How to Use the iPad Files App!

[@Quigley-c8c]

LOVE that you explained why/how to print from within the app, when we cannot before opening! That has flummoxed me forEVERrrrrr

[@tonypaluch893]

Thanks

[@r.a.monigold9789]

Possibly the BEST - definitely the handiest - APP on the iPad (and iPhone). I use it to "store" my "way too many" files on an external drive before I'm forced to Trash them to make my iPad (and iPhone) usable during an "Overfull" warning. I also take a screen shot of the contents of my external storage - saves time searching. Thanks Rich.

[@haroldkchandler]

You've done it again Rich. Easy to follow instructions. I mainly used PCs and files on the iPad I found to not be so intuitive. This is a big help.

[@RichBowlin]

Glad it was helpful. Thanks so much for watching!

[@rlbutterfield]

Very good explanation. Thank you, Rich. 👍🏻🙂. Have you ever done a video on using “Google drive”?

[@jogwimp]

Wow! Unbelievable information and the presentation is so clear and easy to understand.

[@edladendorf2799]

Thank you, Rich! Another easy one for us old folks to understand. I do have one question. When you moved the files from your external drive, you selected "copy". So am I right in assuming that the files were not really moved, but a copy was made to be seen in the new location?

[@FJA---]

Ive used iPads since the very 1st one was released. I really don’t understand the hate for the Files app as i find it works well and is very intuitive to use. It’s gotten better with every iPad OS version.

[@bobshoe1]

At last, comprehensive, clear and concise easy to follow tutorial on using the iPad files app - something that has bewildered me for years. Now I can use this great app thanks to you!

[@RichBowlin]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ImagesByBemo57]

Amazing, I had no idea that the Files app was so powerful. Your video was so easy to follow along. Would you consider making a video explaining how you made the split screen transition in your video?

[@lindaj5492]

Perfect timing for me as I’m soon going to replace my iPad & need to reorganise my files. Thank you!

[@colinpotter7764]

I was going to say exactly that!

[@rosesterchi5794]

Perfect! Your thorough instructions are exactly what I needed! Thank you!

[@do7625]

Thumbs up and subscribe! Such a great video! I have been struggling with the Files app, but this video explains it very well!

[@RichBowlin]

Glad it helped!

[@brucegreaves3204]

Thanks for your help 😊

[@Ktbasket]

Rich I always enjoy your videos and learn something new all the time. I still struggle with organizing my photos on my Apple devices compared to what I had in the PC world. Have you done a video on this?

[@RichBowlin]

I have done a couple of videos on the Photos app. You can find them on my channel. I'll be doing a new video once iPad OS 18 is released since there will be a lot of changes. Thanks so much for watching!

[@gailgwood]

Excellent video! Just what I needed but have always avoided!

[@tonywhite5033]

This has to be the best instructional video i have come across. Cheers

[@frankwakeman5216]

Rich, this was one of your best. Frank

[@nicksmith885]

Dear Mr bowlin - thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials and tips. I moved to Apple just under a year ago and really embraced the iPhone. All thanks to you .🙂 I have since bought a second hand iPad so I will be hunting down your tutorials on that. Unfortunately I cannot afford an Apple pen. Can you recommend a non Apple Pencil that will not that break the bank, or point me where to look. I can manage with the iPhone, as I have arthritis in my hands so I swipe the keys. I cannot manage this on the iPad! Many thanks, and please keep the tutorials coming. Best wishes. Nick

[@ps-mi5hy]

This was a very informative video. I have been using Files lately but get confused. You cleared up a lot of questions for me. Thanks

[@PLANETWATERMELON]

Great video. I accidentally deleted the favorites in app. Any idea how to get it back? Thanks.

[@joenapoli8959]

Thanks Rich, great instructions appreciate this very much.

[@alicethoday3693]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@RichBowlin]

You are so welcome!

[@noelpelletier]

Thanks for the help Rich!

[@RichBowlin]

You bet!

[@Permitmon]

Incredibly helpful. Thank you.

[@davidalanmedia]

Super helpful video and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@vivianhudacek1556]

So helpful again!

[@andyb7754]

Very interesting and informative information. I'll have to try some of these to learn. Thank you.

[@HistoryNut-1701]

If you have a printer with a USB-C port, you can also plug the iPad directly into that printer and skip the wireless connection step.

[@danielbrinnemancom]

Really?!

[@novoluz]

fantastic video, very well done 👍

[@RichBowlin]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.

[@johnmalarkey4908]

Excellent - well explained

[@weinbergfahrer4048]

Very useful and easy to follow video, thank you! Subscribed. Please let us know the model of the card reader you are using here! (mine would NOT work on an iPad Air 3) - many thanks! 👍👍

[@jungapo2]

for my ipad location folder, i noticed the files under that location are also synchronized to my other apple devices like iphone, anothe ipad as long as these devices are using the same apple id.

[@lcook0825]

Thanks for a very informative video.

[@ltakallen]

Wow! Quite comprehensive and easy to follow along. Thank you. I have subscribed, I like the way you present.😊

[@Lester-te3vb]

Excellent video, learned a lot.

