Airdrop Photo from iPhone to Mac each photo is in it's own folder

I am experiencing the same issue which is really frustrating.

When I select multiple photos on my iPhone (iOS 15.3.1) and want to Air Drop them to my Mac (macOS Monterrey 12.0.1), I get a notification asking me whether I want to import them to the Photo app or save them to the 'Downloads' folder.

As I don't want to have the pictures in the Photo app, I choose saving them to the 'Downloads' folder and what it does is creating a new folder for each single picture within the 'Downloads' folder on my Mac, just as mentioned by Yawho4. This is so annyoing and frustrating. I just want to have all the pictures directly saved in my 'Downloads' folder just as it has been working for the last few years…

Hello, Yawho4.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

To clarify, are you sending them one at a time using AirDrop? Use AirDrop on your Mac

You've mentioned videos/photos, does this occur with other file types?

See if the same thing occurs in a new user account:

Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac

Keep us updated.

Cheers!

same thing here. Beyond annoying. Any est. date for a fix? thnx

I'll add my name to the list of users this is happening to. Same issues as the others, seems to be fine if using default settings, but if I choose All Data I get all photos in individual folders (one per photo). Very annoying when transferring dozens of photos after a recent trip.

Remark: This only happens when I select the option to Air Drop the pictures with 'All Data'.

When I choose to Air Drop them with 'Location only', it behaves as before.