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iPad Frustration
Hi,
I have wasted much of life "fighting" the iPad (coming from a PC background)
1 - Is it just me, or when you go to name /rename something the keyboard does not ALWAYS (always = every time, every last time, without fail it never NOT does this) - pop up or come up so you can immediately start typing the name or new name of something, be it file or preset name or whatever.............. is it just me???
2 - Is it just me, or do you spend hours upon extra hours of your life finding and moving files; cuz Apple is afraid to let you, or the applications you use have access to ALL folders on the machine?
WHERE is the Audioshare folder? How do I navigate to it from or with the File/Explorer app? Unlike many other apps, I don't see a folder with this 'audioshare' name as I do with Loopy, and other apps.
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In the Files App, tap the three dots at the top of the left sidebar. Then Edit Sidebar. Then find AudioShare and turn it on so that it will now show in the sidebar.
I'm not sure the scope of your question. In all apps, in some apps, in the files app?
Apps aren't standard in their handling of file dialogs like on Windows. Getting developers to be consistent about file and preset naming is like trying to herd cats. It's just the way it is.
No, I spend maybe two minutes a week at most.
For someone who is used to tuning a violin every five minutes, rosining a bow, changing strings all the time etc. I'd think you'd be used to a little bit of hassle now and then. 😉
@wim The keyboard not coming up happens in pretty much EVERY app. In File Manager, when renaming files, in LP when naming presets (sometimes but not all the time), and in other apps as well.
I FINALLY figured out /found Audioshare.... you see - INCONSISTENT iPad behavior - rather than a "folder" on my iPad, like most other apps; it is on the left navigation pain as a folder. SooOOOOOoo frustrating. STANDARDS and CONSISTENCY make software easy to use; not certain why Audioshare gets its OWN folder of sorts on the left side...... I just want EASY.
Hi. I've a couple of suggestions. First, you can add the AudioShare file provider to the Files app sidebar. In iPadOS 26, tap the (…) menu over the sidebar and select Edit. You can enable the various available providers.
Second, you shouldn't regard those folders you see in the Files app as "real" folders. They are "Documents" folders from within the various apps' private stashes, made accessible by the "On my iPad" file provider. I have several apps that seem to share their folders accidentally, neither storing or accessing data in them. Of course, you can create real folders in the Files app; they will be managed by the Files app.
Starting several years before the Files app appeared, I have used 3rd-party apps to manage my data in a generic fashion. I use FE File Explorer Pro for general data files, and GoodReader for pdf documents. I can freely do as I choose with those apps: copy and delete files, copy to cloud storage and delete locally, rename and change extensions, view and edit any file as text, etc. They both appear in the sidebar of the Document Picker (the Files thingy that apps use to open files), so I can access those files from apps. I can recommend those two apps most highly; I've used them for 12 years without a hiccup.
Thanks for all of the tips /advice; I will grab one of the file management apps
You don’t by any chance have a Bluetooth keyboard that might be connecting when you’re not aware of it?
Or, is this happening exclusively in Loopy Pro? There is a pesky intermittent bug with the typing keyboard in Loopy at the moment.
AudioShare, etc. came along before there was an accessible file system on iOS. It’s not too hard to understand why it’s treated differently.
Often the close the app beam that comes up prevents me from operating the app
I do not have a MIDI keyboard, well...... is the keyboard that comes with the iPad holder, the one that has a hinge on the back; is that Bluetooth, and would it stay (somehow) connected to the iPad if I take it out of the holder???
