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iPad Problems 2
I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but
setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." How else do I install these PDFs? -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. it should work. itunes will automatically add it to books, which are then synced to the ipad. make sure that you enabled book syncing. it may be disabled. click on the ipad (at the top) and then the book section (on the side). this used to be less convoluted in itunes 11 and earlier. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. try dropbox. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." where did you get the icloud installer? re-download it from apple. How else do I install these PDFs? itunes is the easiest way. |
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On 2016-04-09 23:30:46 +0000, Eric Stevens said:
I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." How else do I install these PDFs? There are two simple ways: Use DB which has its own PDF reader, when located in DB on your iPad tap on the 'Share' icon and select 'Open in'. https://db.tt/PNlFPzUy Then tap on 'Copy to iBooks'. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 ....or just leave them in DB. Otherwise you can send yourself an email with the PDF attached and with the various veiwing options send to iBooks. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 https://db.tt/peYsWmUm -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2016-04-10 00:04:09 +0000, Savageduck said:
On 2016-04-09 23:30:46 +0000, Eric Stevens said: I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." How else do I install these PDFs? There are two simple ways: Use DB which has its own PDF reader, when located in DB on your iPad tap on the 'Share' icon and select 'Open in'. https://db.tt/PNlFPzUy Then tap on 'Copy to iBooks'. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 ...or just leave them in DB. Otherwise you can send yourself an email with the PDF attached and with the various veiwing options send to iBooks. https://db.tt--IGNORE!! Oops! I meant this one: https://db.tt/PNuak5ID https://db.tt/peYsWmUm -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Sat, 09 Apr 2016 19:35:40 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. it should work. itunes will automatically add it to books, which are then synced to the ipad. I haven't found any way of dragging and dropping a PDF to iTunes which will result in the PDF showing up in 'Books' so that I can sync the iPad to it. make sure that you enabled book syncing. it may be disabled. I presume you are referring to enabling 'Sync Collections' in the iBooks section of iPad's setup. Yes, that is enabled. My problem is that I haven't found how to get the PDF in to iTunes to enable me to sync it in the first place. click on the ipad (at the top) and then the book section (on the side). this used to be less convoluted in itunes 11 and earlier. I'm not sure quite what you are referring to there. Click on what (at the top) and where are we when we have a book section on the side? In the mean time, while poking around, a whole swag of deleted books have reappeared in the iPad, including three obsolete iPad User Guides. That makes four in total. That wouldn't be so bad except that they all look much the same and they are all identically titled 'iPad User Guide'. To make matters worse, if I open one up to find out which one it is and I close it again because it is the wrong one, the damned thing doesn't go back to where it came from. The four unidentified 'iPad User Guides' play musical chairs and I have no obvious indication of which one is which. Fortunately I have identified a subtle difference in the icon of the latest version which allows me to home in on it. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. try dropbox. I will get back to you. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." where did you get the icloud installer? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204283 re-download it from apple. I've done that twice now. It makes no difference. How else do I install these PDFs? itunes is the easiest way. If only I could get them into iTunes. Where can I find a three year old? -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:04:09 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2016-04-09 23:30:46 +0000, Eric Stevens said: I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." How else do I install these PDFs? There are two simple ways: Use DB which has its own PDF reader, when located in DB on your iPad tap on the 'Share' icon and select 'Open in'. https://db.tt/PNlFPzUy Then tap on 'Copy to iBooks'. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 ...or just leave them in DB. Otherwise you can send yourself an email with the PDF attached and with the various veiwing options send to iBooks. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 https://db.tt/peYsWmUm Tried that. The attachements are to big to allow mailing. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:04:09 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2016-04-09 23:30:46 +0000, Eric Stevens said: I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." How else do I install these PDFs? There are two simple ways: Use DB which has its own PDF reader, when located in DB on your iPad tap on the 'Share' icon and select 'Open in'. https://db.tt/PNlFPzUy Then tap on 'Copy to iBooks'. