What is Reddit's opinion of Documents?

From 3.5 billion Reddit comments

It's really easy if you have the app on both devices.

Android: After signing in/creating a drop box account, there is a tab at the bottom labeled "files", tap on it and you should see options to upload photos/videos, create folders, upload files, scan documents, and take photos. Select the upload option that will work for your file type, then select the files you want to upload. Finally, tap the button to upload them.

Once you have them on Dropbox you can log into your Dropbox on any device to access them. If you really want to download them to your iPad instead of just using them on the cloud (which requires an internet connection), this link might be helpful in guiding you through that process:

https://readdle.com/documents/how-to-connect-cloud

Also, don't forget to connect to your wifi when you try to upload or download this many files.

I recommend that you take a look at the popular Documents app. Read about it in the AppStore. And in particular, take a look at this section:
https://readdle.com/documents/how-to-transfer-files
It has a great built-in video player that is better, more convenient and more functional than the standard video player built into iPadOS. The audio player is also excellent, which is also in many ways better than the standard application. "Documents" is like its own small operating system with the familiar file structure and folders, inside the main operating system.

When it comes to transferring regular files, there is no better method for me than transferring them through the Telegram messenger. I wrote about it here.

You can try a files management app like Documents by Readdle (free) to connect to your PC via SMB. Don't know if you can use that particular app on an older device like the iPad 2 but you can try connecting via SMB on another app.

3rd party Documents app (iOS). Within my browser I can connect via wifi to my phone and drag/drop files into the app (and vice-versa).

https://readdle.com/documents

When that doesn't apply - Dropbox

Are they EPUB? If so, just about any EPUB reader will work for reading, and most will have ways to change the font and size.

I upload my EPUBS to my OneDrive and access there through my reader on my iPad. I use Documents by Readdle (https://readdle.com/documents) to read.

Oh jeez itunes is horrible for that! I've used this free app for years - even supports FTP and other things.

"Documents" by Readdle (drag/drop / wi-fi connectivity between your computer/phone) https://readdle.com/documents

Update:

Here is the solution I settled on:

• forget about iBooks (it's broken from Apple under iOS 9.3.5)

• don't jailbreak

• I need to install an old version of an app and I use my iPhone and my Apple ID: go to my iPhone, install "PDF Expert" and "Documents", both by Readdle: https://pdfexpert.com/ios https://readdle.com/documents

• go to my old iPad, and under Apple's App Store, using the same Apple ID, go to "Purchased" and install (it will download an older version for this old iPad)

  • copy files from my laptop to the old iPad; you have several ways for doing this; I used a software I already had for iOS: iMazing to copy files from laptop to old iPad; these files appear under a folder in the Readdle "PDF Expert" appear

The outcome is:

• I use the old iPad, not jailbroken, to read my PDFs using the "PDF Expert" app by Readdle on Apple's App store.

Ah Airdrop alternative is Documents by Readdle.
Its a fantastic app and super easy to connect to my pc via their website. You put a 4 digit code and it makes a local connection to your iOS device and then you can drop and drag. Also it has a good video player and pdf reader. I highly recommend. I use it to drop some series or movies from Windows 10 to my iPad.

I tried out the exact situation you mentioned with my solution: PDF open in Documents by Readdle on 2/3rd of the screen and Pages on 1/3rd of the screen. It works perfectly!

This is by far the best solution. You can transfer files (not just PDFs, but images, music, video, text, Pages documents, zip files, etc) to Documents by Readdle and then open them in any app you want. (Note that this method will duplicate the file, unlike the native Files app, which I find too cumbersome to use).

However, the best part of this setup is the ease of transferring files when using this app: both into and out of the app. It supports drag-and-drop which I absolutely love when dealing with files. You can do this via any web browser, and with a PC or Mac, or even a Linux machine. No installation needed. The only requirement is that both devices should be connected to the same Wi-Fi. No need for cables either, and transfer speeds are pretty fast.

Besides this, direct device-to-device transfer is also available between iPad/iPhone devices, if you need it. It lets you transfer files and folders while keeping the file structure. Basically AirDrop supercharged. This does not have the requirement of being on the same Wi-Fi, which means you can do this even when you don't have access to Wi-Fi. Both devices will need to have Documents by Readdle for this to work.

Here's a tutorial to get you started on doing the transfers: https://readdle.com/documents/how-to-transfer-files. No affiliation with them, just a big fan.

I use documents. Set up samba on linux and connect to it from the app. You can even draw in pdf and it will sync back. There is an option to have "local copy" in app and sync it with linux. Dm if have any questions.