If you’re talking about the Magic Keyboard, it won’t work without the iPad attached to it. It has to be physically connected to the iPad to get the power it needs to actually work. It doesn’t use Bluetooth. If you look at the inside of the panel that the iPad sticks to (aka the side that doesn’t have the keyboard), you can see a line of 3 or 4 small metal dots. Those line up with a series of 3 or 4 small holes/indentations on the back of the iPad and it’s my understanding that those are the connection point(s) that not only draw enough power from the iPad to allow the keyboard to work, but its that physical connection that allows the iPad and keyboard to communicate and work with each other. I’m no expert though This is just based on some brief searching online, and I don’t know if that’s how all models of the Magic Keyboard work with their appropriate iPad models. I’d never used a Magic Keyboard with the iPad before because I wasn’t willing to spend $350 on something that should not cost $350, but I splurged this time around and got one for the new iPad Pro. I usually just keep my iPad in the Smart Folio, because it’s makes it easier to use the iPad in portrait mode and I’m also scared that closing the lid (I.e. the surface where the keyboard and trackpad are), is going to end up damaging the device screen. As far as I can tell, the only thing that prevents the lid from completely closing and pressing up against the screen is a very thin, practically not even noticeable ring of rubber/silicon/whatever that surrounds the keyboard, but I don’t trust that to provide enough cushioning and/or enough of a gap to ensure that the rest of the metal surface doesn’t end up piiahimg directly against the screen. I’m probably just being overly paranoid, and a screen protector might be good line of defense, but I’ve never ever used a screen protector on any of my iPads and I don’t want to start now. I absolutely hate applying screen protectors to just about anything, and considering the struggles I’ve had when trying to apply them to handheld gaming systems or previous iPhones, I feel like trying to apply a screen protector to something with. 13” screen would be an exercise in complete and total frustration.
I’ve had a Nintendo Switch 2 since June of this year, and I still haven’t even taken it out of the box simply because I’m dreading the screen protector application process so much. I even bought the fancy, expensive screen protectors ($40 for a two-pack) that include a special frame that supposedly make application foolproof, but I still feel like it’s going to be be more of a hassle than I want to deal with. Unfortunately, I’ve seen too many people online writing posts or making videos that mention how much more prone the Switch 2 screen is to scratching, compared to most other portable devices with a a screen. And it doesn’t help that it’s a plastic screen, not glass. But I’ve gone way too offf topic at this point, so I’ll just end it here. I don’t know if anything I wrote in this post even properly addressed your initial question…
There is no keyboard that comes with iPads, as a default though, AJ. So what is it you're using? Sounds like the Smart Keyboard maybe?
@Vmusic - just checking again ... ?
I’m probably just being overly paranoid, and a screen protector might be good line of defense, but I’ve never ever used a screen protector on any of my iPads and I don’t want to start now. I absolutely hate applying screen protectors to just about anything, and considering the struggles I’ve had when trying to apply them to handheld gaming systems or previous iPhones, I feel like trying to apply a screen protector to something with. 13” screen would be an exercise in complete and total frustration.
@betamax999, should you decide that a screen protector makes sense, one of these may be worth considering. I've put them on my family's four iPads and they've all been easy to install. You probably know this, but the most critical step is cleaning every spec of dust off the screen before applying the protector.
Future shop offered to install it for me for 5$ or 10$.
I had the same issue with a midi controller hooked up the keyboard would not pop up to type. I had to go in settings under accomodations and enable keyboard to always come up. Now it does all the time even if I have a midi controller hooked up.
Everyone - I have posted the iPad holder/keyboard I have. I use while "rough crafting" things, but not when I am actually out playing, or making music videos with LP. As was mentioned above - I believe when I remove the iPad off, or from, this holder it is NOT connected to the iPad.
As stated above - the issues with the on screen keyboard NOT popping up happen in the File Manager (when renaming files), sometimes in LP when renaming presets (maybe even when renaming audiobusses - not sure on that one), and although I do not use a ton of other apps, it happens in other apps as well................ QUITE OFTEN (too often) - an EXTRA CLICK to open or popup the on screen keyboard; so frustrating and time wasting.
Thank you for the info on Audio Share being a "drive" of sorts on the side rather than a folder as LP and other Apps often are. Sorry that I don't have the official iPad lingo down, coming from the PC and well everyday world, something you put files into for organization is a (file) folder and since I've seen it that way for decades, it makes sense.