High Sierra Mac
iPhone with IOS 14.something.

Mac WiFi enabled. Bluetooth enabled on both.
I send image files on my Mac to the iPhone file. Since I accept all
request, I have just the ding, no dialogue and the photo is available in
"Photos".

But no matter how hard I try, it won't transfer PDF files. I get the
ding on the phone, but on the Mac, a indication of failure.
(I use Finder -> Go -> Airdrop to open an airdrop window, then the
iPhone appears, I clock on it, then drag some file over it.

Why does it work perfectly for photos but not PDF files?

Québec issued new vaccine passport so we can travel to USA (eeded more
info on them) and wanted to have PDF copy on my iPhgone on top of the
app itself, and in the end, had to email the PDFs and then move then to
Files.

I tried Googling, but there are no answers on this, despite many raising
issue. Apple just points to basic instructions without dealing why PDFs
don't work when the rest works.

Any hints?

On 2021-11-08 23:10, JF Mezei wrote:
> High Sierra Mac
> iPhone with IOS 14.something.
>
> Mac WiFi enabled. Bluetooth enabled on both.
> I send image files on my Mac to the iPhone file. Since I accept all
> request, I have just the ding, no dialogue and the photo is available in
> "Photos".
>
> But no matter how hard I try, it won't transfer PDF files. I get the
> ding on the phone, but on the Mac, a indication of failure.
> (I use Finder -> Go -> Airdrop to open an airdrop window, then the
> iPhone appears, I clock on it, then drag some file over it.
>
> Why does it work perfectly for photos but not PDF files?
>
> Québec issued new vaccine passport so we can travel to USA (eeded more
> info on them) and wanted to have PDF copy on my iPhgone on top of the
> app itself, and in the end, had to email the PDFs and then move then to
> Files.

I have no issues dropping pdf's from my Macs to my iPhone and from there
into Files / some folder (just tested again with a small pdf and my QC
vaccine cert).

You could also open a note on your mac and it should appear in Notes on
your iPhone.

You could also use the Quebec VaxiCode app which displays it partially
(name only) or with full details (DOB and specific vaccines).

You can also upload to your wallet via the Health app - but the Wallet
display of the QR code is pretty small - not sure how well it will scan
- haven't had a chance to test it.

So check your settings. As usual.

And print your QR to paper and keep it in a safe place in your bags.

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

On 2021-11-09 09:02, Alan Browne wrote:

> I have no issues dropping pdf's from my Macs to my iPhone and from there
> into Files / some folder (just tested again with a small pdf and my QC
> vaccine cert).

Which folder would that be ? Downloads? Perhaps I need to manually
create that folder.

> You could also open a note on your mac and it should appear in Notes on
> your iPhone.

I have kept imap notes, so text only. I can use email or Messages (to
myself) to transfer binary content, but Airdrop woudl be more convenient
if it worked.

> You could also use the Quebec VaxiCode app which displays it partially
> (name only) or with full details (DOB and specific vaccines).

Yes, I have that. But to load it on vaicode, you need to display the QR
code on your computer and aim phone's camera at it. My goal is to stop
another copy as a PDF (the original) as backup.

> You can also upload to your wallet via the Health app

Wasn't aware of that. Will have to look up how it's done. Is that IOS
15 only?

- but the Wallet
> display of the QR code is pretty small - not sure how well it will scan
> - haven't had a chance to test it.

The international vaccine certificate from Québec has larger QR code in
the PDF.

> And print your QR to paper and keep it in a safe place in your bags.

You can always get a copy from the government web site.

In message <hxmiJ.18156$3q9.15985@fx47.iad> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> High Sierra Mac
> iPhone with IOS 14.something.

> Mac WiFi enabled. Bluetooth enabled on both.
> I send image files on my Mac to the iPhone file. Since I accept all
> request, I have just the ding, no dialogue and the photo is available in
> "Photos".

> But no matter how hard I try, it won't transfer PDF files. I get the
> ding on the phone, but on the Mac, a indication of failure.
> (I use Finder -> Go -> Airdrop to open an airdrop window, then the
> iPhone appears, I clock on it, then drag some file over it.

