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where do downloaded files(pdf) go on the ipad?

Where does the iPad2, or for that matter, the iPhone4, store files (such as PDF) when they are downloaded to either device from a website?

iPad 2, iOS 4.3.2

Posted on Jul 25, 2011 12:31 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2016 4:30 AM

Where do downloaded documents go and how can I retrieve them.

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Jul 25, 2011 1:02 PM in response to stork1

The iPad doesn't use a file system like a computer. Each app stores its own data files. If you send a PDF file from a computer, or download it from Dropbox (or other locations), the file always goes to one app on the iPad. That app then stores it "within itself". If you open an app, select a file, then "open in" some other app, than a copy of the file is sent to the second app which also stores is within itself.

where do downloaded files(pdf) go on the ipad?

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