Brent,
After reading all the replies I am trying GoodReader. I have GoodReader on the iPad and GoodReaderUSB on the iMac.
The instructions seem to be a terribly long list of links to links to links.
Is there a tutorial anywhere maybe written in a language for seniors?
TIA,
On Jul 17, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Brent <flapdoodle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert, I use an app called Goodreader. It is not free but does a great
> job. I save a lot of PDF files to Dropbox and then move them to the iPad
> with
> Good reader.
>
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodreader-for-ipad/id363448914?mt=8
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Robert Poland <rpoland@usa.net> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a way for the iPad to see pdf items in Dropbox without an
>> internet or WiFi connection.
>>>>
>>>> I have a pdf file, Lab Tests, that I am continually updating. It is
>> stored in Dropbox. When I go to Dropbox on the iPad I get the message "No
>> Internet Connection".
>>>>
>>>> Is Dropbox on the iPad only accessible via the Cloud?
>>>
>>> Dropbox consists of cloud storage, iOS apps, and MacOS apps (and
>> Windows, and Linux, ...) that work together almost seamlessly to
>> synchronize a document collection.
>>>
>>> If you do not want to use "the cloud", then you do not want Dropbox.
>>>
>>>> Can't I get local storage on the iPad other than an iBook pdf?
>>>
>>> There are a number of apps for iOS that can present PDF files, and a few
>> that can edit them. In general, they are accessed using iTunes and a cable
>> connection between the computer and the iOS device.
>>>
>>> There are also Wifi-enabled hard drives that can function as
>> intermediate storage.
>>>
>>>> Ideally I would like to have an editable file on the iMac that will
>> update automatically to both the iPad AND my MBP.
>>>
>>> *AUTOMATICALLY* ?
>>> I doubt it.
>>>
>>> Why, exactly, do you desire to avoid the cloud?
>>
>> The cloud is not accessable everywhere to a WiFi only iPad. Especially
>> when there is no WiFi.
>>
>> Robert Poland
Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
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