1Password for iOS

Continuing on from last week, I continue looking at using GoodReader.

Initially designed as a File Viewer and PDF annotation tool, GoodReader has matured into the "Swiss Army Knife" of file transfer applications.

In this second part, I take you through some of the more advanced file transfer capabilities of this amazing application.

GoodReader has built in support for many different file transfer protocols and as a result, can interface to many, many external services. In this episode, I take a look at searching for and connecting to local Macs using Bonjour and AFP as well as downloading web content via URLs or using the GoodReader browser. As far as external services are concerned, I demonstrate how you can access you DropBox account and set up Sync Folders.

One of the unexpected benefits of syncing HTML files to Goodreader, is that you can run them on the iPad itself, without an Internet connection. I put this, and the ability to create local links to GoodReader files, to good use by creating a local Safari bookmark to run the Cheaters webpages directly from Safari - a bit geeky but it kept me amused!

This full tutorial includes sections on:

• Connecting To Local Macs
• Web Transfers
• Copying URLs
• Using "ghttp"" Links
• GoodReader Web Browser
• Moving Files
• File Transfer From External Systems
• Creating & Using Sync Folders
• GoodReader Links

Do you wish file transfer on the iPad and iPhone was just a little bit easier?

This week I take a look at an application that may ease some of your frustrations - GoodReader. Initially designed as a File Viewer and PDF annotation tool, GoodReader has matured into the "Swiss Army Knife" of file transfer applications.

In the first of a two part series, I take you the capabilities of GoodReader and look at some basic file transfer methods - there are many to choose from!

As well as looking at some of the basic file transfer methods, I also explore the file viewer and some simple file and folder management.

The file transfer methods covered in this tutorial include via iTunes, via the GoodReaderUSB Mac utility and also using the built in WiFi transfer mechanism of GoodReader. In next week's tutorial I'll be taking a look at Web Downloads and connecting to both local Macs and remote services, as well as looking at some typical use case scenarios.

This full tutorial includes sections on:

• GoodReader Capabilities
• GoodReader Introduction
• File Transfer via iTunes
• File Viewer Controls
• GoodReaderUSB Utility
• GoodReader Built In WiFi Transfer
• Transferring Files via Browser
• Transferring Files via the Finder

Two applications in this week's tutorial, both from the same vendor.

The main focus of the tutorial is Drafts, a new application intended to remove the friction of entering short text notes on your iOS device.

Just fire up the app and you'll be presented with a new note - no creating or naming required. Once you've entered the text, you can send it to all sorts of places - Twitter, email, clipboard, etc.

Add in Markdown and TextExpander touch support, and it's earned a place in my doc.

I also take a look at Terminology, a great Dictionary/Thesaurus application with native integration with Drafts and other applications.

The main idea behind Drafts is that it's your go to application for creating quick text notes. You don't have to worry about what you intend to do with the text, just open the application and type away. You don't have to do anything with it, in fact, you can leave your note in Drafts and retrieve it later to edit or action.

If you do want to send it elsewhere, Drafts has built in Twitter integration courtesy of iOS5, the ability to send your note to your Twitter client or to send it as an email or to your clipboard. If you're a Markdown aficionado, you can use this great, lightweight markup language to format your plain text note, then preview in Markdown, send as a formatted email or copy to the clipboard in HTML.

With full TextExpander touch support, Drafts can become your all purpose text entry app on your iOS device.

The tutorial also covers Terminology, with native integration with Drafts and other applications, just select a word in Drafts and either lookup the word in Terminology, or lookup and replace with a new word. All with just a few taps.

Drafts is currently only available as an iPhone app, but works great in 2x mode, especially on the new iPad.

Terminology is available as separate iPhone and iPad apps

This full tutorial includes sections on:

• Drafts Overview
• Basic Usage
• Terminology Overview
• Drafts Integration

A great ScreenCastsOnline favourite, PDFpen on the Mac is indispensable for reading and annotating PDFs.

Well the rich functionality of PDFpen is now available for the iPad.

