There are several FTP clients on the App store, including at least one with a built in photo (crop/resize etc) and text editor.I guess there is no FTP system?
* Can you go through photo albums and attach individual images to emails with real file names?
Any image can be emailed but you can't change the file name. It will generally send as Photo.jpg
* Can I do basic photo editing: naming files, cropping, resizing etc?
absolutely. check out photogene. Not sure about naming the files though.
* In a pinch can you edit hi res video files from Canon DSLR cameras?
I believe so (so long as your model uses an sd card and not cf) but i've heard reports of video not showing up with the camera connection kit from some cameras so you may have to just test it.
* Can I write HTML or CSS code?
I don't think there's anything on the level of dreamweaver, but I do all my html/css work in notepad anyway, but now that you mention it, I'm gonna go look for something that will do syntax highlighting.
I've been having a play about with iCab but haven't succeeded in actually uploading a file! You can send files from apps e.g. Mail, Goodreader to iCab and it will store them in it's downloads folder. You then should be able to upload these files to a website but I haven't found a site that it works on (it doesn't work on Macrumors! You can select the file but not upload it). From the iCab documentation (I have not tried the sites it mentions as I don't use them & don't have accounts):And not to hijack this, but now that I have figured out how to email a file named photo via Goodreader, how can my wife upload a pages document or PDF to the web?
If we can sort this out, we will keep it. If not, it goes and we get a MacBook Air...
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And so the question still remains, how does my wife take advantage of 3G in the field and upload a Pages document created on the iPad to a website?
Utilities like Splashtop or LogMeIn have turned out to be a waste of money because we can't find a way to simply wake our home machine from sleep and really do not want to run it for weeks on end using either timed sleep or no sleep, not an option...
Stealthipad said:Macshroomer said:And so the question still remains, how does my wife take advantage of 3G in the field and upload a Pages document created on the iPad to a website?
Utilities like Splashtop or LogMeIn have turned out to be a waste of money because we can't find a way to simply wake our home machine from sleep and really do not want to run it for weeks on end using either timed sleep or no sleep, not an option...
http://www.dropbox.com
or you could also use Apple's cloud.
OceanView said:I would say most thinks probably could be done but honestly there are many compromises that I think are not worth the effort.
If you are picky about doing things a certain way, I would avoid the iPad.
It's really a consumption device more than anything.
I would get the MBA.
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So we can use dropbox to upload a scientific paper to a website or a resume to Linkedin? How is that going to work if Safari does not reference the file in dropbox?
Or does it?
Sometimes we need more than the simplified answers given here, so explain step by step how you would do it.
And by the way, there REALLY needs to be a new iPad sub-forum on productivity, this all too important topic often gets buried among the other topics...
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lol not to be mean but, as a fellow student, if notes on your iPad are the best ones youve taken all semester, you haven't been taking notes right.
and OP, Printopia on OS X works perfectly for AirPrint to non AirPrint printers. It couldn't be any easier to set up (it becomes a preference pane and you don't even notice it.) Its not free but I think it's only $10.
I have a serious Mac Pro for photo and video editing. I also have a 15" MacBook Pro. My wife has my old 12" Powerbook which is really starting to show its age.
We are sort of the fence with replacing the Powerbook with either a iPad 2 or a new(ish) MacBook Air. I have zero experience with the iPad other than playing with it in the Apple Store and reading the amazing amount of buyer frenzy stories.
Let me finally get to my question: how much work can you do on these iPads?
* Can we set up two email accounts on the same iPad?
* Can you go through photo albums and attach individual images to emails with real file names?
* Can you manage web browser bookmarks like OS10 browsers can?
* How bad is it not having the ability to create folders?
* Will I be able to print documents etc with my wireless network and my Xerox color laser printer?
* Can I do basic photo editing: naming files, cropping, resizing etc?
* In a pinch can you edit hi res video files from Canon DSLR cameras?
* Can I write HTML or CSS code?
* Does the iPad output 1080i via HDMI out?
* How well does the iPad handle Word documents, TextEdit, and TextMate documents?
* Is there any password and keychain functionality?
Sorry, I know this is lot of questions. But all I see is tons of chatter about buying these iPads. What do users actually do with them?
I guess this might all seem like a round and about way of asking is the iPad a tool or a toy? If you need an external keyboard and a limiting cloud service to achieve file folder structure then maybe it just makes better sense to get an 11" MacBook Air? The Air costs more but the size, weight factor is pretty close and you get a lot more real OS functionality. But, all this Ipad buying frenzy makes me wonder what I could be missing? I do want to avoid realizing that most of this was pure hype and that working with these iPads is too limiting.
Thanks to any users who provide any insight here...
In the field of/video/film and commercial work I use it all the time. In pre-production, production and some in post.
I am finding more and more uses for it and have no problem editing word docs,
sending/receiving files, etc.
I think most of the OP's questions you will find a yes answer too. Video editing is a bit behind, iMovie is coming along but still a ways to go.
It's a toy for the most part. Click on my other posts to see what my wife and I have gone through to actually be able to get work done on it which is not much.
It's really a shame too because between the touch screen, 3G and size factor, this would be a great new way forward for us pro users, but Apple has handicapped the OS a pathetic amount.
We have the 64GB at&t version which seems to go for over a grand on eBay right now, we are strongly considering selling it and getting a loaded 11" Air...
* Can I write HTML or CSS code?
I don't think there's anything on the level of dreamweaver, but I do all my html/css work in notepad anyway, but now that you mention it, I'm gonna go look for something that will do syntax highlighting.
I use my iPad a lot at work - mainly for paperwork tasks (quoting/invoicing/etc), emailing & as a portfolio viewer. I can see myself using it more & more as we adapt our workflow around the iPad (e.g. we are going as paperless as possible, with all documents syncing through Dropbox. Also we are moving towards a database with a web-interface for all project management & accounting tasks). I can see where people might hit a brick wall if they are trying to do the opposite i.e. make the iPad fit in with their current workflow. I don't think it is ready for content creation tasks yet (for me at least - tried all the vector apps, all are too limited in one way or another) but for speeding up paperwork/organisational tasks it is utterly brilliant.I could not disagree more.
If your work requires no reading, research, or client/co worker interface then you may not find it as useful... because that's what it's best suited for. But if you do a lot of reading, attend meetings, interface with others (clients/coworkers/team members/legal/etc), do presentations, read/research/review... then it is a tool that absolutely can make your workflow more efficient. And that is EXTREMELY valuable "work".
Thanks Guys!
This is some very good information...
Having more than one email account is huge.
Not looking for full Photoshop use here: just need to be able to crop and resize photos in a pinch.
I know some users use Dropbox as a way of obtaining folders for files etc.
I guess there is no FTP system?
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But we are SO close on this now, the hardware is there, the battery life, the form factor, the fact we have 3G in the device instead of needing to tether or find a wifi spot.
It's just SO sad Apple has handicapped BASIC tasks with this, in my 24 years of using Mac devices professionally, it is truly the worst thing they have ever done...