iPad, Pages, Numbers, iTunes syncing

Thanks Oakey,

I had shared successfully before, but once you share documents, you expect them to show up automagicly when you export new docs from the iMac in itunes to the iPad. I agree document management between the iMac and the Ipad (or between iTunes) and iPad, leaves a lot to be desired. This single item could drive users back to Windoze (Ugh!... lets hope not).

But I do expect iOS to grow up in a rev or two, where drag and drop finder like capabilities exist between my base PC and the iPad...if not... I may revert to cave man ways and try another vendors tablet.

-Ross

It seems the instructions in HT4094 are a little out of date.

The Help within iWork apps on the iPad has more complete instructions.

For Pages, the instructions are found at:

Within a Pages Document > Wrench icon (Tools) > Help > Share documents > Share files through iTunes

Similarly, for Numbers, the instructions are at:

Within a Spreadsheet > Wrench icon (Tools) > ? Help > Share spreadsheets > Share files through iTunes

As an example, here are the Pages instructions:

Export a document to your computer:

1. Open the document you want to export, and then tap in the toolbar.
2. Tap “Share and Print,” and then tap “Copy to iTunes.”
3. Tap the document format you want to export to: Pages, PDF, or Microsoft Word.
4. Connect your mobile device to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your mobile device appears in the left side of the iTunes window (under Devices).
5. In iTunes, select your mobile device, and then click Apps.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window, and then select Pages (in the Apps list under File Sharing).
7. Select the name of the document you want to transfer to your computer and click “Save to.”
8. In the window that appears, navigate to the location where you want to store the document, and then click Choose.

Import a document from your computer:

1. Connect your mobile device to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your mobile device appears in the left side of the iTunes window (under Devices).
2. In iTunes, select your mobile device, and then click Apps.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window and select Pages in the Apps list (under File Sharing).
4. Click Add, and then locate the document you want to import in the “Choose a File: iTunes” window that appears.
5. Select the file, and then click Choose.
6. Open Pages on your mobile device.
7. In Documents view, tap + , and then tap iTunes.
8. Tap the name of the document you want to import.
9. The document downloads to your mobile device and appears in Documents view.
10. When you import a Pages document that contains footnotes or endnotes, you can edit their content, but you can’t create new ones. Imported tables of contents are displayed but can’t be updated on your mobile device. After you export your document back to your Mac, you can update its table of contents.

It goes quicker than it looks, in a nutshell, from iPad to iTunes it's:

Within a document > Wrench icon (Tools) > Share and Print > Send to iTunes > Select output format type (Pages, PDF, Word). Within iTunes, select the document, "Save to"

ivan

I shall try this now. Thanks for clear instructions!