Major improvement to iCloud Drive in iPadOS18

[bscheffel]

One major complaint I've had of iPadOS is that you can't designate files or folders to always stayed downloaded to iPad. (the default behavior on Mac is to always have iCloud Drive files downloaded to Mac unless "optimize space" is selected).

According to this article from 9 to 5 Mac - iPadOS now allows for you to designate a file or folder to always stayed downloaded. Given the amount of time I spend on planes this is a welcome change to take the guess work out of whether a file will be available.

This Files upgrade is the best iPadOS 18 feature for power users - 9to5Mac

Apple‘s iPadOS 18 update is light on changes to how the iPad fundamentally works, but there’s one Files upgrade that makes a big difference.

9to5mac.com

 

[Macintosh101]

Agree, it’s a welcome addition that I’ve noticed. Just a shame there are so few improvements to the Files app, was expecting much more.

 

[richpjr]

Agree, it’s a welcome addition that I’ve noticed. Just a shame there are so few improvements to the Files app, was expecting much more.

I am too jaded at this point: I had low expectations for any improvements and got nothing, so it is business as usual.

 

[bobbyjack]

I'm still waiting for them to do the same with the Books app.... the number of times I got the great surprise to not have my books anymore when on a trip...

 

[StoneJack]

Still no window management and no real desktop

 

[d5aqoëp]

Still no window management and no real desktop

There will never be any.

 

[Iwavvns]

Still no window management and no real desktop

That’s because it’s not a desktop computer. Maybe you would be happier with an iMac or a Mac Mini.. you know, desktop computers?

 

[StoneJack]

That’s because it’s not a desktop computer. Maybe you would be happier with an iMac or a Mac Mini.. you know, desktop computers?

Do you seriously believe that only desktop computers have a desktop? ... lol

 

[Iwavvns]

Do you seriously believe that only desktop computers have a desktop? ... lol

I believe that you do not understand the difference between a desktop-class computer and a mobile tablet-class device.

 

[StoneJack]

I believe that you do not understand the difference between a desktop-class computer and a mobile tablet-class device.

I believe you dont understand what computer or tablet are, if you think that desktop is only used by desktop computers lol.

 

[rui no onna]

One major complaint I've had of iPadOS is that you can't designate files or folders to always stayed downloaded to iPad. (the default behavior on Mac is to always have iCloud Drive files downloaded to Mac unless "optimize space" is selected).

According to this article from 9 to 5 Mac - iPadOS now allows for you to designate a file or folder to always stayed downloaded. Given the amount of time I spend on planes this is a welcome change to take the guess work out of whether a file will be available.

This Files upgrade is the best iPadOS 18 feature for power users - 9to5Mac

Apple‘s iPadOS 18 update is light on changes to how the iPad fundamentally works, but there’s one Files upgrade that makes a big difference.

9to5mac.com

Yeah, this is a very welcome change. I have to keep re-downloading some iCloud Drive folders because iPadOS has decided to offload them to cloud.

I’ve resorted to making copies to “On My iPad” for files I need to always have available offline. Problem with that, I need to remember to manually “sync” them to iCloud.

 

[bluegt]

Still no window management and no real desktop

iPad 101: Use stage manager

 

[Devyn89]

There’s been window management since iPadOS16 with stage manager. It’s not the same window management as a mac but it’s still window management.

 

[gusping]

There’s been window management since iPadOS16 with stage manager. It’s not the same window management as a mac but it’s still window management.

I tried it properly the other day for the first time in a while and found it quite neat. It's not something i could use for a long period of time, but if i was going home to see my parents for Xmas, i could happily plug it into a spare monitor and have a nicer experience using a mouse and keyboard. It's one of the factors tempting me to upgrade to the 13in M4 iPad as my old (but still solid) 2018 iPP does not support external monitors.

 

[unobtainium]

That’s because it’s not a desktop computer. Maybe you would be happier with an iMac or a Mac Mini.. you know, desktop computers?

What’s a computer?

 

[StoneJack]

iPad 101: Use stage manager

you probably don't understand what is window and file management

 

[fw85]

you probably don't understand what is window and file management

Those are rather broad terms, are you just upset that Apple did not implement them by the exact definition that you envision?

 

[Ipadonly1]

Will this speed up Obsidian? Currently Obsidian takes a good few minutes to launch on my iPad, I presume because my vault is stored in iCloud. If I pin my vault, presumably this would mean Obsidian can launch quicker?

 

[d3n]

Will this speed up Obsidian? Currently Obsidian takes a good few minutes to launch on my iPad, I presume because my vault is stored in iCloud. If I pin my vault, presumably this would mean Obsidian can launch quicker?

I think this has to be tried, but has the potential to speed things up. The question is: is Obsidian slow at startup, because it needs to download files in the background, or because it‘s slow indexing them, (or both?).

 

[Ipadonly1]

I think this has to be tried, but has the potential to speed things up. The question is: is Obsidian slow at startup, because it needs to download files in the background, or because it‘s slow indexing them, (or both?).

Seems to be faster! I went ahead and installed the 18 beta