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§ ita § - Nov 02, 2011 7:36:49 pm PDT #18322 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

At least on macs, you have to use Itunes as the main means to get things on and off the ipad

How does this work? None of the file systems or phone OSes I've used have been remotely like that.


-t - Nov 02, 2011 7:45:00 pm PDT #18323 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's kind of goofy - when you sync the iPad through iTunes, under the Apps tab there's an option to add or remove files that certain Apps use. It makes more sense looking at it than I am describing, but it's pretty clunky. I have to use that for RecipeManager, pretty much everything else I move around using Dropbox or iCloud.

To be be fair, moving files on and off my Palm Pre was a similar process, just using different syncing software.


le nubian - Nov 02, 2011 7:55:01 pm PDT #18324 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

for this reason (and for 1000 other reasons), I recommend that goodreader and dropbox are two apps you might want to download ASAP. GR is the bomb diggity for downloading files and managing content that way.


Hil R. - Nov 03, 2011 2:21:13 am PDT #18325 of 25501
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

If you want to use the iPad for reading things and taking notes, I'd recommend NoteTaker HD. It lets to start with PDF files and draw or write on them, and it's got a nice zoom function that lets you write bigger so that it'll be clearer.


le nubian - Nov 03, 2011 2:35:52 am PDT #18326 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I am going to disagree with Hil a bit: I prefer (for notetaking), Notes Plus or Noteshelf I also think Penultimate is better than Notetaker HD. For annotation, I like iAnnotate (but others like Goodreader).


Jessica - Nov 03, 2011 5:33:46 am PDT #18327 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm looking at feedly now - is there a way to make the oldest stuff appear at the top?

[eta: Oh, there it is. It's under "change layout and filtering"]


DavidS - Nov 03, 2011 5:11:07 pm PDT #18328 of 25501
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm lame.

Where do I go on my Mac to find the System/Library/Fonts folder?


DCJensen - Nov 03, 2011 7:45:22 pm PDT #18329 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

David, you will find them by opening the hdd icon on the desktop, for one.

It's best to put fonts into the root Library/Fonts folder as the System/library/fonts are the reserved system ones and should not be disturbed.

you can also go to your user folder/library/fonts to put in fonts just for your own use.

See [link]


Jessica - Nov 04, 2011 9:32:04 am PDT #18330 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard here at work - is Archive & Install still the approved way to go?


le nubian - Nov 04, 2011 9:33:40 am PDT #18331 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

back your computer up first.

I cannot remember how I upgraded, but my upgrade from leopard, to SL was seamless.