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 ...or just leave them in DB. I've never previously explored this area. I'm groping my way around now. Otherwise you can send yourself an email with the PDF attached and with the various veiwing options send to iBooks. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 https://db.tt/peYsWmUm -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. it should work. itunes will automatically add it to books, which are then synced to the ipad. I haven't found any way of dragging and dropping a PDF to iTunes which will result in the PDF showing up in 'Books' so that I can sync the iPad to it. click on the pdf, drag to itunes, let go. itunes figures out the rest. make sure that you enabled book syncing. it may be disabled. I presume you are referring to enabling 'Sync Collections' in the iBooks section of iPad's setup. Yes, that is enabled. My problem is that I haven't found how to get the PDF in to iTunes to enable me to sync it in the first place. dragging should be sufficient. click on the ipad (at the top) and then the book section (on the side). this used to be less convoluted in itunes 11 and earlier. I'm not sure quite what you are referring to there. Click on what (at the top) and where are we when we have a book section on the side? http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ot2014-08-23at 73717AM_zps4f836f19.jpg it was a lot better in older versions of itunes, before they ****ed up the interface: http://libris.me/Images/screen14.png either way, once you get the book panel, just select the books you want and sync. |
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On 2016-04-10 01:01:49 +0000, Eric Stevens said:
On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:04:09 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2016-04-09 23:30:46 +0000, Eric Stevens said: I apologise for keeping coming back to you guys with my problems but setting up this iPad thing is driving me up the wall. iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.1. Computer running today's variation of Windows 10 (come to think of it, I haven't had an update for several weeks). One of the strongest reasons for me using an iPad is the ability to load in camera manuals as PDF files. I have four such files totalling 42MB and cannot get them into the iPad. Googling tells me: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. (2) Send them as attachments to an email addressed to yourself. Then you can save them to 'iBooks'. I attempted this but the size of the attachments have caused them to be rejected by the email system at multiple levels. (3) Use iCloud. Attempts to install iCloud are greeted by the follwing Windows message: "There is a problem with this Windows installation package. A program as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personel or package vendor." How else do I install these PDFs? There are two simple ways: Use DB which has its own PDF reader, when located in DB on your iPad tap on the 'Share' icon and select 'Open in'. https://db.tt/PNlFPzUy Then tap on 'Copy to iBooks'. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 ...or just leave them in DB. Otherwise you can send yourself an email with the PDF attached and with the various veiwing options send to iBooks. https://db.tt/lM3dJgV8 https://db.tt/peYsWmUm Tried that. The attachements are to big to allow mailing. Then use the DB method. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Sat, 09 Apr 2016 21:10:05 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: (1) Drag and drop them into (somewhere) iTunes and then sync. Doesn't work that I can see. it should work. itunes will automatically add it to books, which are then synced to the ipad. I haven't found any way of dragging and dropping a PDF to iTunes which will result in the PDF showing up in 'Books' so that I can sync the iPad to it. click on the pdf, drag to itunes, let go. itunes figures out the rest. If that's what it's doing it's still thinking. It's been thinking for two days now in some cases. make sure that you enabled book syncing. it may be disabled. I presume you are referring to enabling 'Sync Collections' in the iBooks section of iPad's setup. Yes, that is enabled. My problem is that I haven't found how to get the PDF in to iTunes to enable me to sync it in the first place. dragging should be sufficient. click on the ipad (at the top) and then the book section (on the side). this used to be less convoluted in itunes 11 and earlier. I'm not sure quite what you are referring to there. Click on what (at the top) and where are we when we have a book section on the side? http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/Julien321/ScreenShot2014-08-23at73717AM_zps4f836f19.jpg it was a lot better in older versions of itunes, before they ****ed up the interface: http://libris.me/Images/screen14.png either way, once you get the book panel, just select the books you want and sync. These are what I have currently: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...Untitled-1.jpg and and https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...Untitled-2.jpg neither of which explain why I have 14 books in the iPad, including four user manuals, but no PDFs. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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