Re: [apple-iphone] automatically update to the iPad

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:

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>
>
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> 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
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>
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