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Placeholder for iOS 11 'Files' App Goes Live on App Store
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How about they actually design an OS for the iPad Pro, instead of using the iphones.
What Apple pro apps will run on the iPad Pro? ... what's Pro about it...garage band...lol
Their App Icons keep getting more and more inspirational
I think it would be cool... though I've managed this long without it.
But think of all the average consumers who lazily save files on their desktop because they don't understand files and folder structures...
I'll admit having a file manager on the iPhone running Phone OS isnt that intriguing. Although, not having a file manager on a tablet that labels itself Pro is beyond pathetic.
Oh the chooser! Fond memories of growing up on an LC 475 and iMac G3, and still using it for my vintage Mac collection.
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I do. File mangent on any iOS device is fairly pathetic at the moment, and I don't see the point of them making iPad specific changes.
It works well, but it's kinda ridiculous that we only have such a system for remote files, not for local ones. It kinda runs against Apple's whole push that these kind of cloud services should be transparent. If they want remote files to work as if they were local files, they need to at least give local files the same kind of tools
For example, documents can be saved in a common folder accessible by ALL document apps. In the current scenario, when a file is sent from one app to another, a new copy is created of that file, taking up time to duplicate, and wasted storage.
And if you have a movies folder with well, your movies, you don't have to separately copy it into infuse, then VLC et al.
Finally, you won't have to hunt to remember which app you've stored what on, because you can find them all in one place.
These are just some of the many ways I can see Files making iOS great again
I'm just hearing the news that Videos app on iPad is being switched to Apple TV app on its own. Weird.
It's 2017. iOS still can't send music files from iTunes or save email attachments. It shouldn't have taken this long to have some sort of file system, but at least it looks like we're finally getting one. Better late than never.
iPhones and iPads are so powerful now they are becoming primary use machines. A file manager is essential.
People are excited that the operating system now allows them to browse files.
If Macs are to eventually go the ARM route then at some point won't all/most of the Utility Mac Apps like Activity Monitor, Disk Utility etc etc. all have to be released in the app store as iOS compatible apps?!
(Obviously Disk Utility would have no real practical application on an iPhone or iPad due to lack of ports, but for an ARM based Mac with USB-C ports it would have the same use as it always has)
(Obviously Disk Utility would have no real practical application on an iPhone or iPad due to lack of ports, but for an ARM based Mac with USB-C ports it would have the same use as it always has)
I know, I am the odd one out here, but for me, that is a step back. Moving back into the world of the 80s as opposed to having a vision for building a computing world of the future where the user does not have to juggle files between physical directories anymore. I have been dealing with computers for 30+ years now, and user interface concepts have changed completely in that time, but the file systems are as dumb as ever and still a burden on the user.
A sad day for computing. If Apple is not going to lead the way here, then who is?
A sad day for computing. If Apple is not going to lead the way here, then who is?
Still don't really think this is necessary for the iPhone, at least not in any way that I use it (although I can see how it would be handy for others). Having said that, very excited to see this coming to the iPad. That was one of my biggest issues with the whole "laptop killer" bit - you're not gonna kill anything without the very basic ability to access files.
For example, documents can be saved in a common folder accessible by ALL document apps. In the current scenario, when a file is sent from one app to another, a new copy is created of that file, taking up time to duplicate, and wasted storage.
And if you have a movies folder with well, your movies, you don't have to separately copy it into infuse, then VLC et al.
Finally, you won't have to hunt to remember which app you've stored what on, because you can find them all in one place.
These are just some of the many ways I can see Files making iOS great again
The Files app is more like an "intelligent folder" in Mac OS, or a Folder containing aliases, not real documents. The documents are inside the application-defined space, under sandboxing rules. The Files app creates aliases of those documents, by means of rules or dragging and dropping them from the "file selector".
Simple, but a must for the iPad Pro line!
I don't know if Apple was waiting for APFS. That could explain we had to wait so long!