iPad Tips for Seniors How to Use The Files App
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Storing and accessing files on an iPad can be a little confusing. In this video, I try to simplify things a bit and give you a few quick tips on how to use the Files app on your iPad. This video is short, but it’s worth watching.
Here are Chapter markers in case you'd like to jump around:
Intro: 0:00
A look at Locations: 1:29
Auto Folders: 3:02
How to Open a file in a Folder: 5:36
How to scan to a folder: 7:07
How to Tag a file: 8:14
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Thank you Rich for the great video! You make it so easy to follow all of your instructions as you speak slowly so we can understand the particular process you are teaching. I look forward to viewing your other video's!!
Another very helpful video, Rich! I have used documents for years, but they were not as organized as I would have liked. This will help me go through the documents and folders I have on my iPad/iPhone and get organized! Thanks so much for always giving us great tips and for talking and moving slow enough so we can comprehend what you are doing!
Hi Alicia! The iPad I use for videos is different than the iPad I have for personal use. Now I have to go in there and get organized too!
Thank you Rich! Very informative! And you talk slowly and clearly! Thanks again buddy!
Wow! Just what I’ve wanted to know, but so much to digest. I’ll be looking many times at this video to get things working for me. Thanks a lot Rich!
You're welcome. Glad it helped.
I have used files many times but it just became so much more useful after your explanation, many thanks.
You're welcome! Thank so much for watching.
As always I return to your video's to learn or refresh myself on a given apple topic and as a senior who has gone all apple I thank you for your insight and pleasant approach to this complex but wonderful world. Thanks !!!
I appreciate that! There's so much work and planning that goes into each video. Kind words like yours keep me going!
I just discovered your videos and was excited to find your tutorial so clear, methodical and easy to follow. The information is very helpful. I’ll be watching all your videos and taking notes.
So glad these videos are helpful. That's why I make them. Thank you for the kind words and thanks for watching!
I agree that this is the easiest video I’ve seen on files app. I can now clean up my mess in files and my next project is learning more about how to use Finder. I’ll check to see if you have one on it because I understand that these two go hand in hand when working on my MacBook Air, iPad and iPhone. Thanks again!!😊
Thanks Rich, as ever brilliant production! Thank you!
Hi Billy! How are your doing? I hope the video helped a little.
WOW, this was really helpful as I am new owner of an I pad. I will have to watch the tutorial a few more times and try to set up mine.
Thank you
Very informative. I never knew I could do things like you showed.
I enjoy watching and learning from your videos. Thanks
Thanks for the kind words. Glad it was helpful.
Your explanation was so good very clear and u made it so easy to follow I am very happy, I learnt about files. Thanks a million and god bless you always.
This helped me a lot. Thanks for a simple and non-overwhelming lesson.
You're very welcome!
Super, as always!
Hey Paul! Glad this short video was worth watching!
This is very instructional, thank you for putting the effort to make this awesome video.
Greetings from England. I am finding your videos very helpful. Thank you😃
Thank you very much for the fantastic informative video. It is very useful to everybody
You're welcome!
Hi Rich,
I wondered how to use the Files App, I couldn’t figure it out. Thanks to your video I can use it, well once I view your video a couple more times. As always thanks for the useful information. Kindness, Teresa
Hi Teresa! It's one of those things you need to know how to do but don't need to do very often. Thanks for watching!
Hats off to you sir. I should have subscribed you long before. Your guidance is superb and seniors can easily learn from your knowledge and tutorials.
Wow! Thank you very much! Watching this following the iCloud tutorial video helps me to understand the apple’s ecosystem much better.
Great to hear!
You helped me with apple files ( was going crazy crying to figure out ) thanks ❤ you’re videos
Excellent thank you so much, I did not have a clue and now I do. I am going to watch more of your videos
Thanks Randy! There's a bunch of great folks who follow this channel. You'll find their comments and the videos really helpful.
Rich - I enjoy your videos. Well presented and easy to follow. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
Very helpful tutorial to organize important documents. Thank you 👍
You are welcome!
