diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/filesystem.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/filesystem.ts
index 186d58734..d9880a700 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/filesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/filesystem.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export const fileOpen = <M extends boolean | undefined = false>(opts: {
 
   const mimeTypes = opts.extensions?.reduce((mimeTypes, type) => {
     mimeTypes.push(MIME_TYPES[type]);
-
     return mimeTypes;
   }, [] as string[]);
 
@@ -39,34 +38,60 @@ export const fileOpen = <M extends boolean | undefined = false>(opts: {
     mimeTypes,
     multiple: opts.multiple ?? false,
     legacySetup: (resolve, reject, input) => {
+      let isResolved = false;
+      let checkInterval: number | null = null;
+      
+      // Increased delay for iOS to ensure file selection is complete
+      const CHECK_INTERVAL = 100; // 100ms
+      const MAX_CHECKS = 50; // 5 seconds total
+      let checkCount = 0;
+
       const scheduleRejection = debounce(reject, INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS);
-      const focusHandler = () => {
-        checkForFile();
-        document.addEventListener(EVENT.KEYUP, scheduleRejection);
-        document.addEventListener(EVENT.POINTER_UP, scheduleRejection);
-        scheduleRejection();
-      };
+      
       const checkForFile = () => {
-        // this hack might not work when expecting multiple files
+        if (isResolved) return;
+        
         if (input.files?.length) {
+          isResolved = true;
           const ret = opts.multiple ? [...input.files] : input.files[0];
           resolve(ret as RetType);
+          return true;
         }
+        
+        checkCount++;
+        if (checkCount >= MAX_CHECKS) {
+          scheduleRejection();
+          return true;
+        }
+        return false;
       };
+
+      const focusHandler = () => {
+        // Start checking for files only after focus event
+        checkInterval = window.setInterval(() => {
+          if (checkForFile()) {
+            clearInterval(checkInterval!);
+          }
+        }, CHECK_INTERVAL);
+        
+        document.addEventListener(EVENT.KEYUP, scheduleRejection);
+        document.addEventListener(EVENT.POINTER_UP, scheduleRejection);
+      };
+
       requestAnimationFrame(() => {
         window.addEventListener(EVENT.FOCUS, focusHandler);
       });
-      const interval = window.setInterval(() => {
-        checkForFile();
-      }, INPUT_CHANGE_INTERVAL_MS);
+
       return (rejectPromise) => {
-        clearInterval(interval);
+        if (checkInterval) {
+          clearInterval(checkInterval);
+        }
         scheduleRejection.cancel();
         window.removeEventListener(EVENT.FOCUS, focusHandler);
         document.removeEventListener(EVENT.KEYUP, scheduleRejection);
         document.removeEventListener(EVENT.POINTER_UP, scheduleRejection);
-        if (rejectPromise) {
-          // so that something is shown in console if we need to debug this
+        
+        if (rejectPromise && !isResolved) {
           console.warn("Opening the file was canceled (legacy-fs).");
           rejectPromise(new AbortError());
         }