# DTTG refuses to start if several items shared

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dttg-refuses-to-start-if-several-items-shared/85768>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Tags:** bug-report\
**Created:** [December 4, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dttg-refuses-to-start-if-several-items-shared/85768 "2025-12-04T17:23:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![saltlane](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@saltlane](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/saltlane)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dttg-refuses-to-start-if-several-items-shared/85768/1 "2025-12-04T17:23:41Z")

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I have found if I share (from other apps) several items to DTTG4 (in my case all PDFs) then try and open DTTG it starts briefly then closes/crashes/shuts down. I see the DTTG icon and it then vanishes. If I reboot my iPad then DTTG4 opens fine and the items I shared are there.

It is only slightly annoying, but I have reliably seen it several time now.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dttg-refuses-to-start-if-several-items-shared/85768/2 "2025-12-04T18:24:37Z")

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Share from _what other apps_ ?

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**Author:** ![saltlane](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@saltlane](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/saltlane)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dttg-refuses-to-start-if-several-items-shared/85768/3 "2025-12-05T10:09:52Z")

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Safari and mail (from print) using an iPadOS short cut calling Devonthink and assigning a tag.

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