I believe that PocketBib was not updated to adjust for a change in the Dropbox API, which reduced its usefulness. Whether that led directly to it being removed from the App Store or not, I don’t know, but I think it was an indication that the developer was no longer supporting the application.
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 6, 2018, at 5:58 AM, Marc <brouard.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Currently using PocketBib on an old iPad. This has been working great. I will > need to upgrade at some stage and not looking forward to it. The whole reason > I bought the iPad was to read papers, annotate them and sync back to my main > computer. > > I don’t suppose anybody knows why PocketBib was removed from the App Store? > >> On 1 Sep 2018, at 13:47, Morten Risager wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> >> To cut to the point: Has any iPad user found a good way to access bibtex >> files incl. links on their iPads? >> >> I realize that this is not strictly speaking a Bibdesk question, so if this >> considered inappropriate I apologize beforehand. >> >> Backstory: >> I am a happy Bibdesk user for some 10+ years. I have been using Pocketbib >> on iPad for several years to access my Bibdesk generated bibtex file with >> links to Google drive hosted pdfs. Its been *great* to have easy ipad >> access to my huge article and book collection. >> >> Recently I had to reinstall my iPad from scratch. I had not realised that >> Pocketbib had been pulled from the app store, and that the iPad backups no >> longer contains backups of the actual program. So it seems I can no longer >> get Pocketbib on my iPad. Of course I can still access the pdfs using the >> Google Drive app but it is just so much more cumbersome than the previous >> solution. >> >> Best >> Morten >> >> PS: I realize that at some point there were some attempt to make a Bibdesk >> for ios, but if I understand correctly it has very low priority. With the >> current size of the number of active developers this is probably the >> correct decision, as the main focus should be to keep OSX app in great >> condition. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! >> http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