LITERALLY the first sentence: https://readdle.com/documents/how-to-transfer-files Working with the devil. I run a business and archive family photos/videos for people so I do this on a daily basis. I can't tell you the nightmare stories I have where magical photos of one's family just aren't recoverable on an Iphone to a PC.
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/iphone-cannot-synced-required-file-cannot-found-78080.html This guy is being generous with his wording for someone who almost killed himself in frustration. I expect my phone to behave like my PC, plug it in and transfer files. Don't even get me stated on APPLE's even policing of music licensing and buying something and not being able to play it on other devices. The whole company is the devil.

I use Documents by Readdle, it has a feature that allows connecting your iPad to your computer through wi-fi and transfer files that way. The biggest file size I've transferred through this was around 1GB, but I think it can work for your needs.

hi. so yes, if you're using iphone just follow what fleetfire231 said and use the itunes method. if you're using android it's even easier, since you can view the files on your phone just by connecting it to a computer.

but to everyone who don't want to go through the hassle but still want to listen to music offline, you can actually use the Documents app by Readdle. I use it myself. it's primarily an app for documents storage but I found that it supports background music playing. so just download the MP3 files (or even videos) within the app and you have your music

here's a guide : https://readdle.com/documents/how-to-save-files my go-to mp3 download site is saveto.net but others work too

Get the free file browser app "Documents by Readdle"

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/documents-by-readdle/id364901807

It can connect to the online file sources, but you can also connect it directly to your computer on your own LAN. It has a helper thing built in.

https://readdle.com/documents/how-to-transfer-files

This way you can drag your folder of files onto the web site on your Mac, and it will copy them to a new folder inside Documents.

From there you should be able to "share to" your favorite code editor app on your iPad.

Yes, it is a pain in the ass compared to a computer file system!

You could use an app like Documents by Readdle <https://readdle.com/documents>. They make awesome software, Documents is a file manager with a built in web browser.

The phone is not a computer, and it has never tried to be (to the frustration of many many people—including me, when I first used the iPhone)

It's great at what it does though.

But if you're trying to download zip'ed up albums through Safari and getting it into your music library, maybe the Google Pixel 3a is more your speed?

I typically use Documents on my iPhone and I can transfer any files over wifi using the browser on my computer. Documents is free. To play the music or video you just open that app instead of iTunes.

It's kind of convoluted the way the whole Files app/extension works. You have to think of it like Finder/File Explorer. You can't save a file directly in Finder itself; you save it in a folder on your hard drive, and Finder is just the app that lets you navigate those folders on your hard drive.

The Files app is like that, except instead of showing the root drive of your device, you get a more surface-level view of the sandboxes of various apps. That's why you can't add a folder to the "On my iPhone" section; it's only showing you the file sandboxes of other apps.

If you want to save files locally, you need to have an app that's capable of it. I use Documents, but there are tons of apps that do the same thing.

iOS doesn't handle files the same way a Windows computer/Android phone/Mac handles them. Instead of all files living on the main hard drive in folders, they live in the sandboxes of individual apps.

So when you say you want to transfer a "Photos and videos" folder to your iPhone, you have to specify an app to which you want to send it. You can't just put a folder on your phone the way you could put a folder in your hard drive. Since you don't want to have them visible in your photos app, you'll have to find another app to store them. I recommend Documents; it's a great file management app, and it's free. It also integrates with the Files app.

The reason you can't just add a folder to the Files app is because the Files app isn't a file manager. It's just a unified view of all your other app's file sandboxes.

Safari on iOS can download files... kind of. There's no download manager, and no file manager for Safari, so if you do download a file that can't open in Safari (it'll open PDFs and MP3s in a tab, for example), you'll have to put it in another app's sandbox. That's a big (maybe the biggest?) difference between iOS and pretty much any other OS: the file system isn't accessible to the user, and files that are accessible live within the sandboxes of individual apps instead of the root drive.

However, there are a ton of third-party browsers that have download managers and file managers. I use Documents and it works great for my needs.

You should be able to just download the Google Music app and have access to your existing library. As far as adding songs to your library, you won't be able to do that directly on the phone. I used to use Google Music before I switched to Apple Music, and if I wanted to add music, I had to do it from my desktop. I had the uploader on my desktop look for new files in a Dropbox folder, so if I downloaded MP3s on my phone that I wanted to add to Google Music, I'd just move them to that Dropbox folder, so they'd show up on my desktop and get added to my library from there. It worked OK, but I haven't used Google Music for a couple of years, so I don't know how well it would work now.

Documents has a pretty good wireless transfer feature, and it you can just drag and drop to your camera roll within the Documents app. Pretty sure you could use a cable and transfer the video to Documents through iTunes file sharing as well.