Really? Tell me how. I know you can export from macOS but how does this work on an iPad?
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iPad Pro What Can't you do on your iPad Pro ?
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Really? Tell me how. I know you can export from macOS but how does this work on an iPad?
you open whatever document you want to export, then hit the three bubbles in the upper right corner, then select 'send a copy', and a page comes up that asks you to choose a format. For Pages, the options are Pages, PDF, Word & ePub. Numbers & Keynote work the same way. I forget the exact options they offer, but it's easy enough to look up. Then you choose how you want to export the file (email, dropbox, etc)
I have been saying EXACTLY this ever since the iPad Pro was launched: its hardware specifications have outgrown the scope of its OS. The iPad Pro needs badly iOS Pro to meet its full potential. It doesnt make sense that a 4.7" phone and a 12.9" tablet share the same OS.
I think it does. There's no reason that a feature developed for the iPad Pro can't be made available for the iPhone also.
The only thing the iPad needs somewhat different from the iPhone is the UI.
I love iPads, have a couple including the big pro. It's got great hardware, as we all know, and somehow iOS utilizes it better than some Apple apps on Mac. I tried exporting an identical 4K project on my 27" riMac and the Pro, and the Pro was about 4x faster. That's great! However, iMovie is severely neutered. They should definitely have at least a Pro version of the powerful apps. Lightroom is nowhere near as powerful as the desktop version (which runs like **** on retina Macs). Pages etc. is limited too. I just want to see the software catch up, but I'm not sure developers see the potential. Most people just use the iPad casually.
Well apparently I can through iTunes (cannot use iCloud, not enough storage and prefer to have them locally) so edited my post to reflect that. I never use iTunes so didn't know I had that option. Also, and I added that too, I cannot upload photos directly to my hard drive.
There are wireless portable hard drives that work fine with the iPad, though at that point you are talking about spending more money for a solution you already have for free.
Might I suggest Google Photos, though?
I just need the thing to be an actual Mac replacement. There are too many things it can't do that even a simple writer needs to do. Final Draft and Scrivener are still truncated versions of their desktop counterparts.
Sure, they are solid apps and overall the 12.9" Pro is the best thing to happen to the iPad but when I need those features from the desktop apps on my iPad I suddenly wonder if I should've just brought the MacBook.
Once I pack a MacBook and iPad I begin to wonder if I even need the iPad at all.
Sure, they are solid apps and overall the 12.9" Pro is the best thing to happen to the iPad but when I need those features from the desktop apps on my iPad I suddenly wonder if I should've just brought the MacBook.
Once I pack a MacBook and iPad I begin to wonder if I even need the iPad at all.
What is a "simple writer"?
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So if the user can toggle between secure & insecure iOS versions, why can't a virus or hacker?
why not just buy a wireless printer then? loads about.
and you can 'air drop' up to mac or pc pretty easily.
I don't want an app. I have my Tascam MP-BT1. It allows me to plug in my bass and headphones directly, and gives me a ton of physical controls.
This might have been answered later on in the thread, and I'm posting this on a desire to help your workflows only, not as a defensive of iOS.
PDF Printing is everywhere, if you can print, and it brings up the print dialogue, pinch to zoom in on the preview and it becomes a full shareable PDF. On devices with force touch, force touch the preview to pop it out into a PDF.
Also, I only ever use iWork and I am easily able to export to office formats. I can save or work in them, or if I am sending a copy, then I can send it as an office format. Don't know why that wouldn't be coming up for you.
Two issues, really. I run a small trucking company and there are one or two programs I need that do not have iOS or Mac OS equivalents. My trip routing and fuel tax program is windows only ( PC Miler ) and the fuel tax program from DOT as well. My only other issue is obtaining the sd card video from my drivers dash cams. Otherwise, my iPad Pro is very capable of running my company.
Totally understandable, but then it's not a limitation of the iPad Pro, unless you're expecting Apple to install 1/4" jacks on it...
What Can't you do on your iPad Pro ?
lol
besides reading/replying basic mails, and filling in my vacation on the website, there's nothing I can do work related on an iPad, pro or not.
our ERP and reporting system work via remote desktop, so to START working I need to:
remote desktop: downloading files from RDS
Excel: pivot, link different datasources, what-if analysis, 2 excels at the same time, macro's...
also, my excels files contain 80k lines, it tend to get slow on an iPad...I tried
also, user experience of Excel/Numbers on a touch screen leave a lot to be desired, let alone for an entire day...
I read that Apple's OWN corporate work on MacBook pro in parallels on Office, so Windows versions! So I doubt they consider iPads as true pro devices for themselves for corporate...which from my professional perspective make them real hypocrites regarding what they are trying to sell. (and I don't think they consider making a professional app them selves
today my rmbp late 2013 is still going strong, but when I consider a new laptop a Windows laptop will be a possibility too (something I'd never consider 3 years ago) and when the laptop changes, the tablet and phone will change too.
lol
besides reading/replying basic mails, and filling in my vacation on the website, there's nothing I can do work related on an iPad, pro or not.
our ERP and reporting system work via remote desktop, so to START working I need to:
remote desktop: downloading files from RDS
Excel: pivot, link different datasources, what-if analysis, 2 excels at the same time, macro's...
also, my excels files contain 80k lines, it tend to get slow on an iPad...I tried
also, user experience of Excel/Numbers on a touch screen leave a lot to be desired, let alone for an entire day...
I read that Apple's OWN corporate work on MacBook pro in parallels on Office, so Windows versions! So I doubt they consider iPads as true pro devices for themselves for corporate...which from my professional perspective make them real hypocrites regarding what they are trying to sell. (and I don't think they consider making a professional app them selves
today my rmbp late 2013 is still going strong, but when I consider a new laptop a Windows laptop will be a possibility too (something I'd never consider 3 years ago) and when the laptop changes, the tablet and phone will change too.
A possible solution would certainly be to buy a wireless Hard Drive, yes, but I have a 2TB standard HDD already. Google Photos requires internet (Does it? Not sure), and as I said, I prefer to have them locally.
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Well yes, but I would be spending more money just to make it work somehow, whereas my current Mac-related solution works fine. Also, I cannot assess the reliability of wireless printers as I haven't had one. I would assume they work correctly and as intended though.
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Why can't I save a simple gif to camera roll and send it someone?
This really showed me how limited iOS is :-(
( in this case it's not possible to send someone the link to the gif. I need to save it and send it to someone. Would take me 5 seconds with a macbook air )
This really showed me how limited iOS is :-(
( in this case it's not possible to send someone the link to the gif. I need to save it and send it to someone. Would take me 5 seconds with a macbook air )
In this case the receiver doesn't have imessage. I need to get the gif on my device somehow.
Just out of curiosity i send myself the link to the gif and imessage automatically plays it back because it loads the the gif from the URL. The picture isn't directly send ( i.e if you have to register to watch it you can't access it ). Is this the behaviour you were talking about or what do you mean with "search for a gif"
You can just long press on the gif and select copy then paste this into an email and send. Any particular reason why you want to save it to camera roll?
yeah i don't want to share one of these edgy reaction gifs =/ I needed to save a gif from imgur for a presentation. instead of an easy "save file as" I needed to:
Stand up > boot Windows PC > went to imgur > save video as > uploaded it on google drive > waited till gif is processed > started G-Drive app on ipad > longpress > download video to ipad / save to camera roll.