[@jeffgermanich8105]

May I inquire as to what iPad you are using in this video, thanks.

[@jamescrydeman540]

I don’t even know how to create a file let alone arrange them but mostly what I need to know is how to go back whenever I stuff something up and start again. What I would like to do is store on my Ipad a collection of music that I can take with me and not be dependant on a wifi connection. I would also need to know how to record the youtube music I like.

[@cushman47]

Excellent video Rich thank you!

[@markexploringnewstuff]

Rich, great information. Thank you.

[@JaRuggierojr]

This clip was very educational. Thank you keep up the good work.😊

[@RichBowlin]

Thanks!

[@alejandrodelavega9857]

Great video. Thank you.

[@joeb4349]

Rick: Does the iPad Pro 13" M4 chip have the capability of doing a slideshow with photos stored in the Files app? In this application can one do a slideshow if the photos are stored on an external hard drive, not on the device's storage? Likewise, can one do a slideshow with photos in the Photos app? Good video.

[@toddgrant7190]

😅Nicely done. Thank you.

[@picnicphoto]

Just to add one more location for Files---I use a small hub that has ports for a variety of cables (USBa-USBC, SD, etc) and I use to connect several external drives at the same time---and I can move things from folder to folder, device to device (or copy/paste), etc. Most will have no need of this, but just to add one more possibility for locations--actually the drive that is open from the hub shows up in locations, not the hub itself. IpadOS 13 (I think) was when I decided I could use the Ipad Pro 12.9 instead Mac Pro at this point in my life.

[@gmuirhead71]

can you use the Files app on Ipad and iphone to access a photos on a timemachine backup on an external hard drive ??

[@Technology4Seniors]

Very well done!

[@swimfit57]

Great tutorial

[@christopherlyons7613]

Can you create additional tags?

[@asd67lkj]

Thanks Rich.

[@RichBowlin]

You bet!

[@FDmedlabs]

The ‘un-parse-able’, parsed!❤

[@RichBowlin]

Ha! Well, maybe a little bit. Thanks so much for watching!

[@ronmccormick662]

Is there a way to change column width in column view? Many times columns are to narrow to see file name

[@StephanOnisick]

Very Help from an IPAD wimp!!!

[@sheryltupa4289]

Where did you get the external drive you’re using? I couldn’t find it anywhere online.

[@RichBowlin]

Just put a link in the description. Thanks so much for watching!

[@sheryltupa4289]

Thank you 😊

[@floydthorne6444]

Can you also use AirDrop on the iPad?

[@RichBowlin]

You sure can!

[@billgoodwin1336]

I would just comment that when you say files re moved, they aren’t actually moved, a copy is created unlike on a Windows PC, where files are in fact moved by using the move command or copied by using the copy command. Thank you for your helpful information.

[@waynebeck7801]

Can you move photos from the ssd to iPad photos ?

[@f.schenk]

Nice. But be careful when using the "Recent" function. It shows all recently viewed or otherwise used files. But if you want to clean the "recent"-list and use "delete", all files in the recent-list will be deleted, wherever they are stored (iCloud, iPad etc.). It is not like working with a browser, where you delete only the list-entry of a file. So beware of "delete". I don't know of a way to clean this list without deleting the file itself.

[@bessiebarclay]

I just do NOT have a FILES app. It is nowhere to be found on my iPad. Please help. #RichBowlin

[@n.r.2258]

Using file browser (stratospheric) jdoesn’t limit you to the Apple ecosystem rather than be able to enter you’re LAN with all the external file storages ever without USB connection.

[@carolepstein7553]

I do not have a Files App, Is this something that I should download?

[@JJFlores197]

It should be pre-installed on all iOS devices from the past like 7 years. What iPad do you have?

[@carolepstein7553]

@@JJFlores197 i have iPad 10, running iOS 17.1

[@Ranger1216]

LoCATIONS IS where files are stored?

[@storyland-m4u]

👍 subbed

[@Purple1.5]

How do I add apps onto the files?

[@Malcheesy423]

Idk I’m asking same question

[@jamesmorton7881]

Like having read only memory, that you can not write to . . . . ❤❤

[@johncameron6289]

P L E A S E Just a few minutes on the SHARED folder. You say “they will show up here”. Just show up here???? How to LOL. Thanks

[@Ranger1216]

So a tag is a folder? Help! Downloads folder create. Hmmmm tap to move things….😊

[@AmazingGrace945]

Do you use the Pages app? Do you like Word better and what version do you have?

[@LucSchots]

Actually, what you call ‘moving’ is just ‘copying’. A moved file disappears from the source location

[@bondr006]

I love the files app on my M1 iPad Pro. Gets used a lot along with Stage Manager. Are you in Raleigh? I live in Cary.😊

[@jamesmorton7881]

No text editor ! Even *.rft editing is NOT supported! Wow major issue. You can not use the iPad to generate useful written documents. Do not get rid of your MAC or PC, yet. ❤❤. I hate apple for making the iPad for net browsing only.

[@JJFlores197]

There are apps like Pages or MS Word, you know....

[@howardlenow]

Great simple tutorial. Thanks.