TQ it's helpful. Easy to follow and to understand👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing.
You bet
Yes thank you for the help!
Happy to help!
Thank goodness I found your channel! I was given an iPaf back in 2019 so my family & I could FaceTime. I have been struggling ever since with folder & files . My problem is NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND THEM AFTER SAVING! I now realize that when I want to save a pdf & I click on d/l icon, it automatically saves to Google drive. BUT, I don’t have google drive! That’s why I can never find these! Thank you for making a channel just for seniors. I thought I would use my iPad for talking to family and keep using my laptop for everything else. But I love the iPad so much I rarely turn on my ancient laptop anymore. I need your info so much! Thanks again. I need to finish watching g this to see if I can find my files somewhere that are in ‘my drive’. 👏👏👏👏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥰
Thanks so much for the kind words! So glad the videos are helpful. By the way, you can add Google Drive to your iPad. Just download it from the App Store and log in with your Google Drive credentials and the drive will show up in the Files app on your iPad. Hope this helps!
Thx for having me so interested and knowing your tutorial help me more focus on my IPhone & computer Manny
Your'e welcome!
Very informative video thanks for the information.
Glad it was helpful!
This was a great video!!!
Thanks Mary! I hope it was helpful.
Thanks again.
You're welcome!
That was very useful
Glad you think so!
Thank you!!!!
You're welcome!
AWESOME INDEED YOU REALLY CREATED THIS VIDEO FOR THE SENIORS ON POINT AND CONCISE. YOU GAT ME SUBSCRIBE
Great suggestions
Hi Steve - I'm not a big Files user, but I do have to get in there from time to time. It's handy to know how to use it. Thanks for watching!
@@RichBowlin I probably won’t use it that much but the scan something and store it is a great idea. Thanks for making the UA-cam videos!
wow! 10 minutes with you and now I know how to use folders on my iPad!!
Great! I couldn't live without them. If I don't keep things organized I can never find what I'm looking for. Thanks for watching!
Awesome….great tutorial
Glad you liked it!
@@RichBowlin still can’t figure out how to create a folder and organize my tube videos..
Methodical instructions- appreciate the time you took to make it! Would you know why some files- such as PDFs- can be found under the general Files folder, but you cannot delete or rename them? (They are not locked files).
Very helpful video Rich. Can you please make a video on how to save an excel file that was e-mailed to me as a pdf file on my ipad pro. Thanks
Hi great help. Have you done a video on how to use numbers ?
As usual you explained the details very nicely .Thank a lot. Can you please explain how to change the name of photo taken in iPhone and stored in iCloud . It is stored in such a name which means nothing to me.
I’m glad I discovered this video. I’ll have to watch a few more times before I try to clean up the mess I’ve made attempting to save things. Is there some way to access and save google photos (from my Android phone) onto my iPad?
Thank you! Even though I have been using iPads since the first day they were available, this is not an app that I use. After this excellent tutorial, I will definitely start. I think a lot that I store in Notes can be stored here.
Is it possible to send a website article to documents?
You fill in the blanks, Rich. And there are an increasing number of them! Thanks for the help.
Rich, thanks so much for your very helpful videos. I just discovered you in the past couple of days and have been watching you. I love your videos and about this particular one for folders that I never knew how to find them before but I have a question! If I want to delete any of the files as I want to organize them now, how will I go about that?
Thanks so much in advance and keep your videos coming.😊
Welcome aboard! To delete a file, just place your finger on the file you want to delete and slide it to the left. A little red box will appear that says "Delete". Just tap that and the file is deleted. Hope this helps!
Great info, as always Rich. I’m trying to figure out how to access a pdf that was emailed to me. I’ve opened it, and downloaded it, but it’s not showing up under downloads. Is there another place to look? Thanks again.
Hi, great video. We have Dropbox, but not sure exactly what it is doing for us, or whether we really need it. Maybe a video on using that?
