Hello Tim. This worked and it's not so complicated. Thanks so much. On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
> Hi Paul, > > Sorry, I missed a step in my previous messages. You'll need to open your > document on your iPhone first, then do the following: > > 1. Double-tap the Tools button in the document. > 2. Double-tap the Share and Print button. > 3. Double-tap the Copy to iTunes button. > > Now, it will show up in your iTunes docs. > > 4. Connect your iPhone to your Mac with the USB cable. > 5. Select your iPhone from the Sources List. > 6. Select the Apps tab. > 7. Interact with the Scroll area and navigate to the Sharable Apps Table. > 8. Interact with it and select Pages or Numbers, whichever kind of doc > you're hoping to translate. > 9. Stop Interacting with the Table and navigate to the Shared Documents > Table. > 10. Interact with it and select the document you wish to translate. > 11. Stop Interacting with the Table and navigate to the Save to button, press > it. > > Now you can save it as a Pages document, a pdf or a Word document to your Mac. > > As I've mentioned, this is the area where I believe that Apple needs to > improve its iCloud integration. The process works but is not as seamless as > the iCloud experience should be. > > HTH. > > Later... > > On 2012-01-09, at 8:29 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > >> Hello Tim. I found the mobiledocuments folder. I don't know how to translate >> the iphone version to the mac version with ITunes, that's the missing piece >> for me. >> >> On Jan 9, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> Try holding down your VO keys while going down the Go menu items. >>> >>> Your assumption is sort of correct. The problem arises when attempting to >>> open a document that has been changed into the iOS version. This version >>> is not accessible to the Mac unless you translate it back using the iTunes >>> method and saving it to your Mac. The process is more or less seamless if >>> you go from iDevice to iDevice or from Mac to Mac. From Mac to iDevice is >>> not too difficult but a little more cumbersome when going from iDevice to >>> Mac. All workable but Apple needs to do some work to make it more seamless >>> between iDevice and Mac. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> On 2012-01-09, at 5:45 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Tim. I am running Lion. When I access the go menu in my finder and >>>> press the option key and use the up and down arrows I get a connect to >>>> server prompt. I must be missing something. I understand how to add items >>>> in the app sharing. I assume that when I change the file on the IOS >>>> device, it will automatically be updated in the mobile documents folder >>>> and when I update it in the mobile documents folder it will land in the >>>> cloud and be available to my device? >>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Paul, >>>>> >>>>> First, you must have OS X Lion. Now, Lion, by default, hides the Library >>>>> folder in your Home Directory. You can make it visible using the >>>>> Terminal or simply go up to the Go menu when in the Finder, make sure >>>>> that you hold down the Option key while navigating down the menu items, >>>>> and right after the Home item will be your Library folder. Within that >>>>> folder will be the Mobile Documents folder. >>>>> >>>>> If you are running less than Lion, this is not available. >>>>> >>>>> HTH. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> On 2012-01-09, at 8:25 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Tim. I don't see the mobile documents folder on my mac. Can you >>>>>> tell me exactly how to access it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks so much. >>>>>> On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:14 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Moving the files from your Mac to iCloud is reasonably painless. The >>>>>>> complications arise when going from your iDevice back to the Mac. If >>>>>>> you are running Lion, and have subscribed to iCloud, then there is a >>>>>>> folder in your Home Directory's Library folder named "Mobile Documents" >>>>>>> This folder is what iCloud uses to share documents. If you are >>>>>>> wishing to simply use the files between two Macs that both are >>>>>>> registered to the same iCloud account, then simply create a folder in >>>>>>> this folder and drop the files you wish accessed by both Macs into it. >>>>>>> These files will now be easily accessed by each Mac registered to your >>>>>>> iCloud account. Make any changes to the file while it's in that folder >>>>>>> and it will more or less instantly be changed within iCloud and thus >>>>>>> changed on your other Mac. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now, the complication I mentioned has to do with opening the file >>>>>>> within Pages on your iDevice. If you place a Word, Pages or a few >>>>>>> other document types into the Documents folder in the com~apple~pages >>>>>>> folder that resides in the Mobile Documents folder, it can be accessed >>>>>>> and translated into mobile Pages. then it can be accessed and >>>>>>> manipulated using Pages on any other iDevice you've registered within >>>>>>> the same iCloud account. The translation process makes it unreadable >>>>>>> though by the MacOS Pages app. So, you'll need to continue simply >>>>>>> using iOS devices to work with that document unless you physically >>>>>>> connect your iDevice to your Mac, select it from the Source List and >>>>>>> choose the Apps tab. In the Table that lists the apps that share >>>>>>> documents in iTunes, select Pages. You can then acces the iOS version >>>>>>> of the document, and then save it to your Mac in a usable format. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you wish, you could then manipulate it on your Mac and place it back >>>>>>> into iCloud in the method outlined above. Not perfect, but it does >>>>>>> work. I, primarily, just use this between Macs so that the version of >>>>>>> my documents are always up to date. The only ones I put into iOS Pages >>>>>>> are things like christmas lists and such that I want access to when I'm >>>>>>> out and about away from a Mac. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hope this helps and is clear enough. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Later... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2012-01-03, at 1:41 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have been asking this questions but about exporting a lot of files >>>>>>>> at once but have had no response yet. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Kawal. >>>>>>>> On 3 Jan 2012, at 12:06 AM, Marlaina Lieberg <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hello all. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get files into the cloud and >>>>>>>>> onto other devices? I heard that if I use pages, files will go there >>>>>>>>> but I don't know if it is necessary to save them somewhere like on my >>>>>>>>> iDisk, or in another folder. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with >>>>>>>>> the world! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Marlaina Lieberg >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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