You might even know how to view the file in the iPad’s native mail app - Mail. I’m sure you already know how to do that on your PC. You can always e-mail a file to yourself. The simplest solution: Send it through the mail
No matter which of the following three file-transfer options you use, you’ll still have to match a file on your PC with a specific app on your iPad. I can’t do that on my iPad.Īpple’s insistence on storing the file with the app also makes transferring files more complex than it should be. For instance, all the files connected with this article - the manuscript, my notes, screen captures, and so on - reside in the same folder on my Windows PC.
For PC users, it’s trivial to organize files by project rather than application. When two iOS apps show the same file, such as a PDF, each app has its own, separate copy. The file remains in that app’s storage area. iOS takes it a step further and ties every file (or at least every one you can see) directly to a specific app - and only that app. On a PC, files are associated (via the file extension) with the application that created them. Which means you need an easy way to move files to and from the device. But there are two reasons to focus on the iPad: First, because I own one and second, because iPad owners are more likely to use the device as a computing platform - a system suitable for light-duty content creation, not just content viewing. These file-management issues exist with any iOS device, including iPhones and the iPod touch. Fortunately for PC users, there are easy ways to resurrect it. Sadly, basic file management is the most glaring casualty of the iPad’s new computing paradigm. Where’s the one-stop, Explorer-like app for moving, copying, and deleting iPad-based files? And just where is the simple - or even eccentric-but-insanely-great - tool for moving files between PC and iPad? There must be files and folders in there somewhere, but the pad’s operating system (iOS) does a good job of hiding them. If you’re used to the way personal computers (even Macs) work, an iPad can throw you for a loop. Apple’s world of invisible file management Here are three tricks for moving files on and off an iPad. Sure, iPads contain storage and connect to PCs via USB, but they don’t behave like flash drives or Android phones. The iPad (and other iOS devices) might be the coolest computing device, but it lacks a clear and simple way to share files with Windows PCs. TOP STORY How to transfer files from Windows to the iPad
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