Files App - Create Folder "On My iPad"

And in answer to your question I will ask one of my own.

Why would you use something that does not do what you want?

That is to me the most interesting question.

iCloud is not on your device either.

And there you go again trying to control who posts and what they say, uselessly as usual.

I did, you must have missed it while busy trying to persuade me to stop posting.

Even Steve Jobs wouldn't be able to persuade you to stop posting 😉

Anyways you are entitled to your opinion, and we can agree to disagree.

Peace

I think we already have.

What is your method around this?

What is your method around this?

Yes, I guess I’ll be storing everything under Pages. Even though there are workarounds, the whole thing has been very misleading. Thanks for the quick answer.

Since you question the reasoning, I need to mention the sandboxed environment provided by iOS to each app, in which it manages data created by it. Apps can only access other apps' data via the formal sharing protocol, allowing them to take copies of the data, only. This results in a highly secure system for mobile devices. This is not the same as a general-purpose computer. Unfortunately for you.

WestVanPete wrote:

I was under the impression the Files app was a place to store files. I can't even drag and drop anywhere except for my one folder. Pixelmator. The folder that will contain everything. So weird.

There was quite a lot of excitement when the Files app was announced for iOS 11. I was sceptical, since the idea of an open filesystem would contradict 10 years of iOS history, and invalidate all existing apps. The result seems to be less than even I expected. It should improve as apps are updated to improve their interfaces with Files. Even though Files is from Apple, I don't believe it can actually access apps' data. It can only request it using formal interfaces. Nothing like browsing a directory structure.

It is a lot more than just merely iCloud Drive. I have my OneDrive, Box, Dropbox and Google Drive all in the files app.

But regardless of this new app, iOS is a sandboxed operating system and file system. It also has been. The sandbox structure is central to iOS‘s security model and was built into it from the very beginning. Each app, and each apps files and file space are isolated from each other.

The files app does not change the fundamental sandboxed design of iOS at all. It merely provides a single or central place to access online storage or app’s file space without having to find and launch the individual apps that then allow access to those files.

IuCorbiCat wrote:

After reading all the opinions and answers from the support I understand that despite an excellent media player, the file system is not really usable in the way any other folder system is thought.

And iOS‘s file system has always been this way, and was explicitly and deliberately designed to be so. The concept is called “sandboxing” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security) It is part of the very core of iOS’s security model. iOS does not grant user access to its file system - it never has. Nor does it allow 3rd party apps to access another 3rd party app’s file space.

See also https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FileManagement/Concept ual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/FileSyste…

As taken from the very first page if that document:

About the iOS File System

The iOS file system is geared toward apps running on their own. To keep the system simple, users of iOS devices do not have direct access to the file system and apps are expected to follow this convention.