Transferring files from iPad to iMac

There's really no need to "transfer" Pages files between an iMac and an iPad. Just use iCloud, and the files automatically stay in sync.

Here are instructions on how to set up Pages to work with iCloud on the iMac and the iPad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH15387
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3565

baxlobs said:

The iPad is my wife's and she and I have different Apple IDs. How can that work?

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Easiest way would be to set up a user account for your wife on the iMac. I have this setup on my iMac, and it works very well.

Night Spring said:

There's really no need to "transfer" Pages files between an iMac and an iPad. Just use iCloud, and the files automatically stay in sync.

Here are instructions on how to set up Pages to work with iCloud on the iMac and the iPad.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH15387
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3565

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Yes. This. Love the iCloud thing. Wherever I open a file it's always the latest one. If there at some docs that I only want stored on the rMBP then I save them and work with them locally. Perfect system.

s2mikey said:

Yes. This. Love the iCloud thing. Wherever I open a file it's always the latest one. If there at some docs that I only want stored on the rMBP then I save them and work with them locally. Perfect system.

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Not only does it sync, but I can have a document open on both the iMac and iPad, and if I make changes on one, the other updates real time. It's so smooth. People are always saying they want iPads to run OS X, but that's not what's needed, what is needed is for more apps to work like Pages. Seamless transition from one device to the other, so it truly doesn't matter which device you are working on!