[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"howto:feather:ios:en":3},{"resolvedFromAlias":4,"canonicalExt":5,"ext":5,"name":6,"category":7,"categoryName":8,"updatedAt":9,"os":10,"osLabel":11,"quickSolution":12,"stepByStep":13,"recommendedSoftware":15,"alternativeMethods":16,"commonIssues":17,"securityNote":36,"extensionPath":37,"extensionLabel":38,"breadcrumbs":39,"metaDescription":49},false,"feather","Apache Arrow Feather (Arrow IPC file) format","data","Data","2026-06-12T08:34:38.609Z","ios","iOS","To open .FEATHER files on iOS, there is no common native iOS app support cited for .feather; transfer the file to a desktop environment and open it with Python (pandas/pyarrow) or R (arrow).",[14],"There is no common native iOS app support cited for .feather; transfer the file to a desktop environment and open it with Python (pandas/pyarrow) or R (arrow).",[],[],[18,24,30],{"title":19,"description":20,"steps":21},"pandas cannot read the file because Arrow/pyarrow is missing","pandas.read_feather depends on an Arrow backend; if the required dependency is not available, reading will fail.",[22,23],"Install and enable an Apache Arrow/pyarrow-capable environment for your Python setup.","Re-run pandas.read_feather after confirming the Arrow dependency is available.",{"title":25,"description":26,"steps":27},"File opens but data types or columns are not as expected","Feather stores Arrow columnar data; differences in schema/type handling between writers/readers (or between older and newer toolchains) can lead to unexpected dtypes or missing metadata expectations.",[28,29],"Confirm the file was written as a Feather/Arrow IPC file (Feather V2) using the same family of Arrow-based tools.","Try reading the file using pyarrow.feather directly (Python) to inspect the table schema before converting to a pandas DataFrame.",{"title":31,"description":32,"steps":33},"The file is not actually a Feather/Arrow IPC file","Some files may be misnamed with a .feather extension; Arrow-based readers will error if the file is not in the expected IPC/Feather format.",[34,35],"Ask the data provider how the file was produced and with which library/version.","Request a re-export using an Arrow Feather/IPC writer (for example, via pyarrow.feather or the Arrow R package).",".feather is a binary data format; it is not intended to contain scripts or macros like some document formats, but parsing untrusted binary files can still trigger vulnerabilities in the reader library if present—prefer up-to-date Arrow/pyarrow/arrow packages when handling untrusted files.","/file-extension/feather",".FEATHER",[40,43,46],{"label":41,"to":42},"Home","/",{"label":44,"to":45},"How To","/file-extension",{"label":47,"to":48},"Open .FEATHER on iOS","/how-to/open-feather-on-ios","Learn how to open .FEATHER files on iOS with step-by-step instructions, recommended software, and troubleshooting tips."]