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scottjl · 06-12-2010, 07:40 PM

ok. here's what i did..

i created a text file with textwrangler, a popular free text editor from bare bones software, with some content (one line of text) and saved it to my desktop. dragged it into the goodreader application window of padsync while my ipad was not connected.

i connected up the ipad, and padsync automatically synced the text file into goodreader on the ipad.

i disconnected the ipad and quit padsync. i verified on the ipad my line of text was there. then launched up textwrangler and added a second line of text.

i re-connected my ipad, and launched padsync. it went through a quick sync session.

i then disconnected again and quit pad sync. the second line of text was not added to the text file on the ipad.

i started up padsync, dragged the file again from the desktop into goodreader window. connected my ipad. watched it sync. disconnected the ipad.

the second line of text was present.

from this test i can say changes made to the original file, on my desktop, after the initial sync, are not replicated over to the ipad. not unless you drag and drop the changed file into padsync again (which will give you a warning and ask if you want to replace the previous file.

as an added test. i drilled down into the ~/Library/Application Support/PadSync/[device UDID]/com.goodiware.GoodReaderIPad directory and there is a copy of my text file. synced away. i edited that file directly. changes made there were auto-uploaded into the ipad.

one of the times i launched padsync i happened to have my iphone 3gs, running 3.1.2, connected, it asked if i wanted to sync it and i clicked yes. it did sync out a few applications but i can not see their stored files, nor can i drag any files into them. i am assuming this is because 3.1.2 does not support application directories like 3.2 (the iPad's OS). 4.0 will resolve this and i'll be able to drag files to/from the iphone as well.

hope this answers some syncing questions. and i learned a little more about the capabilities and limitations of the product.

06-12-2010, 07:40 PM	#12
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	ok. here's what i did.. i created a text file with textwrangler, a popular free text editor from bare bones software, with some content (one line of text) and saved it to my desktop. dragged it into the goodreader application window of padsync while my ipad was not connected. i connected up the ipad, and padsync automatically synced the text file into goodreader on the ipad. i disconnected the ipad and quit padsync. i verified on the ipad my line of text was there. then launched up textwrangler and added a second line of text. i re-connected my ipad, and launched padsync. it went through a quick sync session. i then disconnected again and quit pad sync. the second line of text was not added to the text file on the ipad. i started up padsync, dragged the file again from the desktop into goodreader window. connected my ipad. watched it sync. disconnected the ipad. the second line of text was present. from this test i can say changes made to the original file, on my desktop, after the initial sync, are not replicated over to the ipad. not unless you drag and drop the changed file into padsync again (which will give you a warning and ask if you want to replace the previous file. as an added test. i drilled down into the ~/Library/Application Support/PadSync/[device UDID]/com.goodiware.GoodReaderIPad directory and there is a copy of my text file. synced away. i edited that file directly. changes made there were auto-uploaded into the ipad. one of the times i launched padsync i happened to have my iphone 3gs, running 3.1.2, connected, it asked if i wanted to sync it and i clicked yes. it did sync out a few applications but i can not see their stored files, nor can i drag any files into them. i am assuming this is because 3.1.2 does not support application directories like 3.2 (the iPad's OS). 4.0 will resolve this and i'll be able to drag files to/from the iphone as well. hope this answers some syncing questions. and i learned a little more about the capabilities and limitations of the product.