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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1745324" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>Thank you for your response.</p><p></p><p><strong>> Get Dropbox on your Mac and on your iPad.</strong></p><p></p><p>I already have dropbox on my Mac and could easily put it on the iPad as well, but it does not help me to solve the problem that I am seeing.</p><p></p><p>I can not find a way to download some items that I want to the iPad to begin with. For example I went to the dpreview website with the idea of downloading some raw files to test the download functionality. When I opened the web page I was presented with the download links that work very well on my Mac but, when I press them on the iPad, the image opens and I have no way to save or download it. On the Mac clicking on the link automatically downloads it. On the iPad it does not and I see no Save or Download command to use. If I can not download it to the iPad I can not upload it to dropbox.</p><p></p><p><strong>> by pressing the button on the front and the on/off button simultaneously</strong></p><p></p><p>Thank you. I did not know this but, in an effort to solve the download problem, I called Apple Care and the tech told me of this functionality. I have had this iPad for more than 4 years and I never knew that I could take screen shots. Live and learn.</p><p></p><p><strong>> I can browse the internet and select text and copy it.</strong></p><p></p><p>This is something I had never been able to do successfully. With a mouse or touchpad I would click on the start of the area, press Shift and click on the end and have a selection. I tried that previously on the iPad without any success but, because of your post, I went and tried it again and found that if I keep my finger pressed long enough it will select one word and I can then drag the small "pins" to select what I want and then copy it. That does indeed solve that problem. Thank you again.</p><p></p><p><strong>> You didn't say what kind of things you download</strong></p><p></p><p>The problems I have had have been with some odd types of files. For example the images I mentioned earlier. Pressing on a download link simply opens the image without providing me with any way to perform the download. Selecting a binary for download, such as a dmg file for the Mac, opens a page that should allow me to download it but simply gives me no option to do so. In fact most binary files I have tried to download simply will not do so on my iPad.</p><p></p><p>I know, of course, that these files will not run on the iPad (they are designed for the Mac) but there are times when I am traveling that I would like to download them and transfer them to the Mac when I return.</p><p></p><p><strong>> There is an app called Pocket </strong></p><p></p><p>I will look at that. One of the things I found a short time ago is that there is an iPad app called Documents 5 that provides a shell around the download process. It does allow me to download to what it shows to be a folder structure of Documents/Downloads, but that is not a real folder on the iPad. Like everything else in the iPad memory I am sure it is a virtual folder structure for information stored in the database that serves as the iPad file system. Since there is no real folder structure I can not just copy the files to the iPad dropbox app and expect them to appear in dropbox. The Documents 5 app provides an upload functionality that works for some things but not, so far, for binaries.</p><p></p><p><strong>> You might try and see if your Apple store is the same.</strong></p><p></p><p>They do, but the "local" Apple Store is pretty far away and I have never found a "quiet" time. The drive there is at least 30 minutes and it has been simply packed every time I go in. I have trouble finding someone to help me actually buy something, let alone get a question answered, and that is why I tried Apple Care instead. They were the ones who recommended some of these specialized download apps so the effort was worth the time.</p><p></p><p>The people on this forum have been very helpful and I have been able to get answers to all of my questions. Sometimes they are not the answers I looked for, but they have either solved my problems (most of the time) or told me that there was no easy solution and that was also very helpful so I have not continued to spin my wheels.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1745324, member: 305741"] Thank you for your response. [B]> Get Dropbox on your Mac and on your iPad.[/B] I already have dropbox on my Mac and could easily put it on the iPad as well, but it does not help me to solve the problem that I am seeing. I can not find a way to download some items that I want to the iPad to begin with. For example I went to the dpreview website with the idea of downloading some raw files to test the download functionality. When I opened the web page I was presented with the download links that work very well on my Mac but, when I press them on the iPad, the image opens and I have no way to save or download it. On the Mac clicking on the link automatically downloads it. On the iPad it does not and I see no Save or Download command to use. If I can not download it to the iPad I can not upload it to dropbox. [B]> by pressing the button on the front and the on/off button simultaneously[/B] Thank you. I did not know this but, in an effort to solve the download problem, I called Apple Care and the tech told me of this functionality. I have had this iPad for more than 4 years and I never knew that I could take screen shots. Live and learn. [B]> I can browse the internet and select text and copy it.[/B] This is something I had never been able to do successfully. With a mouse or touchpad I would click on the start of the area, press Shift and click on the end and have a selection. I tried that previously on the iPad without any success but, because of your post, I went and tried it again and found that if I keep my finger pressed long enough it will select one word and I can then drag the small "pins" to select what I want and then copy it. That does indeed solve that problem. Thank you again. [B]> You didn't say what kind of things you download[/B] The problems I have had have been with some odd types of files. For example the images I mentioned earlier. Pressing on a download link simply opens the image without providing me with any way to perform the download. Selecting a binary for download, such as a dmg file for the Mac, opens a page that should allow me to download it but simply gives me no option to do so. In fact most binary files I have tried to download simply will not do so on my iPad. I know, of course, that these files will not run on the iPad (they are designed for the Mac) but there are times when I am traveling that I would like to download them and transfer them to the Mac when I return. [B]> There is an app called Pocket [/B] I will look at that. One of the things I found a short time ago is that there is an iPad app called Documents 5 that provides a shell around the download process. It does allow me to download to what it shows to be a folder structure of Documents/Downloads, but that is not a real folder on the iPad. Like everything else in the iPad memory I am sure it is a virtual folder structure for information stored in the database that serves as the iPad file system. Since there is no real folder structure I can not just copy the files to the iPad dropbox app and expect them to appear in dropbox. The Documents 5 app provides an upload functionality that works for some things but not, so far, for binaries. [B]> You might try and see if your Apple store is the same.[/B] They do, but the "local" Apple Store is pretty far away and I have never found a "quiet" time. The drive there is at least 30 minutes and it has been simply packed every time I go in. I have trouble finding someone to help me actually buy something, let alone get a question answered, and that is why I tried Apple Care instead. They were the ones who recommended some of these specialized download apps so the effort was worth the time. The people on this forum have been very helpful and I have been able to get answers to all of my questions. Sometimes they are not the answers I looked for, but they have either solved my problems (most of the time) or told me that there was no easy solution and that was also very helpful so I have not continued to spin my wheels. Thank you for your help. [/QUOTE]
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