iPad Pro iPad Pro, Dropbox, and using PDFs on multiple devices

[phositadc]

Right now I have a Surface Pro. My typical workflow is that I will keep PDF files and other documents stored on Dropbox so that when I edit/annotate them on my Surface Pro, all of those edits/annotations immediately and automatically propagate to every other device, such as my desktop computer attached to the same Dropbox account.

Does the iPad Pro, with its new file management system, finally have this capability? It seems that in the past, annotating/editing files and automatic propagation of the edits/annotations via Dropbox was somewhat clunky and less than automatic.

Is it more seamless now with iOS 11 and the new file management system?

Basically, what I want is to be able to use a PDF annotator to open a PDF on the iPad Pro, and when I am finished editing it in the PDF annotator app and I close out of the app, I want it to automatically update the file on Dropbox without me having to take any additional steps. Basically, open -> edit -> close, and then an hour later when I'm on my desktop computer and I open the same file, all of the annotations are automatically there.

Is this possible with iPad yet?

Thanks.

 

[zedsdead]

Dropbox is now intregrted into the files app thankfully and has proper extensions so if the file is edited and not copied, it should work. For example it now works with apples pages, numbers and keynotes apps which previously did not.

So long as your PDF editor support “open with” and not “copy to” it should work.

 

[emembee]

Not sure it works with all apps, but it works with Dropbox in PDF Expert, just checked this out under ios11. Effectively the app is looking directly in Dropbox once you link it, so all edits or annotations are automatically saved.

 

[phositadc]

Not sure it works with all apps, but it works with Dropbox in PDF Expert, just checked this out under ios11. Effectively the app is looking directly in Dropbox once you link it, so all edits or annotations are automatically saved.

Good news. Thanks for both replies.

Slightly different topic, but is the same true for *.doc files edited with Microsoft Word? That they can be saved and edited from a Dropbox link so the edits automatically and immediately get propagated to all other devices?

 

[emembee]

Good news. Thanks for both replies.

Slightly different topic, but is the same true for *.doc files edited with Microsoft Word? That they can be saved and edited from a Dropbox link so the edits automatically and immediately get propagated to all other devices?

Provided you setup Dropbox as a place first then yes, It works with docx files, haven’t tried the older doc format.

 

[phositadc]

Provided you setup Dropbox as a place first then yes, It works with docx files, haven’t tried the older doc format.

Thanks. Docx is good... I just forgot the x

 

[960design]

Right now I have a Surface Pro. My typical workflow is that I will keep PDF files and other documents stored on Dropbox so that when I edit/annotate them on my Surface Pro, all of those edits/annotations immediately and automatically propagate to every other device, such as my desktop computer attached to the same Dropbox account.

Does the iPad Pro, with its new file management system, finally have this capability? It seems that in the past, annotating/editing files and automatic propagation of the edits/annotations via Dropbox was somewhat clunky and less than automatic.

Is it more seamless now with iOS 11 and the new file management system?

Basically, what I want is to be able to use a PDF annotator to open a PDF on the iPad Pro, and when I am finished editing it in the PDF annotator app and I close out of the app, I want it to automatically update the file on Dropbox without me having to take any additional steps. Basically, open -> edit -> close, and then an hour later when I'm on my desktop computer and I open the same file, all of the annotations are automatically there.

Is this possible with iPad yet?

Thanks.

I have been using iCloud and Documents to store PDFs since... I cannot actually remember; it has been that long ( or I'm that old ). Basically, I open the PDF in Safari on my iPad and save to iBooks. This makes it available on my Computers and iPhone. Easy peasy. Currently storing something like 25GB of PDFs in iCloud.

I have never used DropBox.