I just sent a PDF from my phone to my Mac with no issue. It is rare that
I send PDFs, since normally they get downloaded into a folder on my
iCloud drive, but I do send other files via aridrop all the time.

> Why does it work perfectly for photos but not PDF files?

No idea. A workaround might be to send the file to yourself in Messages
or do what I do and save the file in iCloud drive.

> Québec issued new vaccine passport so we can travel to USA (eeded more
> info on them) and wanted to have PDF copy on my iPhgone on top of the
> app itself, and in the end, had to email the PDFs and then move then to
> Files.

That was unnecessary.

> I tried Googling, but there are no answers on this, despite many raising
> issue. Apple just points to basic instructions without dealing why PDFs
> don't work when the rest works.

Because PDFs DO work just fine, as do all other files I've tried. This
is a problem YOU are having, not a problem with iOS.

--
"He raised his hammer defiantly and opened his mouth to say, "Oh,
yeah?" but stopped, because just by his ear he heard a growl. It
was quite low and soft, but it had a complex little waveform
which went straight down into a little knobbly bit in his spinal
column where it pressed an ancient button marked Primal Terror."

On 2021-11-09 12:00, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 2021-11-09 09:02, Alan Browne wrote:
>
>> I have no issues dropping pdf's from my Macs to my iPhone and from there
>> into Files / some folder (just tested again with a small pdf and my QC
>> vaccine cert).
>
> Which folder would that be ? Downloads? Perhaps I need to manually
> create that folder.

Any folder under Files.

>
>
>> You could also open a note on your mac and it should appear in Notes on
>> your iPhone.
>
> I have kept imap notes, so text only. I can use email or Messages (to

Bwarf? Hang on I need to check .... Yep, it is 2021. WTF are you
shooting yourself in the foot like that?

> myself) to transfer binary content, but Airdrop woudl be more convenient
> if it worked.

Works fine.

>
>> You could also use the Quebec VaxiCode app which displays it partially
>> (name only) or with full details (DOB and specific vaccines).
>
> Yes, I have that. But to load it on vaicode, you need to display the QR
> code on your computer and aim phone's camera at it. My goal is to stop
> another copy as a PDF (the original) as backup.

Who cares. The objective is to have a valid code on your phone. Period.

>
>> You can also upload to your wallet via the Health app
>
> Wasn't aware of that. Will have to look up how it's done. Is that IOS
> 15 only?

15 or 15.1. You need the SMART compliant version of the Quebec QR code
which you can get from the Santé Quebec site. Older versions of the
code (summer and earlier are not compliant).

>
>
> - but the Wallet
>> display of the QR code is pretty small - not sure how well it will scan
>> - haven't had a chance to test it.
>
> The international vaccine certificate from Québec has larger QR code in
> the PDF.
>
>
>
>> And print your QR to paper and keep it in a safe place in your bags.
>
> You can always get a copy from the government web site.

ROFL.

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

On Nov 9, 2021, Alan Browne wrote
(in article <CbviJ.44038$JZ3.35807@fx05.iad>):

> On 2021-11-08 23:10, JF Mezei wrote:
> > High Sierra Mac
> > iPhone with IOS 14.something.
> >
> > Mac WiFi enabled. Bluetooth enabled on both.
> > I send image files on my Mac to the iPhone file. Since I accept all
> > request, I have just the ding, no dialogue and the photo is available in
> > "Photos".
> >
> > But no matter how hard I try, it won't transfer PDF files. I get the
> > ding on the phone, but on the Mac, a indication of failure.
> > (I use Finder -> Go -> Airdrop to open an airdrop window, then the
> > iPhone appears, I clock on it, then drag some file over it.
> >
> > Why does it work perfectly for photos but not PDF files?
> >
> > Québec issued new vaccine passport so we can travel to USA (eeded more
> > info on them) and wanted to have PDF copy on my iPhgone on top of the
> > app itself, and in the end, had to email the PDFs and then move then to
> > Files.
>
> I have no issues dropping pdf's from my Macs to my iPhone and from there
> into Files / some folder (just tested again with a small pdf and my QC
> vaccine cert).
>
> You could also open a note on your mac and it should appear in Notes on
> your iPhone.
>
> You could also use the Quebec VaxiCode app which displays it partially
> (name only) or with full details (DOB and specific vaccines).
>
> You can also upload to your wallet via the Health app - but the Wallet
> display of the QR code is pretty small - not sure how well it will scan
> - haven't had a chance to test it.
>
> So check your settings. As usual.
>
> And print your QR to paper and keep it in a safe place in your bags.

