Hello Donna and Brandt, I'm still using Filer, which is an app that I got long ago to download files on the iPhone. I just tested this on my iPad by sending myself an email with a link to an AppleVis mp3 file podcast. Since this is an mp3 file that is not compressed, opening the link in mail on the iPad causes the file to play in the Safari Browser. I stopped playback, and then opened Filer, which gets the last URL that Safari was pointed to. Then I double tapped the button to download it. If I use landscape view, the downloaded file is listed in the sidebar at the left. If I'm in portrait view, I have to double tap the "Menu" button in the top left to bring up a pop up that shows the files. I can play the files within the Filer app, and because it has persistent memory, it will remember the place that I stopped and resume from there. I can also transfer the downloaded files to my computer, if I double tap the settings button at the bottom left corner of the screen in landscape view. (Or it's the bottom left corner of the screen in portrait view when the pop up menu to display files is up.) You flick right to hear the web sharing settings, which will originally say "Sharing disabled", then continue to flick right past the "off" button to the "on" button, and double tap. Then, if you flick left, you'll get the URL you should enter in the address bar of your computer's browser, if you want to transfer files, and your computer is on the same wireless network as your iPad.
There are other ways to transfer files, if you use a web browser app like Atomic Web Browser or iCab Mobile, both of which support downloading, and there are other file downloading apps. The nice thing about Filer is that it can handle a number of file types and keep track of the position because the persistent memory storage. Of course, you may be using VoiceDream Reader now for many of those other file types such as .RTF, etc. Filer also supports Dropbox integration. I think that Brett now prefers another downloading app over Filer, but you could ask about this on the viphone list. Here's the developer's web page for Filer, where you can read more about the features of this app: http://hammockdistrict.com/filer The App Store link is: https://itunes.apple.com/app/filer/id318884764?mt=8 HTH. Cheers, Esther On 29 Mar 2013, at 01:54, Donna Goodin wrote: > Well, I'm glad I'm not crazy. :) I kept thinking there had to be a way to do > it. > thanks, > Donna > On Mar 29, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Brandt <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Not as far as I can tell. It is a feature I would like as well, do not feel >> alone. >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> >> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >> >> >> On 29 Mar 2013, at 1:34 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Good morning, all, >>> >>> I have an email with a link to an mp3 file. When I click the link, Safari >>> opens, and the file begins to play. What I really want to do though, is >>> save the file and listen to it later. Does anyone know if it's possible to >>> do this on an iPad? It seems like there should be a way, but I certainly >>> can't find it. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
