Getting documents on ipad - why so difficult?

[richpjr]

iCloud has other functions than syncing iWork documents, most of which work very well. Syncing contacts, calendar and bookmarks among iOS devices and Mac works wonderfully, and is so convenient, I just love it. And iCloud backup of iOS devices is a real life saver. But as far as iWork syncing is concerned, they kinda dropped the ball there. Although if you read their promotional material VERY carefully, it says you can sync documents among iOS devices, and manages to leave out mentioning the Mac, but it's done so subtly most people will miss it unless they are looking for it. Anyway, I don't think there is any technical reason why you couldn't jump from SL to ML, let's hope Apple does right by its customers and allows a straight upgrade.

I beg to differ on bookmarks syncing well - unless you consider making hundreds of copies of the same bookmarks over and over again working well...

 

[Night Spring]

I beg to differ on bookmarks syncing well - unless you consider making hundreds of copies of the same bookmarks over and over again working well...

Really? Haven't had that problem. There were a few times when changes to bookmarks didn't show up on my Macs, but turning off bookmark syncing, deleting bookmarks from my Mac, and turning syncing back on fixed the problem. Contacts and calendar never gave me any problems, however.

 

[richpjr]

Really? Haven't had that problem. There were a few times when changes to bookmarks didn't show up on my Macs, but turning off bookmark syncing, deleting bookmarks from my Mac, and turning syncing back on fixed the problem. Contacts and calendar never gave me any problems, however.

Never had a problem syncing anything but bookmarks. What's worse, if I turn off syncing, delete them on the Mac, and turn syncing back on, they are re-synced. I can't figure out how to get rid of them off of the cloud - so I have syncing bookmarks turned off now.

 

[whtrbt7]

Anyone mention dropdav.com? If you're using DropDAV, you can interact with your documents in dropbox much better and it's pretty much webDAV so you can interact with multiple devices with no problems. I think it's the most seamless method if you're using dropbox. If you're not using dropbox, I would suggest FTP and an FTP access program on the iPad such as FTPOnTheGoPro. Both methods are pretty easy and they just work. If you're using iCloud, you'll be limited to iCloud sync which only covers a couple of basics. It's one of the reasons why you will seem limited with an iCloud docsync.

 

[crs.one]

Then all you have to do is while you do have internet access is to have them download as favorites in dropbox and they are always on your device. You clearly don't understand how to use Dropbox. There are lots of times when I have large files I don't want to wait to download during meetings, so I download them as favorites in advance. This puts them on the iPhone or iPad for immediate access.

My suggestion is learn how to use Dropbox or at least read the help file!

I think your slight condescension may be a little misplaced.

The problem isn't knowing how to use Dropbox. It's in saving a file from iWork on ios up to a cloud.

Previously we had iCloud. Now we do not.

So we can email, send to iTunes, or save to WebDAV.

And I still haven't found a way to use a webdav

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Anyone mention dropdav.com? If you're using DropDAV, you can interact with your documents in dropbox much better and it's pretty much webDAV so you can interact with multiple devices with no problems. I think it's the most seamless method if you're using dropbox. If you're not using dropbox, I would suggest FTP and an FTP access program on the iPad such as FTPOnTheGoPro. Both methods are pretty easy and they just work. If you're using iCloud, you'll be limited to iCloud sync which only covers a couple of basics. It's one of the reasons why you will seem limited with an iCloud docsync.

Why hello end-of-the-thread.

Any idea how it interacts with Microsoft skydrive?

 

[Zetaprime]

I think file management is one of those areas where Apple is going to have to admit that they had it wrong -- or at least were ahead of themselves.

Apple effectively killed the file system, but it hasn't led to anything but wide spread frustration for everyone. Power users are forced to rely on third party tools and goofy workarounds. While the others are just left in the dark since there is nothing intuitive or easy about the current set up.

Future updates to iCloud will likely fix these issues but right now its a very half assed implementation.

They didn't kill the filesystem, they just made it inaccessible. It's still there underneath and can be seen when the device is jailbroken. They really should allow access without needing a jailbreak. If they want to hide system files that's one thing, but user files and areas where user-installed apps reside ought to be readily accessible.