You know, I thought about that a year ago. Dropbox is the standard, but I just got tired of it downloading a bunch of stuff/rules I didn't want. So I ditched it and moved to iCloud. I've never looked back ( well I do have Google Drive but I don't need it). Thanks so much for watching!
Hi, Rich. Great video! I’ve been wondering about files, and wanting to use them on my new iPad Air 5th gen, which I bought after watching your suggestions. (Love it that bigger screen so much!)
Question: My accountant sent me a pdf of my income tax return in an email. How do I make a folder for it and future returns, label it “tax returns” and put the pdf in it? I’d like to use that folder to store my returns in that same folder in the future. Also, is there a way to secure the folder on my iPad so no one can open it but me? With a password maybe? I have no idea. My previous returns are in my old MacBook Pro, which needs a password to open it at all, but I didn’t do that. I am wanting to move to doing more on the iPad than on the computer because it’s old, and I don’t plan on buying a new one, as it was mostly for work, and I’m retired now.
I’ve enjoyed many of your videos. I’ve never quite figured out nor used the files on ipad - so thanks. I also enjoyed the little background guitar music. Is that your own music? I noticed guitars in the background in one of your videos.
Glad you like them! That's a backing guitar track - but not me playing. I do play the guitar and plan to record some tracks when I get a chance.
Could you do a video on Quickstart?
Love your videos, but I need some help. I am trying to format a Sandisk extreme to exFAT so I can download my almost 2000 images from the cloud and free up some room. Phone and Ipad will not back up due to lack of headroom in my icloud. I do not know how to go beyond opening the files app, I am unable to identify a command for formatting the ssd. Are you able to help? Cheers, Jimmy Cryderman.
When i save a file it only save as a rich text file now what how can I see a rich text file ? Thank you so much from one of your senior watchers also I am a scribed.👍👌✌️🤞
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Thanks Rich, your tutorials are alway very clear and have been a great help, I would just like to ask as far as files go if I save them on my IPad is there a way that they could travel across to my other apple devices such as my second IPad and IPhone much the same as photos and notes do ? I do realise that if I save to iCloud Drive that I could download to my other devices, its just for the times that I’m out and about and don’t have internet connection.
Yes it will!
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Hi Rich - so glad to find your video! I’m an illustrator and need to create a folder with my portfolio but I don’t know if the files into put in my folder should be low resolution ( 100 dpi) or a higher resolution and should these all be jpegs? You may not know but thank you again either way!
Hi Roberta! You can use whatever file size you like. But you're limited to the amount of storage you have on your iPad. You might try a few higher-resolution illustrations and see what kind of space they take up and then make your final decision from there. Hope this helps!
Rich can you transfer a file from notes to the files app?
Thank you. Maybe I missed it but I didn’t see how to put a downloaded file into a file!??
A download file is in your downloads folder (already in the files app!) You can move it to a different folder if you'd like.
Such a good video! I use Word a lot on my iPad. I notice it doesn’t seem to create its own folder. Now that you’ve showed me I can of course make one….but, is there a way to save a word file directly to the folder?
Hi George! I'm not sure. I've not tried it with Word (though I use Word on my computer almost daily). On my iPad I use Pages. I'll give it try and see if I can figure it out.
Have new ipad and I tried to do the trick of scanning document and it didn't give me the option. I'm wondering why? Maybe something needs to be turned on somewhere?
How do I disable the reading panel on the email app?
Rich, good video, do you know how to just plainly type a letter or document for printing?? Something like Word??? Without buying an app?? Thanks in advance
Sure. The app Pages comes with the iPad. It's a word processor much like Microsoft Word. You can open it up and type away. To print, you'll need to setup a printer. Not sure what kind of printer you have, but it needs to be compatible with the iPad. Hope this helps!
How about telling us what to do if there is no files icon on my iPad?
Great video! Files has always confused me. What if I want to be sure a file is backed up in iCloud? Do I save it in my iPad folder, the iCloud folder, or in both?
