Syncing my iTunes music to my iPad...
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From: Woody on 28 May 2010 05:51 On 28/05/2010 10:41, Trooper wrote: > Woody wrote: > >> >> Once you have opened in it numbers it stays in the 'numbers files' part, >> where you open files from. >> >> I can't see how you can save changes to dropbox after that though. My >> options are to email, share via iwork.com, or export as numbers or PDF >> file, after which there is a line saying 'the exported file will be >> available by File Sharing >> > > I guess it all depends if when you open the file in numbers from dropbox, > whether it copies it to the numbers file location, or just opens it from the > dropbox location? If the latter, then I would expect any updates to show up > in dropbox. > > The whole file thing on the iPad i'm struggling to get my head round. I > understand the decision made to obfuscate the file system, but I still need to > actually work with documents and spreadsheets and share them between devices, > machines etc... Where does the exported file go? If I do an export, does > that mean I need to do an export every single time I make a change, other than > just saving it as I would in any other application. > I'm sure it will all become clear when I get my grubby little paws on my iPad, > but i'm preparing myself to be disappointed with this side of the iPad > experience. It looks like my dropbox stored spreadsheet, that I can access > and amend from anywhere, is not going to be able to be used properly on the > iPad... Maybe not. I know it can go both ways on iWork.com though, so maybe a later addition? -- Woody
From: Sak Wathanasin on 28 May 2010 06:05 On 28 May, 10:33, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Although I do feel that iTunes (the app) is being used for too much now and > could probably benefit from a ground-up re-write in Cocoa. It's starting to > feel too much like an app that's been ported from some other OS. Yeah, I get "unable to back up your iPhone because iTunes was unable to connect" msgs while it's copying stuff to the iPhone. Huh?
From: Jim on 28 May 2010 06:11
On 2010-05-28, Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > On 28 May, 10:33, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > >> Although I do feel that iTunes (the app) is being used for too much now and >> could probably benefit from a ground-up re-write in Cocoa. It's starting to >> feel too much like an app that's been ported from some other OS. > > Yeah, I get "unable to back up your iPhone because iTunes was unable > to connect" msgs while it's copying stuff to the iPhone. Huh? Yes, I've had a few times as well. The dock's plugged straight in the back of the Mac, no USB hubs. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett |