Remember, it's different between iPhone/iPad and Mac! AirDropped photos won't show up in your Downloads on your iPhone, nor will they be in your Photos app on Mac.

Make sure you're looking in the right place.

If it's still showing a loading status (Waiting or Sending), it means the AirDrop hasn't gone through. Once the other person successfully sent the file, they'll have a Sent status on their AirDrop selection.

Check to see if the AirDrop went through.

You do need to confirm an AirDrop before you receive it, but more than once, I've done something so automatically I can't even remember doing it, so check to make sure you didn't accept it on your Mac when you meant to do it on your iPhone or vice versa. If you have more than one device (such as a Mac and an iPhone or iPad) open, it's possible you got confused about which one it was sent to.

Make sure they sent it to the right device.

Here are some things to check if someone AirDropped you a photo or file and you can't locate it:

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