AKICILJ: iPad Dropbox?

[carbonel]

I discovered the hard way (by being without access) that Dropbox doesn't actually copy files to the iPad -- it just makes them accessible via wifi or whatever.

Wifi access aboard ship is way too pricy ($.55/minute at the cheapest), so when we hit Juneau tomorrow and I visit a Starbucks or whatever, does anyone know how I offload the files onto iPad hard storage? If it matters, they're mostly Word files, plus one PDF.

Thanks for any help!

(still an iPad newbie)

Comments

[tournevis.livejournal.com]

If the files are .doc then just use iTunes to move the files to the storage assigned to the Pages app, which you would need to buy, of course. If they are pdf, I suggest Good Reader, for which there are seveal ways to move files to, including via the web, prior to you leaving.

[arkessian.livejournal.com]

I don't have either an iPad or DropBox, but this https://www.dropbox.com/help/77 suggests that you can use DropBox to make files you choose offline.

[carbonel]

A belated thanks for this. This was pretty much exactly the answer I needed at the time -- and let me read my Harry Potter stories on the iPad for the protracted flight from Seattle to Minneapolis.

I still need to figure out how to offload Dropbox files on the iPad to another application, but that's much lower priority.

[drewan.livejournal.com]

May I suggest purchasing Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad? It can connect to Drop Box and you can copy files from Drop Box to the local Quickoffice directory. Plus it has tons of other great uses, such as the ability to view and edit MS Office documents. Yes, it costs $9.99. That's be well worth it for me.

Here is the link to the write up on appshopper.com:

http://appshopper.com/business/quickoffice-connect-mobile-suite-for-ipad