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How to download to the iPad
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1745289" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>I guess the question is "How do I download the file to the cloud?". That is, how can I actually get the file from whatever web page is hosting it to my dropbox account?</p><p></p><p>I understand your comment about the need for there to be an app that can actually use the file being downloaded. Does that mean that I can not download something that does not have an actual enduser app on the iPad? Or only that it is more difficult? Similarly, is there any way to select part of a web page and copy-and-paste that selection to some iPad app? Or, alternately, some way to take a screen shot of the web page to store on the iPad?</p><p></p><p>And related to those questions - is there some way to transfer that information to dropbox so it can be easily transferred to my Mac when I return? Or is the only way to transfer information from the iPad to a computer to use iTunes?</p><p></p><p>I realize that this is probably pretty basic stuff but I have never used an iPad for anything other than browsing or very light interactions like email so I am unsure just how useful it would be as a travel computer replacement. The idea is to buy a bluetooth keyboard and use that with the iPad, but it is not clear to me that the iPad is capable of replacing a laptop, even for relatively light stuff like downloads and screen shots. I guess I am hoping that I am wrong and that the iPad can be a capable replacement for light computer usage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1745289, member: 305741"] I guess the question is "How do I download the file to the cloud?". That is, how can I actually get the file from whatever web page is hosting it to my dropbox account? I understand your comment about the need for there to be an app that can actually use the file being downloaded. Does that mean that I can not download something that does not have an actual enduser app on the iPad? Or only that it is more difficult? Similarly, is there any way to select part of a web page and copy-and-paste that selection to some iPad app? Or, alternately, some way to take a screen shot of the web page to store on the iPad? And related to those questions - is there some way to transfer that information to dropbox so it can be easily transferred to my Mac when I return? Or is the only way to transfer information from the iPad to a computer to use iTunes? I realize that this is probably pretty basic stuff but I have never used an iPad for anything other than browsing or very light interactions like email so I am unsure just how useful it would be as a travel computer replacement. The idea is to buy a bluetooth keyboard and use that with the iPad, but it is not clear to me that the iPad is capable of replacing a laptop, even for relatively light stuff like downloads and screen shots. I guess I am hoping that I am wrong and that the iPad can be a capable replacement for light computer usage. [/QUOTE]
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