iPad Does iPad 8th Gen allow file uploads to the web in safari?

[Hoff]

I'm thinking to buy the 8th Gen iPad

I want to put .JPGs and .PDFs on the iPad and be able to log onto websites and upload those files like you would on a laptop.
Preferably in Safari.

I know this didn't used to work years ago.
But does it work now?

 

[rui no onna]

Yes, I expect it will work on most websites.

 

[cupcakes2000]

Works fine on my iPad Pro 2018 and I don’t think there are any differentiating features in either Safari or iPadOS across iPad models that would signal a difference in functionality here.

 

[AutomaticApple]

I'm thinking to buy the 8th Gen iPad

I want to put .JPGs and .PDFs on the iPad and be able to log onto websites and upload those files like you would on a laptop.
Preferably in Safari.

I know this didn't used to work years ago.
But does it work now?

Works great on all iPad devices.

 

[Hoff]

Works fine on my iPad Pro 2018 and I don’t think there are any differentiating features in either Safari or iPadOS across iPad models that would signal a difference in functionality here.

Works great on all iPad devices.

Great! Thanks for confirming this... 🙏 💪

 

[Feyl]

It works but not all the time. Sometimes the whole webpage breaks or makes it very hard to navigate through the interface.

 

[rui no onna]

It works but not all the time. Sometimes the whole webpage breaks or makes it very hard to navigate through the interface.

This one's mostly a webpage coding issue, though. Whether $300 iPad or $1K+ iPad Pro, results are the same.

 

[Hoff]

It works but not all the time. Sometimes the whole webpage breaks or makes it very hard to navigate through the interface.

This one's mostly a webpage coding issue, though. Whether $300 iPad or $1K+ iPad Pro, results are the same.

Ok... so it might work or it might not. Depending on the website 😕

 

[rui no onna]

Ok... so it might work or it might not. Depending on the website 😕

Unfortunately, yes. Those with simple upload buttons work fine. Those that use fancy Javascript can be iffy. As mentioned though, most sites should work fine.

 

[Hoff]

Just realized I also want to be able to download .PDFs and save to a jump drive. Would an iPad let us do that?

 

[rui no onna]

Just realized I also want to be able to download .PDFs and save to a jump drive. Would an iPad let us do that?

Yes. You'll need a $40 USB-3 Lightning Camera Connection Kit. Even then, I've found FAT32/exFAT support to be unreliable on occasion particularly when browsing folders with thousands of files.