The reading application for iPadOS to read Bibdesk .bib files and automatically display or download the PDFs already exists. It actually allows you to connect directly to Dropbox or other cloud file servers.
The app has actually been there for a while and it is relatively well maintained. I use it all the time. It is relatively well maintained and the developer has been responsive to questions and suggestions. It is not easy to find and not well publicized, so here is the appstore link to access it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213?platform=ipad A little bit more info by the developer: https://benburton.org/references/ Enjoy! --AP On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM Fischlin Andreas < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree, at least a reading option would be quite handy. However, I fear, > a version comparable in functionality would be very difficult to implement > and IMHO not even desirable, as I cannot imagine to efficiently maintain my > literature collection on an iPad. > > Just my two cents, > Andreas > > ETH Zurich > Prof. em. Dr. Andreas Fischlin > Formerly IPCC Vice-Chair WGII > Systems Ecology - Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics > CHN E 24 > Universitaetstrasse 16 > 8092 Zurich > SWITZERLAND > > [email protected] > www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/andreas.fischlin.html > > +41 44 633-6090 phone > +41 79 595-4050 mobile > > Make it as simple as possible, but distrust it! > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 19 Oct 2024, at 03:13, M. Tamer Özsu via Bibdesk-users < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I am trying to move more of my reading and marking technical papers to my > iPad and everyday I rue the absence of bibdesk in ipados. I'd pay for it to > be avaialable there. Nothing compares. > > Just thinking out loud. > > ==Tamer > -- > M. Tamer Özsu > University of Waterloo > Cheriton School of Computer Science > https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~tozsu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >
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