Thanks Ellen! Save it in the iCloud folder and you're safe. I only save stuff in the local iPad folder if I know I'm going to need a file when I might not have internet access.
What do grayed out files mean when you open a folder
I still cannot move documents into a folder I have created, where you pulled up Safari then dragged a file into the folder I couldn’t get the two pages up together, I had either safari showing or the document whereas you had a split screen so was able to drag the file across.
HELP !
When I accidently copy same file again in a folder, a duplicate file is created. How can I overwrite old file as a permanent setting like windows
How do I import a folder from my PC to a folder in the Files app?
I have tried to download but I can’t locate it, what am I doing wrong?
I was looking in my files on my iPad and saw a lot of what I think were screenshots. I have never saved a screenshot to a file . I tried experimenting by taking different screen shots and saving to photos . All are saved in photos and very random some are saved in files. I looked for an answer online and just found others with the same issue. Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks for any help. These screenshots are in file under recents .
This was good information but I need more. When I first started fiddling with the Files app I discovered that I have all kinds of files all over everywhere mainly from my main computer that somehow got into iCloud and then got onto my iPad and so everything is all over everywhere. What I would like is to have virtually all of my files in the iCloud area with the ability of occasionally move something to my iPad or iPhone because like you say I may not have an Internet connection. So maybe in advanced files tutorial would be very welcome at least by me.
I plan on making a new video on the files app. But in the meantime, it might be helpful to know that the files you have in your iCloud account are not "on" your iPad unless you download them. They're in the cloud and available for you to view. I've taken some time getting my iCloud mess organized and now things don't look so bad on my iPad. Hope this makes sense.
@@RichBowlin I look forward to the next files app video
PDF challenge: I needed to send a multipage document to a business. They would only accept the file if its contents were PDF. Please explain how to scan or picture pages and convert them to PDF; and then email them. Your friend, Roger of Orlando
Hello, Rich can you tell me if I can have my App Library right next to my Home Screen like you have on your videos Thank you
You sure can. To do this, I just remove all the apps on any screen I have. I don't delete the apps, I just remove them. If you tap and hold on an app you'll get the option to remove it. When you remove it, you can still find it in the App Library. Hope this helps!
@@RichBowlin thank you rich, just did it i had 5 pages of apps , now i feel very minimal
I can’t find the files app. I want it on my Home Screen. How do I do that?
Hi Rich thank you for your wonderful Video and make lot more okay From GarryHawes
Thanks, will do!
How do we edit a comment? I see I’ve made an error but can’t find ‘edit’?
Can I download this app for Android?
How do I move ONE file from my iPad to my ipone??? Thanks!!!!!❤
If you're file is in iCloud Drive and your iPhone and iPad are using the same Apple ID, then it's already there! Just open the files app on your iPhone. Otherwise, you could email it. Hope this helps!
@@RichBowlin thanks!
Sir in my ipad when I am using file app the files bar is not pinned. I have to slide or tap on the top left corner icon to open file bar. Sir I need to pin it there like you have in this video. Please please reply
Holding the ipad in landscape mode should fix this. Also make sure you're running the latest version of the operating system. Hope this helps!
What if I somehow don't have the files app?
I'm not even a senior and I just cannot seem to find things from the files app. Apple legit need to give their users a little bit more freedom.
Yep. I could go on for days about the Files app...but at least it's slowly getting better.
Ok please no one laugh but I cannot even FIND the File app!! I just downloaded a couple episodes on my iPad for a long flight and looked all over for the file app, nothing. Even swiped and did a search for the app, nothing. Thought it was on my iPad automatically? Before I do anything I’ll check with my husband who will probably tease me and one of my grown sons who will also tease me but that’s ok. I’m learning and I’m grateful 😂❤
Am i confused? Are you making folders in Notes or Files? Seems like doing duplicate. Please clarify.
Is there any option to store iCloud files locally like in laptop we have option to store it in offline mode ?
Yes! You can download and store locally any file on the iPad in the On My iPad folder. Hope this helps!
