Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Overview on Apple iPad File Sharing

By Dmitry Vasenyov


For such elegant design, cutting-edge piece of engineering it is surprising why so little attention is given to iPad when it comes sharing files. By default, sharing files on Apple iPad requires you to ensure that you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer. Then you will need to plug up in your iPad through the USB cable and bring up an iPad application that supports sharing. When you have your iPad plugged in, the iPad application is opened and your iTunes software is ready in your PC, you will just need to drag the files over from your folder into iTunes and wait till it syncs.

To say the truth, this is the only just a little better than the days of sneaker net where one would put files on a floppy disk, take it out and after that run to the next computer down the hall to share the files.

If you find doing this really perfect, then this article is of no use for you. But if you want an elegant way to share, then just continue reading.

As any other great void there have been a lot of application developers who have risen to the task of making iPad files sharing a painless endeavor. In AppStore there are a lot of different file sharing applications at a range of price levels. As well, there are some free applications, what is certainly great news.

One of the best free application that opens up the file sharing capabilities on the iPad is Dropbox. This application creates a virtual folder connection between all of your apps, enabling you access your files anytime and anywhere.

For example, if you have iPad, laptop, iPod and iPhone, you can easily install Dropbox to all your devices and that way you will be able to drag and drop a file from your laptop and have an access to any other device that is online and have Dropbox installed. This means that you can quickly transfer any file on your PC or any other gadget.




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