Does Quebec offer the same Apple Wallet/ Health app for a digital/QR code Vaccine certificate as we have in California?

Here is how it shows in the Apple Wallet:
<https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-FpnxmL8/0/e04f7016/X3/i-FpnxmL8-X3.jpg>

....and some of how the detail is shown in the Health App:
<https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5xSH25V/0/ef129a74/X3/i-5xSH25V-X3.jpg>

--
Regards,
Savageduck

On 2021-11-09 16:46, Alan Browne wrote:

> Who cares. The objective is to have a valid code on your phone. Period.

Since the original is a .PDF, it is always good to have the "original"
on the phone in case there is a problem with the app. I have a friend
who is in Europe and was able to get a france "passe sanitaire" (covid
passport) from his original PDF file of his ontario vaccination.

> 15 or 15.1. You need the SMART compliant version of the Quebec QR code
> which you can get from the Santé Quebec site. Older versions of the
> code (summer and earlier are not compliant).

When I updated the VAxiCode app recently, it warned me about my old
passpord needing an update. Hence the process of getting new copy from
the QC web site and reloading it in to the add (and trying to update the
PDF copy I keep as backup).

Still no explanation on what Max->iPhone refuses to work for PDF.
Curoius on the process that allows .JPG to pass through without problem,
but not PDF.

Since I can save email attachement to the "Downlaods" folder of "Files"
application, I would have expected Airdrop to work fine for .pdf.

Would have appreciated hints on how to debug something which doesn't
work for me instead of just being told "it works" by others. But I guess
that is too much to ask from this group.

On 2021-11-09 21:32, Savageduck wrote:

> Does Quebec offer the same Apple Wallet/ Health app for a digital/QR code Vaccine certificate as we have in California?
>
> Here is how it shows in the Apple Wallet:
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-FpnxmL8/0/e04f7016/X3/i-FpnxmL8-X3.jpg>

Just like that.

>
> ...and some of how the detail is shown in the Health App:
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5xSH25V/0/ef129a74/X3/i-5xSH25V-X3.jpg>

Yep. So I'm curious to know if an app can scan that and get the code
properly. (Doesn't matter, the Quebec app shows it larger as does Notes).

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

On 2021-11-10 14:48, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 2021-11-09 16:46, Alan Browne wrote:
>
>> Who cares. The objective is to have a valid code on your phone. Period.
>
> Since the original is a .PDF, it is always good to have the "original"
> on the phone in case there is a problem with the app. I have a friend
> who is in Europe and was able to get a france "passe sanitaire" (covid
> passport) from his original PDF file of his ontario vaccination.

Indeed, why dropping the original into Notes would solve it nicely, but
as usual you have to make life hard for yourself by limiting
functionality to something out 1994.

>
>> 15 or 15.1. You need the SMART compliant version of the Quebec QR code
>> which you can get from the Santé Quebec site. Older versions of the
>> code (summer and earlier are not compliant).
>
> When I updated the VAxiCode app recently, it warned me about my old
> passpord needing an update. Hence the process of getting new copy from
> the QC web site and reloading it in to the add (and trying to update the
> PDF copy I keep as backup).
>
>
> Still no explanation on what Max->iPhone refuses to work for PDF.
> Curoius on the process that allows .JPG to pass through without problem,
> but not PDF.

Probably because your *special* JFMezei world has screwed something up.
Again.

> Since I can save email attachement to the "Downlaods" folder of "Files"
> application, I would have expected Airdrop to work fine for .pdf.
>
> Would have appreciated hints on how to debug something which doesn't
> work for me instead of just being told "it works" by others. But I guess
> that is too much to ask from this group.

Our systems work fine as designed. You want us to figure out how to
cripple our systems to mimic your problem?

