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karen h.3's avatar
karen h.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

selective sync on ipad?

Is this possible? I know how to selectively sync on my computer, but I can't figure out how to do so on my ipad. HELP!
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Mark P.46's avatar
Mark P.46
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Wow... appears only the people who need selective sync on iPad or iPhone understand the issue.  Need to have files locally on device when away from WiFi to work effectively on docs.  Airplane anyone?  The app allows for a single file at a time to be stored locally on device.  What's the big deal (dropBox) to allow selection for a folder?  Do the coding and be a solution provider.  I have 128 GB iPhone 6s+ and 256 GB iPad Pro.... locally storing ALL my files on devices is now a reality.  Please catch up to the hardware and help me to increase productivity while simplifying file management.  That is the goal, correct?

And I don't agree with Waqas' comments above.  Even with "access to a file system" it's an easy enough programming task to "virtualize" the folders within the app itself.  How an appliance actually stores the files is irrelevant.

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