Just purchased an ipad and not sure how to do this. Installed the Dropbox app on the ipad and downloaded/sync'd a number of files and folders. What I would like to do is to put one of the folders that is in Dropbox onto my ipad home screen. Or to be accurate, an icon that links to the specific folder that is in Dropbox. Do this on my Android tablet but foxed how to it on the ipad. Many thanks.
iPod touch, Windows XP Pro
I don't use Dropbox. But basically the iPad is not a file-oriented device like a computer.
iOS 11, which will be introduced in the fall, will include much more file-folder capability.
With any online service in iOS - Dropbox, Box, MS OneDrive, Google Drive, and so forth - you access the files via the service’s app or from with apps that support connecting to those online storage services (e.g. GoodReader can access your dropbox to get and save PDF files there).
quarkrad wrote:
Thank you all. I am interested in the '...iPad is not a file-oriented device like a computer statement...' Coming from a pc background - can you advise where I can read more about this?
iOS does not have any centrally accessible file system. The file system, like the rest of iOS, is sandboxed. Apps can access their own protected file space, but not any other’s. iOS itself does not allow any access to any App’s file area other than via the app itself, so their is no OS equivalent to finder. There is no means for a user to browse the storage area, or to alter its structure.
On an iPad, at this time, you access your files through the DropBox app. You can't put single folder on the home screen.
Thank you all. I am interested in the '...iPad is not a file-oriented device like a computer statement...' Coming from a pc background - can you advise where I can read more about this?
Dropbox Folder on Home Screen