I told you to review your settings (this would apply for both machines
of course). You say you've wounded your Mac so that you can't use Notes
to drop images or .pdf's into it for some bizarre and needless reason.
Why don't you configure your system with the year 2021 in mind?

.... and do, always, bring a paper copy.

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

On 2021-11-09 21:32, Savageduck wrote:

> Does Quebec offer the same Apple Wallet/ Health app for a digital/QR code Vaccine certificate as we have in California?

I don't know if it's the same app, but it is SMART compliant which seems
to be the dominant format. The same app was not SMART compliant until
late August-ish.

So you had to update the app and DL the up-to-date QR code from Santé
Québec.

As I understand it US customs is not checking everyone's code. They
take your word and random check from time to time.

The penalty for lying to US customs officers is being barred from the US
permanently-ish. Getting that lifted is a bear and will take years.

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

On 2021-11-10 15:50, Alan Browne wrote:

> I told you to review your settings

Which settings? for Airdrop, the only setting I have seen is whether you
accept from anypne. just contacts of not accept.

And those do not explain why sending an image works fine, but not a PDF.

> of course). You say you've wounded your Mac so that you can't use Notes
> to drop images or .pdf's into it

I did not wound it. I choose to keep original behaviour which does not
use the iCloud, it uses my own server. I do not need nor want binary
attachements in Notes. And Notes is totally unrelated to Airdrop.

In message <R6XiJ.17397$cW6.14118@fx08.iad> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2021-11-10 15:50, Alan Browne wrote:

>> I told you to review your settings

> Which settings? for Airdrop, the only setting I have seen is whether you
> accept from anypne. just contacts of not accept.

> And those do not explain why sending an image works fine, but not a PDF.

Sending a PDF via AirDrop works just fine.

> I did not wound it. I choose to keep original behaviour which does not
> use the iCloud,

Then you have fucked things up. Again.

You do have a long history of intentionally breaking things and then
being confused as to why that has knock-on effects.

> it uses my own server. I do not need nor want binary
> attachements in Notes. And Notes is totally unrelated to Airdrop.

So you say,

--
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Would have appreciated hints on how to debug something which doesn't
> work for me instead of just being told "it works" by others. But I guess
> that is too much to ask from this group.

Well I have to admit, you do seem to come up with problems no one else has
ran into.

Only wild ass guess I have:

If you are using Little Snitch on the mac, disable it.
If you are using the built in mac firewall, disable it.
If you are using VPN software on either the mac or iphone, disable it.
If you are using ad blockers on either the mac or iphone, disable it.

I get the feeling this some kind of weird networking problem over a file
type issue, but don't ask me why. Crystal ball guess.

Anyway, since I have the same setup available:

High Sierra Mac
iPhone with IOS 14.something.

All I can say is, it works fine for me too, either .jpg or .pdf.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

On 2021-11-10 16:48, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 2021-11-10 15:50, Alan Browne wrote:
>
>> I told you to review your settings
>
> Which settings? for Airdrop, the only setting I have seen is whether you
> accept from anypne. just contacts of not accept.
>
> And those do not explain why sending an image works fine, but not a PDF.

Must be something about your "special" universe.

>
>> of course). You say you've wounded your Mac so that you can't use Notes
>> to drop images or .pdf's into it
>
>
> I did not wound it. I choose to keep original behaviour which does not
> use the iCloud, it uses my own server. I do not need nor want binary
> attachements in Notes. And Notes is totally unrelated to Airdrop.

I didn't say it was (although , well nevermind), I said that dropping an
image or .pdf to Notes on your Mac would see that info in Notes on your
phone near instantly. But no, you have to try to be special so nothing
works as smoothly as it should ...

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

On 2021-11-11 10:44, bje@ripco.com wrote:

> Well I have to admit, you do seem to come up with problems no one else has
> ran into.

Using Google, I found plenty of instances of my question, NONE answered,
including Applke deflecting the question on its forums, telling peopke
to check "settings" without any specifics.

In message <smjdpm$3dm$1@remote6hme0.ripco.com> bje@ripco.com <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
> All I can say is, it works fine for me too, either .jpg or .pdf.

