Spread files among several iPads

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Spread files among several iPads

Hi, I need a help or advice how to manage several iPads.

Our sales managers (about 16) have iPad with their own Apple ID.

We need to provide them some documents (such as price list, data sheets, etc) and be able to update them. First, what we thought coud work was Dropbox or Google drive and sharing. Problem with both of the is that you have to download the file every time you wanna read it. OK, there is some space, where it downloads and holds the file for off-line reading, but we need something what downloads all of the document (tenths of them, maybe hundred) for off-line viewing, so the be able to check the files anytime, no matter what signal they have.

Best solution:

We upload folders with files somewhere, the sales managers, when they're home, connected to wi-fi, would open some application and it would check the directory with folders and files and synchronize it for off-line reading.

I think MobileMe Disk used to work similar way.

Any idea how to do that?

iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8.1.3

Posted on Sep 2, 2015 5:19 AM

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Answer 1

rccharles

Level 6

12,957 points

Sep 2, 2015 11:53 AM in response to jakudo

I'd look at these:

PDF readers and Presentation software

GoodReader

-- With GoodReader on your iPad/iPhone, you can read virtually anything, anywhere: books, movies, maps, pictures.

-- sync with Dropbox, OneDrive, SugarSync and any WebDAV, AFP, SMB, FTP or SFTP server

-- The types of annotations that can be created and edited in GoodReader include typewriter text boxes, popup comments ("sticky notes"), text highlights, freehand drawings, lines, arrows, rectangles, ovals, cloudy shapes, text underlines, strikeouts, text insertion marks.

http://www.goodiware.com/

PDF Expert – the PDF handling app for the iPad. "It allows you to markup documents with highlights and handwriting, insert text and stamps, sign and even merge PDFs."

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-expert-5-fill-forms-annotate/id743974925?mt= 8

iAnnotate – turns your tablet into a world-class productivity tool for reading, marking up, and sharing PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint files, and images. Has a secure document edition designed for corporations.

http://www.branchfire.com/iannotate/

Folder Plus

a file and folder manager

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/file-manager-folder-plus/id484856077?mt=8

iPresent

"iPresent is a highly polished and interactive content distribution platform. ...

Present PowerPoint, PDF, Video, HTML5 and many more resources on mobile devices
Ensure everyone always has the most up-to-date content"

http://www.ipresent.com/Features

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Answer 2

jakudo Author

Level 1

68 points

Sep 3, 2015 12:02 AM in response to rccharles

Hi,

thanks for your reply.

Yesterday, I've found a solution My colleague and I created a Google Disk account (for this purpose). There we created a folder named "Documents". On each iPad, we downloaded app called Documents. In there we added the google account navigate to the folder "Documents" a click on Sync". Then the app downloads all files inside the "Documents" folder to the ipad and every time you click on sysc, it check the data on the folder and sync the changes. That's the solution:)

Later we upgraded our solution. We thought "what happen, when one of our sales managers accidentaly delete the folder on google drive?" So we create another google account and shared the folder "Documents" to the second account just for reading. And the second one, we gave to our sales managers. So they see everything, but can't accidentaly delete anything.

Now they all have everything for off-line reading and everytime, when we update some file within the folder, it resync to all of them.

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