I'm relatively new the the iPad, just having purchased a new 64GB wifi only unit. Would like to store a fairly large number of pdf files on the iPad for periodic reference and viewing.
What is the best way to accomplish this. I have the adobe pdf reader app, but do not see a way to effectively trannsfer and store these files on my device.
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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If you need to read PDFs and other docs from a network drive or another computer on your network you can use FileBrowser. Another popular document reading app is ReaddleDocs. It has interfaces to your networks as well as your email accounts.
For handling a large number of PDFs, I'd recommend something like GoodReader. It alows you to create folders for organizing your documents. iBooks is a very nice reader app but doesn't have the annotation abilities. Neither, if I recall does Adobe Reader, which I didn't like at all. I also like PDF Expert.
You can email documents to yourself, transfer them using iTunes or, in the case of some apps, transfer directly using the app.
To clarify, I'm looking at approximately 10,000 individual files sorted into about a dozen folders. Would like to have them stored permanently for viewing at any time.
Have used Air Sharing and Documents to Go for the same purpose on my iphone, but have not been overly happy with either. Air Sharing is very slow and it Documents to Go incorrectly reorganizes the files within my folders.
Meg's recommendation (Goodreader) would probably serve you the best for mass storage, reading, and annotation. If you just want to read, and regularly would be changing which documents are accessible, then a cloud storage app such as Dropbox might be a better solution.
You can open from Dropbox into Goodreader, but I believe you can't save changes (annotations, etc.) from Goodreader into Dropbox. And if one is only reading documents, the Dropbox PDF reader is fine for most PDF's.
I personally use "ibooks" stores PDF files, and allows you to view them as well.
Thanks all, will look in to your recommendations.
Doesn't Goodread access DropBox? Or am I misremembering?
Thanks! It's not something I do much.
You're welcome! How's the 10K training going? :-)
10-miler! Very well, thank you. It's stopped being excruciatingly painful. 😉
Storage and Viewing of pdf Files