Unpossible! JF has repeatedly said that the feature does not work with
PDFs!

#SMH

--
NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT MY SCIATICA Bart chalkboard Ep. AABF09

On 2021-11-11 17:35, Lewis wrote:
> In message <smjdpm$3dm$1@remote6hme0.ripco.com> bje@ripco.com <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
>> All I can say is, it works fine for me too, either .jpg or .pdf.
>
> Unpossible! JF has repeatedly said that the feature does not work with
> PDFs!

It does not workd FOR ME and asked what to check. I know it works for
most, but also know that many have posted problems about inability to
travsre PDFs from mac to Iphone and none have answers.

In article <I6DjJ.19650$KV.8786@fx14.iad>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> It does not workd FOR ME

a lot of things don't work for you.

the reason is obvious.

In message <I6DjJ.19650$KV.8786@fx14.iad> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2021-11-11 17:35, Lewis wrote:
>> In message <smjdpm$3dm$1@remote6hme0.ripco.com> bje@ripco.com <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
>>> All I can say is, it works fine for me too, either .jpg or .pdf.
>>
>> Unpossible! JF has repeatedly said that the feature does not work with
>> PDFs!

> It does not workd FOR ME and asked what to check. I know it works for
> most,

Really? Because you falt out asked on multiple occasions why AirDrop did
not work with PDFs. There was no mention anywhere of "for you" and you
made the statement several times, showing that you certainly were at the
very least trying to imply that it was a general problem, not one
specific to you.

You have many problems that others do not have. You also have documented
many times the great lengths that you will go to to break things, mangle
things, and fuck things up. That probably explains why you have so many
issues no one else has in the first place.

For example, the final release of iPhoto was almost *SEVEN YEARS AGO*
(8- months ago there was a minor update, the last real release was, of
course, even longer ago) and you you insist on using it.

> but also know that many have posted problems about inability to

"many" Riiiiiight.

--
"Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so, Brain! But ruby-studded stockingswould be mighty
uncomfortable wouldn't they?"

Update: This week, I updated to IOS 15.1 from 14.8.

Airdrop a PDF file from Mac (High Sierra) to my iPhone now works and I
get dialoguue on iPhone asking me which app to use to open the PDF.
(There is Books, Chrome, Zipbrowser, one I forgot and Files as options).

Interestingly for .jpg , it goes to Photos automatically without a prompt.

In article <GjckJ.29980$IB7.22403@fx02.iad>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

>
> Interestingly for .jpg , it goes to Photos automatically without a prompt.

so you finally stopped using iphoto??

On 2021-11-14 13:11, JF Mezei wrote:
> Update: This week, I updated to IOS 15.1 from 14.8.
>
> Airdrop a PDF file from Mac (High Sierra) to my iPhone now works and I
> get dialoguue on iPhone asking me which app to use to open the PDF.
> (There is Books, Chrome, Zipbrowser, one I forgot and Files as options).

Were you able to save it to a folder under Files?

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

In article <141120211654079830%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <GjckJ.29980$IB7.22403@fx02.iad>, JF Mezei
> <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> > Interestingly for .jpg , it goes to Photos automatically without a prompt.
>
> so you finally stopped using iphoto??

you got the direction wrong

On 2021-11-09 21:32, Savageduck wrote:

>
> Does Quebec offer the same Apple Wallet/ Health app for a digital/QR code Vaccine certificate as we have in California?
>
> Here is how it shows in the Apple Wallet:
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-FpnxmL8/0/e04f7016/X3/i-FpnxmL8-X3.jpg>
>
> ...and some of how the detail is shown in the Health App:
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5xSH25V/0/ef129a74/X3/i-5xSH25V-X3.jpg>

Just tested the Quebec verification app (VaxiCode Verif) against the QR
code shown in Wallet on the Watch. First issue is the watch looks very
bright to the app so the contrast is low; second issue is the focus
distance / size. You have to move so the QR "credential" is larger than
the "target" frame of the app on the iPhone. Then it gets it. Slow
process v. presenting the iPhone fulls size doc in the "VaciCode" app or
in Notes (Pdf).

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens