That is because the way iPadOS works. All the app are containerized including Dropbox. The only app I know it can access other apps containers is the Files application (which is part of the OS).
If that is the case, this means that Ref42 cannot access the container of Dropbox in the iPad. But it needs to download a cached local copy which it open with the system PDF viewer. I think the only possibility to do what you ask would be to have Ref42 have the option to upload the annotated file automatically on Dropbox and substitute the original file. That depends if the Dropbox API allows that. Simply upload the file with the same name will loose sync on BibDeak, because the file is linked with the descriptor, not the filename. Not sure how easy it is but we could ask the developer if he can take a look at it. On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 8:02 PM M. Tamer Özsu via Bibdesk-users < [email protected]> wrote: > I know this program and use it myself. The trouble is if you open a file > to read, it seems to download the file and if you annotate it, you need to > upload it and remember the folder it was in. Bibdesk maintains that > location without the need to upload. > > Perhaps I am doing something wrong. > > ==Tamer > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From "Alessandro Piovaccari" <[email protected]> > To "For general discussion about using BibDesk" < > [email protected]> > Date 2024-10-23 3:28:38 PM > Subject Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk on ipados > > 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 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Universitaetstrasse+16+8092+Zurich+SWITZERLAND?entry=gmail&source=g> >> 8092 Zurich >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Universitaetstrasse+16+8092+Zurich+SWITZERLAND?entry=gmail&source=g> >> SWITZERLAND >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Universitaetstrasse+16+8092+Zurich+SWITZERLAND?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> [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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >
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