Thank you so much for explaining this. I appreciate all the detail. I haven’t messed with the files app too much, but I definitely plan on playing with this so I can transfer books to BARD easily.
Shannon > On Oct 20, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Shannon, > > I'm assuming you're on iOS 11 since transferring to BARD Mobile via Dropbox > Is not nearly as intuitive under iOS 11 as it was under previous versions. > There is also an unlabeled button in the process so I'll say it isn't as > accessible either. With that in mind, I'm going to give you the steps to > transfer your book using the new iOS 11 Files app which works much better > than doing it straight through Dropbox. This will necessitate that you make > your Dropbox account available to the Files app. > > 1. Open the Files app on your device. > 2. Select the Browse button at the far right of the bottomline menu. > 3. Swipe to Locations and double tap. > 4. Double tap the Edit button in the top right corner. > 5. Swipe through the list and turn Dropbox on. It's been a while since > I've done this but the process wasn't confusing the first time. I just don't > remember the specific steps. > 6. Once those first steps are done, they don't have to be repeated. > Navigate to the folder in Dropbox containing the zip file you want to copy to > BARD Mobile. > 7. Swipe to the book's zip file and when it has focus, single finger > swipe down until you hear share and then double tap. > 8. A share sheet will open and swipe right until you hear copy to BARD > Mobile and double tap. > 9. The file will be available in your BARD Mobile audiobooks library. > > What has happened with Dropbox in iOS 11 is that when you double tap on the > file you want to send to BARD Mobile and then double tap the share button at > the top right of the screen, another screen opens with a button to email the > file and with text explaining something like add people you want to share > with. If you swipe again, at the very bottom of the screen is an unlabeled > button that says button and possible text which you must double tap to open > the share sheet. You then must swipe several times until you hear Open In and > then you double tap. This opens yet another share sheet which contains the > copy to BARD Mobile button which when double tapped will do just that. This > copy to BARD Mobile was available on the first share sheet when doing the > transfer with the Files app. > > Sorry to go on for so long but I'd rather have too many details than not > enough. > > For those interested in reading more about the new Files app in iOS 11, Apple > has a good explanation of it on this website: > > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206481 > <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206481> > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Shannon Dyer > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 6:48 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Dropbox and BARD Mobile > > Hi, all. > > I am attempting to load a BARd book into the BARD Mobile app from dropbox > onto my iPad. The file is in a dropbox folder which I can find on the iPad. > Then, I double tap on the zip file and then double tap on the share button. > Supposedly, I should be taken to a menu with an �open in� option, but this > doesn�t seem to happen. Instead, I am given an option to email a link to > someone. I�ve looked for the menu I�m supposed to see, but I can�t seem to > find it. Can someone tell me what I�m doing wrong? > > I normally download from the Bard Mobile app directly, but something seems to > be wrong with the wish list feature there. Instead of seeing my wish list > from newest to oldest, I see it from oldest to newest which makes it > impossible to see the end of the list. > > Anyway, I�m wondering if anyone can help out. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Shannon > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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