Thanks Tim. I will look for that folder and do as you suggest. Thanks for respomding to my message too. If I have any problems you will all know!
Kawal. On 9 Jan 2012, at 05:14 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@shaw.ca> 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 <1guide...@gmail.com> 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 >>> 1guide...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
