iPad User Magazine - UK (2020-03)

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APPLE APPS File and folder management

File and folder

management

made easy

Discover how to make use of all

the brilliant new features in Files

IT WILL TAKE

15 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN

How to use the new

Files app

YOU’LL NEED

iPadOS 13, the

Files app

It’s been a slightly bumpy ride,

but the Files app finally comes

of age in iPadOS 13. Now it gives

you access to virtually all your

files and folders – whether in the cloud, on

your iPad or even stored on a USB stick,

SD card or network drive – from your iPad.

The newest iteration adds plenty of new

features – all practical and welcome. In

addition to those covered in the annotation

below and step-by-step guide on the next

page, you’ll find you can now download files

to your iPad using Safari, plus share entire

folders as well as individual files to your iCloud

Drive (although you’ll need to wait for iPadOS

13.2 for this feature).

One final new feature has major practical

benefits for shunting files between your

storage locations – with one instance of Files

open, swipe up from the bottom to bring the

dock into view, then drag the Files app icon

on to the screen to create a second instance.

Use one as a source and the other as a

destination to quickly copy files between

folders and drives using simple drag and drop.

Nick Peers

1

Scan directly

to Files

This is the

same scanning

tool found in

Notes, but scans

are saved direct

to Files

3

Fa s te r

navigation

Files brings the

Mac’s Column

view to the iPad

• a speedy way
  to move things
  between folders
  or to preview

2

New

connections

You can now

access files

stored on USB

drives, SD cards

(with an adapter)

as well as

network drives

4

Zip/unzip files

You can now

compress or

decompress files

from the Quick

Actions menu

(or More menu

if you select

multiple items)

EXPLAINED... Four great new features

1

2

3

4

8 |

APPLE APPS File and folder management

File and folder

management

made easy

Discover how to make use of all

the brilliant new features in Files

ITWILLTAKE

15 minutes

YOUWILLLEARN

Howtousethenew

Filesapp

YOU’LLNEED

iPadOS 13, the

Files app

It’s been a slightly bumpy ride,

but the Files app finally comes

of age in iPadOS 13. Now it gives

you access to virtually all your

files and folders – whether in the cloud, on

your iPad or even stored on a USB stick,

SD card or network drive – from your iPad.

The newest iteration adds plenty of new

features – all practical and welcome. In

addition to those covered in the annotation

below and step-by-step guide on the next

page, you’ll find you can now download files

to your iPad using Safari, plus share entire

folders as well as individual files to your iCloud

Drive (although you’ll need to wait for iPadOS

13.2 for this feature).

One final new feature has major practical

benefits for shunting files between your

storage locations – with one instance of Files

open, swipe up from the bottom to bring the

dock into view, then drag the Files app icon

on to the screen to create a second instance.

Use one as a source and the other as a

destination to quickly copy files between

folders and drives using simple drag and drop.

Nick Peers

1

Scan directly

toFiles

This is the

same scanning

tool found in

Notes, but scans

are saved direct

to Files

3

Fa s te r

navigation

Files brings the

Mac’s Column

view to the iPad

• a speedy way
  to move things
  between folders
  ortopreview

2

New

connections

You can now

access files

stored on USB

drives, SD cards

(with an adapter)

as well as

network drives

4

Zip/unzipfiles

You can now

compress or

decompress files

from the Quick

Actions menu

(or More menu

if you select

multiple items)

EXPLAINED... Four great new features

1

2

3

4