or stores the file"
- the app that created it is Apple/iOS/Scan Document and it's stored in a folder in Apple/iOS/File/On My iPhone.
- I connect the iPhone via USB-C to USB/Connector/Ref/Lightning jack.
- I click the "Trust this computer"
- Open MacOS/Finder and try to find "look for app in the file sharing section" ... I don't know what the "file sharing section" is ...
- I look in the MacOS/Finder/Folder/Shared, nothing.
- Maybe the instructions are referring to the same thing that I looked at in Method 1 ... ? I tried
MacBook's Finder > Locations > iPhone > Files but only apps like Kindle, Spotify, etc appear there, not files Apple/iOS/File/On My iPhone.
- INANE WORKAROUND
- I transferred my document to the "Spotify" folder in the files app. Then I was able to use go to MacBook's Finder > Locations > iPhone > Files > Spotify, locate the file, drag to downloads. Spotify's folder to get it off my iPhone and onto my mac.
- Surely, there must be a way to do this via the CLI / terminal? I freaking hate Apple's UX.
- Transferring files direct to PC without iTunes/iCloud : r/iphonehelp
- LOL, apparently I'm not the only one with this question. Everyone is saying,
- use Telegram
- use Email
- use LocalSend (new to me!)
- use Apple/AirDrop (which, as far as I can tell, requires Apple/iCloud or Apple/Continuity, which as far as I'm concerned are three flavors of the same thing, in order to work reliably)
- Ok, I'm starting to realize that I need to start to make my own app for iphone