I know that apps can register to open types on iOS. So, I saved a file in TextEdit to iCloud. Now I want to view and edit it on my iPad. What do I do?
-K Sent from my iPad with Retina Display http://www.kevincallahan.org On Aug 25, 2012, at 9:02 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What's strange is that if you receive an attachment in Mail, you get the >> option to "Open With..." some other application. It's like Mail is a >> surrogate file system. Bizarre, of course. > > Perhaps it'd be bizarre if Mail were indeed acting as a surrogate file > system, but it's not, so it's not. > > Lots of iOS apps provide access to the "Open (document) In..." api. What > happens is the current application will toss a copy of the document in > question over to the receiving application, which will then store and display > the copy as part of its local document trove. You're not opening/seeing one > app's document in another app._______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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