How to use iPad's Safari to open HTML files transferred to my iPad?

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How to use iPad's Safari to open HTML files transferred to my iPad?

In Safari for OS X, I can have Safari open a website whose pages and images are stored on my HD's Sites folder -- first, activate Web Sharing; then choose: File > Open a File… > Sites > index.html.

Is there any way to transfer a website's files to my iPad, and then use iPad's Safari to open it there?

TIA.

MacBook Pro 17" 2.53 GHZ, Intel Core i5, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HD

Posted on Nov 25, 2010 4:09 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 25, 2010 4:21 AM in response to John H. Lincoln

No, mobile Safari can't open locally stored HTML files, as for security reasons iOS devices do not have an open file system like your Mac has.

I think that there are third-party Apps that can do this (such as GoodReader maybe?). You have to transfer the HTML documents to the iPad via the iTunes File Sharing feature.

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Answer 2

BPWMorro

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Jun 13, 2011 5:28 PM in response to John H. Lincoln

John,

I think the updates to the iOS allow this now.

I use Mobile Me. It includes iDisk (a pre-cessor to iCloud).

I opened iDisk with my MacBook and drug my html camera manual from the MacBook desktop into iCloud. It took a little while, but when it was visible in the iCloud on the iPad I just clicked on the file. It just "worked." The file opened in Safari; the hyperlinks work, also.

If you don't have MobileMe I believe Dropbox//https://www.dropbox.com will work also; there are Dropbox apps available in the App Store. It is free.

Good luck.

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Answer 3

Nov 28, 2010 8:56 AM in response to John H. Lincoln

Many thanks.

Yes, the people at GoodReader have confirmed that their app can do this.

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