Import from another app

Send a single score straight to Orfeo from the app where you found it, without saving it and importing it later. The score arrives through the same pipeline as an in-app import: Orfeo works on a copy, the score lands in My Library, and the same automatic title and composer detection runs.

1. Open or select the score in Files, Mail, Safari's download view, or another score app.
2. Tap the system Share button, or long-press the file and choose Share.
3. Choose Orfeo in the share sheet. Depending on the source app, the entry can appear as Copy to Orfeo or under Open With. If it is not listed, scroll to the end of the app row and add it from More.
4. Orfeo opens and imports the file. The original stays in the source app, unchanged.

Formats the share sheet accepts

iOS offers Orfeo as a destination for these file types only:

• PDF (.pdf)
• MusicXML, plain or compressed (.musicxml, .mxl)
• IMSLP score bundles (.imslp)
• Orfeo share packages (.sheetturner) — see below

Limit A score saved with the bare .xml extension is not offered to Orfeo in the share sheet, and neither are images, MEI, MIDI, ZIP archives, folders, or multi-file batches. Import those from inside the app with Add score > Import files…, where the picker does accept .xml — see Import files and folders.

What happens after the handoff

PDF and IMSLP bundles are imported on the device. My Library scrolls to the new score, and a Suggested metadata sheet opens with the detected title and composer (from the filename, or from the bundle's own metadata for an .imslp file). Choose Apply to accept them, Edit to open the full editor pre-filled, or Skip to keep the filename. If the score strongly matches a piece already in your library — same catalogue number, or a near-identical title and composer — a review sheet opens with the message Looks like a new version of "…" so you decide what happens, instead of a silent duplicate. See Metadata and detection.

MusicXML files are checked and prepared on the Orfeo server, so this path needs an internet connection. The limits are the same as for an in-app import: 50 MB per file, and a file that cannot be read as a usable score is rejected with a Couldn't import message rather than added. See Import troubleshooting.

Receiving a Orfeo package

Another Orfeo user can send you a piece as a .sheetturner package, by AirDrop, Mail, or Files. Opening the package shows a summary of its contents; select Import to add it to your library, or Cancel. If the package arrives from iCloud and has not finished downloading, Orfeo reports Couldn't read with the file name — download it fully in Files, then open it again.

Storage providers

To import a score from Dropbox, Google Drive, or a similar service, use either of two paths: share the file from the service's own iOS app with the Share steps above, or pick it from the service's location in the system Files picker — that location appears once the service's app is installed and enabled in Files. See Import files and folders.

Important Confirm that you have the right to copy and use the score. Importing a file does not change its copyright or sharing terms.

Limit Some apps share a web link, a preview, or a protected attachment instead of the underlying file. In that case Orfeo is not offered in the share sheet, or the handoff fails. Save the actual file to Files first, then import it from there.