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Some of the documents in the Files app on IPad can not be opened

I have a number of folders in the ICloud Drive/Documents of the Files app on my IPad Mini.

this is my problem:

For some of these folders I can open them, see the title of the items inside, click on the one I want to read and it opens right away.

But for some other folders, when I click on the item I get this:



And if I click on preview I get this:

can somebody please tell me what to do to fix this?

thanks.

iPad mini, iOS 12

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 8:31 PM

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Posted on Nov 13, 2019 8:38 PM

That is not a folder, but rather a compressed zip file. On the latest version of iPadOS (iOS 13), you should be able to long press on the file icon and select uncompress to turn it into a folder/file that you can view/open.


If you don't have/can't upgrade to iPadOS 13, you will need to uncompress the file on a computer.


Hope this helps,

Fin

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Nov 13, 2019 8:38 PM in response to lacovi

That is not a folder, but rather a compressed zip file. On the latest version of iPadOS (iOS 13), you should be able to long press on the file icon and select uncompress to turn it into a folder/file that you can view/open.


If you don't have/can't upgrade to iPadOS 13, you will need to uncompress the file on a computer.


Hope this helps,

Fin

Some of the documents in the Files app on IPad can not be opened

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