MacLife - UK (2020-04)

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Documents began

life as a handy way

to share all your

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on an iPhone or iPad. A decade

or so later, it’s evolved into a

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checking out.

Documents 7

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Made for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Needs iOS 10.11 or later

Version 7 features an improved web

browser with private browsing and the

ability to download files.

DOCUMENTS 7

Improved web browser

Can share files with a computer

Can connect to Sharepoint

Tagging support could be improved

GREAT

New in version 7 are an

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Dark mode, and the ability to

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PDFs. Also new is a big “+”

button at the bottom right of

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SGI1#Ru#|rx#fdq#lpsruw#skrwrv#

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Ilohv/#ru#wudqvihu#Ľohv#iurp#d#

Mac or PC using Documents

Wi–Fi Transfer tool. The “+”

button also lets you add cloud

storage services like Google

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connect to SFTP, SMB,

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You can also watch movies,

listen to music, and view

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and view Word and Excel

documents. Files can be tagged

and marked as favorites. But

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— you can’t create your own

named tags. And we couldn’t

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Ľohv#wdjjhg#zlwk#d#froru1#Rxu#

only other, minor, criticism is

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Photos albums are available

from the main screen, to see

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ru#vhuyhu/#|rx#qhhg#wr#wds#

“Connections” then the name

of the service. We would like

to be able to add them to the

main screen.

Other than that, it works

very well. The web browser

with its ability to download

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Transfer. The new “+” button

makes creating folders and

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but if you want to sign or edit

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|rxġoo#qhhg#wkh#'7<1<<#LDS1

THE BOTTOM LINE. Does

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vkduh#Ľohv#zlwk#SF#xvhuv#dqg#

download them from the web.

KENNY HEMPHILL

Documents

allows you to

access files on

several different

services,

including

Microsoft

Sharepoint.

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