Downloading Kits to an iPad

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  1. NancyBeck

    NancyBeck Happy resident of Pollyville

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    Hi everyone,

    I wonder if you can help with with a question from a customer in CS? Can kits be downloaded directly to an iPad?
     
  2. londoncuppa

    londoncuppa I like rain, England ... and big words

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    This doesn't directly answer your question, Nancy, but it may help with your inquiry.

    I think the easiest way to handle scrapping kits on an iPad (or your phone) is to download them to a service such as Dropbox. I really don't mobile scrap anymore but when I was using the Project Life app, I would use the Dropbox app (which is available for the iPad), and browse my stash that way. When I found what I wanted, I would download the items to my device from the cloud via the app.

    When I was done with the item, I would delete it. This method prevents having limited hard drive space used up by digital assets, which can be very large files. Hope that helps.
     
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  3. NancyBeck

    NancyBeck Happy resident of Pollyville

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    That sounds like awesome advice to me! Thanks for your input, Margaret!
     
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  4. londoncuppa

    londoncuppa I like rain, England ... and big words

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    Glad to help, Nancy!
     
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  5. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    Glad you got an answer! I'm like "how do u scrap on a phone or iPad when there's no mouse?!" PL makes more sense & I like the Dropbox idea so good one Margaret!:agree
     
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  6. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    You can download directly to the ipad if you have a program that will unzip on the iPad. I know that when @klee73010 was app scrapping it was much much easier to do the Dropbox way that Margaret posted above.
     
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  7. klee73010

    klee73010 I might have a thing for drummers

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    I always download to my computer, then move to a cloud based option.

    There was one time I downloaded directly to my phone. It was one of Kate's packs and I was trying to meet a deadline. Haha. But my android did allow me to unzip the file once it was downloaded to my phone. I just have to go to "my files" and follow prompts. It is certainly not my preferred method.

    If you have time, I also prefer doing the shadowing of elements on the computer before saving them to the cloud option. I am able to shadow things on my phone, but it is tedious, and I like layers. So... it is faster to do that ahead of time. For me.
     
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    NancyBeck Happy resident of Pollyville

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    @klee, @bestcee, @londoncuppa,

    Thank you all so much for your help!!! It looks like there is some really useful information here.
     
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