Employ iTunes to share files between your figurer and your iOS or iPadOS device

Yous tin copy files between your computer and apps on your iOS or iPadOS device using File Sharing.

Earlier you begin

If you're using macOS Catalina or later on, use 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 go along your documents up to date across all of your devices.

iCloud Drive lets you deeply admission all of your documents from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. No matter which device yous're using, y'all'll always have the most upwardly to date documents when and where you demand them.

With Handoff, you can first a certificate, email, or message on one device and pick up where you lot left off from another device. Handoff works with Apple apps such every bit Post, Safari, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Agenda, Contacts, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Some tertiary-party apps are besides compatible.

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

Run across which of your iOS and iPadOS apps can share files with your computer

Copy files from your computer to your iOS or iPadOS app

  1. In iTunes, select the app from the listing in the File Sharing section.
  2. Drag and drop files from a folder or window onto the Documents list to copy them to your device.
    You lot can as well click Add in the Documents list in iTunes, find the file or files y'all want to copy from your figurer, and then click Add together. iTunes copies these files to the app on your device. Choose only files that will work with the app. Check the app'southward user guide to learn which kinds of files will work.
    A Keynote presentation being dragged and dropped into the Keynote Documents list.

Copy files from an iOS or iPadOS app to your computer

  1. In iTunes, select the app from the list in the File Sharing section.
  2. Drag and drop files from the Documents listing to a binder or window on your computer to copy them to your computer.
    You can as well select the file or files that y'all want to copy to your reckoner from the Documents list and click "Relieve" then detect the folder on your computer to which you desire 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, you can open the files from your calculator with the app that you chose for File Sharing.

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

Back up shared files

When iCloud (or iTunes) backs upwards your device, it backs upwardly your shared files besides.

If y'all 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 computer 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. Get aid if yous can't find it.
  4. Select the app from the list in the File Sharing section.
  5. Select the file that you want to delete in the Documents list, and so press the Delete key on your keyboard.
  6. When iTunes asks you to confirm, click Delete.

At that place might be other ways to delete files from an app. Read your app'due south user guide to find out more.

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