Use iTunes to share files between your calculator and your iOS or iPadOS device

You lot can copy files between your computer and apps on your iOS or iPadOS device using File Sharing.

Before you begin

If you're using macOS Catalina or later, employ the Finder to share files between your computer and your iOS or iPadOS device.

Instead of File Sharing, consider using iCloud Drive, Handoff, or AirDrop to proceed your documents upward to date beyond all of your devices.

iCloud Bulldoze lets you lot securely admission all of your documents from your iPhone, iPad, iPod bear on, Mac, or PC. No matter which device you're using, you'll e'er have the almost up to date documents when and where you need them.

With Handoff, you can outset a certificate, email, or message on ane device and pick upwardly where you left off from some other device. Handoff works with Apple apps such as Postal service, Safari, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Agenda, Contacts, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Some third-party apps are also compatible.

AirDrop helps you share photos, videos, websites, locations, and more with other nearby Apple devices.

See which of your iOS and iPadOS apps tin share files with your computer

Copy files from your computer to your iOS or iPadOS app

  1. In iTunes, select the app from the list in the File Sharing department.
  2. Drag and drop files from a folder or window onto the Documents list to copy them to your device.
    You tin can also click Add in the Documents list in iTunes, find the file or files you desire to copy from your computer, and then click Add. iTunes copies these files to the app on your device. Choose only files that will piece of work with the app. Check the app'south user guide to learn which kinds of files will piece of work.
    A Keynote presentation being dragged and dropped into the Keynote Documents list.

Re-create files from an iOS or iPadOS app to your computer

  1. In iTunes, select the app from the list in the File Sharing department.
  2. Drag and drop files from the Documents list to a folder or window on your reckoner to copy them to your reckoner.
    Y'all tin also select the file or files that yous want to copy to your computer from the Documents list and click "Save" then discover the folder on your computer to which yous want to copy the files and click Save.
    A file being dragged and dropped into the Keynote Documents list.

Open shared files

On your iOS device, yous can open the files from your computer with the app that yous chose for File Sharing.

You lot tin't access these files from other apps or locations on your device. You tin can see the listing of files in the File Sharing section of iTunes when your device is connected to your estimator.

Back upwards shared files

When iCloud (or iTunes) backs upwards your device, it backs up your shared files equally well.

If yous delete an app with shared files from your iOS device, you also delete those shared files from your device and your iCloud or iTunes fill-in. To avoid losing shared files, copy the files to your reckoner before deleting the app from your iOS device.

Delete a shared file from your iOS device

To delete a file you copied to an iOS or iPadOS app using File Sharing, follow these steps:

  1. Open iTunes on your Mac or PC.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer using the USB cable that came with your device.
  3. Select your device in iTunes. Become help if yous can't notice it.
  4. Select the app from the list in the File Sharing section.
  5. Select the file that yous want to delete in the Documents listing, and so press the Delete key on your keyboard.
  6. When iTunes asks yous to confirm, click Delete.

There might be other means to delete files from an app. Read your app'southward user guide to observe out more than.

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