@@RichBowlin but if later I update that file from another device then at that time will it also reflect to on my ipad drive or I need to update it manually to it ?
@@RichBowlin by the way...thanks for reply🙂
@@sumitwankhede6034 You'll need to update it manually. Everything in iCloud syncs between devices. But files stored locally on the iPad do not.
@@sumitwankhede6034 You're very welcome. And thanks so much for watching.
Hey! Anybody wanna help?
I just transferred 40 plus Docs from iFiles to USB. Now my PC doesn't read text, and comes out as Mac Text.
Any quick fix? Change file type, etc...
What kind of documents are they? If you right click on a file you copied, and choose "Properties" what extension does it show? It will usually be something like .txt (text) .pages (Pages file), etc. Apple loves to do things in a proprietary way and don't like to play with other companies. Sometimes you have to export whatever file it is to a standard or more widely used format.
Seems like Files and Notes do the same thing...is there a reason to use one over the other?
They are 2 separate apps for different tasks. Notes is to jot down notes. Files is a file manager app that lets copy files between your iPad and other services like Google Drive, iCloud, or an external drive you may have plugged into your iPad.
Why does your screen look nothing like mine, it’s black for a start,
I'm in "dark mode." You can access this in Control Center and with between light and dark mode. I film in dark mode because light mode just looks all washed out when I watch it. Hope this helps.
Rich, I may be the only one with this problem, but the background music is distracting. My brain keeps jumping from your voice to the music and back to your voice again. Otherwise, excellent tutorial, as always.
You're not the only one. In fact, quite a few people find the background music distracting. Equally, a lot of people find the background music enjoyable. I think I'm going to ditch the music soon. I want to help folks, not drive them nuts with background music. I do try to keep it low. I try to use music to help the flow of the video. Thanks so much for your comment and thanks for watching.
@@RichBowlin Thank you, Rich. The flow is fine. One solution if people want to listen to music while watching your videos, they can play it simultaneously through another channel.
BTW, I like your tutes so much, I gave the info to a friend who's in her seventies. She loves your presentations.
Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m aware of the music I hadn’t noticed before. Bummer.
Cut out the distraction of that horrible background noise, it’s not music it’s not needed what is it’s purpose?
You say the tutorial is for seniors we don’t need needless rubbish noise churning away in the background.
I agree the music is VERY distracting. When I sign up for any kind of course the instructor does not play background music. Remember this is for seniors, and when seniors went to school the teachers were not playing music in the classroom.
My vote is to PLEASE ditch the music. I wanted to send this to my 90+ year old Dad but the music would prevent him from getting anything out of this video. Thanks for listening.
well how to add something IN the folder?
like a game
When do you use Apple notes and when do you use Apple
files?
I use Apple Notes for all of my notes, and I use the Files App to store other files. Think of Apple Notes as a yellow legal pad and think of the Files App as a filing cabinet. Hope this makes sense!
Too much background noise - still looking for help with ‘files’.
Why play music?
I think my iPad is too old. It’s from 2016 and doesn’t work so well. It doesn’t look like yours.
all I want to do is find all the files on my ipad pro
That's where Apple falls flat with their iPadOS. To my knowledge, you go to "on my iPad" in the locations heading. That shows you the files you are able to access. Apple doesn't give you a real file manager on iPadOS like they do with Mac. It is pretty rudimentary so you can't see any system files or anything like that. Apps usually create a folder with their icon where they store their documents and maybe settings.
THIS ISN’T IOS THIS IS ANDROID AAAAAAAAAAA
I've got a much better plan for my iPhone.
I'm going to fill my tractor up with diesel - and keep driving over the iPhone until the tractor runs out of fuel!
This app is confusing, circular, and not even as good as the original Files on Windows 3.1.
I came from Windows too. This app needs a lot of work, though I will say it's actually gotten better. This is just an entirely new operating system and the Files app was only introduced a few years ago. It'll improve over time (if you have time to wait!)
OMG THE INTRO IS WAY TO FRICKING LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG