Cloudftp: The Missing Link Between Usb Drives And Ios Devices

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 05:25 AM

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 10:39 PM

It seems that many have not noticed that Apple sells a very simple and convenient USB adapter that works just great iOS. Cheap, simple, no radio waves... Why bother with another 100$ gadget that requires yet another power supply ?... I am mystified.

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Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:42 AM

what exactly would you wanna transfer from your phone to a drive? if all your data resides in the cloud already, what's the point of having anything local? especially if you use something like spotify for your music provider?

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 05:22 PM

alexstg, on 12 January 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

Also mystified. I can't seem to figure out why people don't seem to realize Apple already sells not one, but THREE adapters for the docking port on the iPad -- two in the iPad Camera Connection Kit (USB to Docking Port; SD Card Reader to Docking Port) and the standard USB to Docking port cable that is supplied with the iPad. The USB and SD card reader will work with more than just cameras, by the way.

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Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:49 AM

Doesn't really solve the problem of the OS not really want to let apps save and load files, something that, after working with android phones and tablets for a bit, now seems entirely archaic the way Apple does it.

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Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:53 AM

mo1076, on 13 January 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

Ever worked with big music or video or photo files? Alot of them? The "Cloud" is no place for 3 gig video clips, 100 meg audio (each) sequencer files, or 500 photos that you need quick access to... not an hour from now... 3 minutes from now. That nice little 3 minute clip you took of your kids at 1920x1080 resolution? 400 megabytes? Yeeepp.... 3 hours to upload???? eerrrp... The clouds is fine for a few little photos, some docs, slow storage of backup data, but realtime access to needed files? Not good enough, not yet at least.

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 09:21 AM

can it help me to access interent on ipad by using my usb dongle internet??

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 06:56 AM

BrandonDuHamel, on 18 January 2012 - 05:22 PM, said:

alexstg, on 12 January 2012 - 10:39 PM, said:

Because Apple won't let many apps load data that way. There are many apps that can ONLY get data transferred to them by iTunes because apple insists on this. One I have (designed to read digital comics) was set up to copy data from the port but apple banned it from the App store for exactly that reason. The publisher now sells an iTunes only version in app store and one on their own web site that can copy from a USB device but requires a jailbroken device, because that's the way Apple rolls. I fervently hope that with the passing of Steve Jobs and his "I know what's best for you attitude - going back all the way to the original Mac, that Apple will allow more options on iOS.

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 12:43 PM

Say you are shooting footage of your holiday and run out of space on your iphone ipad 2 or samsung galaxy. move it over to the cloudftp and continue shooting your holiday. just take a small 500 gb usb powered hard drive with the cloudftp simply transfer your saves to the ftp storage.