Not only does it have the ability to annotate and correct your PDFs right on the iPad, PDFpen for iPad also has full iCloud support and integrates with a multitude of different services. So you can update a PDF on your iPad, save to iCloud and access it with PDFpen on your Mac.

The application has a multitude of features including:

• Read and edit PDF documents on your iPad
• Store documents in iCloud for sharing between devices
• Add text, images and signatures to PDFs
• Correct text in original PDF with editable text blocks
• Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
• Import images from iPad Photo Library
• Save frequently-used images, signatures, objects and text for reuse
• Fill out PDF forms
• Add notes, comments, and freehand scribbles
• Draw lines, arrows, rectangles, ellipses and polygons
• Mark up documents with highlighting, underscoring and strikethrough; proofreading symbol collection included
• Copy, combine, rename and delete files
• Thumbnail view sidebar for easy skimming
• Retrieve and save PDFs directly with Dropbox, Evernote and Google Docs; share PDFs with a computer via Wi-Fi; transfer files using iTunes, FTP, WebDAV, and iDisk.

In this sponsored screencast, I take you through all the important features as well as leading your through the setup of the iCloud integration.

Expand your productivity on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch by taking control of your Clipboard using Pastebot.

Pastebot allows you to copy, paste and manage multiple clips on your iOS device. Store for re-use, organise into folders and capture multiple text snippets or images without the constant switching between applications.

An immediate productivity boost.

This week's tutorial takes you through all the great features of Pastebot and demonstrates how you can take control of your clipboard on iOS. The full tutorial covers:

• Introduction to Pastebot
• Copying with Pastebot
• Accessing & Organising Clips
• Editing Clips
• Creating Group Clips
• Background Processing
• Pastebot Sync
• Wrap Up

Skitch for iPad is a fantastic free annotation tool for the iPad.

Skitch for iPad allows you to capture photos, screenshots, web pages, maps or just doodle on screen. Once captured, Skitch has a full set of annotation tools to mark up any images with lines, shapes arrows or text.

Once you've annotated you images, you can share via email, Twitter or save them to your camera roll. If you're an Evernote user, you can even save then directly to your Evernote account.

With full AirPlay support on iPad 2, Skitch turns your iPad into a really useful presentation device. Annotate images in real time and have the display appear on a remote HDTV or Projector via an Apple TV. You can even enter a "Separate Canvas Mode" and just output your full screen image. There's a full demonstration of this feature in the tutorial - very cool!

In detail, the tutorial covers:

• Capture Modes
• Annotating Photos
• Annotating Screenshots
• Annotating Web Pages
• Annotating Maps
• Annotating Blanks
• Exporting & Sharing Annotations
• AirPlay Support

[Originally published March 2010] Time to start thinking about what Apps to put on to the iPad!

This is the first in an occasional series of screencasts where I select my absolutely indispensable apps for the new iPad. No iPad? Well not to worry as these will all work just as well on the iPhone or iPod Touch. Actually, as the iPad was still unreleased at the time of recording, I can’t get access to native iPad apps so these are the iPhone versions, but should work just fine on the iPad! As well as being a great device for consuming media, I think the iPad will be used as more and more as a basic computer where people don't need a full blown laptop and the iPhone is just too small. Email is a given, but we'll see more and more business type applications being developed for the iPad. Following on from last weeks show,

if you're serious about productivity, TextExpander is a no brainer, enabling you to speed up text entry significantly with auto expanding snippets, invoked by just a few simple keyboard shortcuts.

If only TextExpander was available on the iPad?

Well it is, in the form of TextExpander Touch!

TextExpander Touch has been available for the iPhone and iPod Touch for a while. Although not identical to the Mac version, TextExpander Touch delivers the ability to create snippets and abbreviations in two modes. The first is via its compose window where you can draft notes or emails and then send directly to your Mail application or to any third party app via the clipboard. The second mode is just like TextExpander for the Mac.

All it needs is for the third party app to include TextExpander Touch support and you can access your snippets from within the application. The show shows you how to use both modes effectively along with taking a look at the built in TextExpander Touch support in both Tweetie 2 and SimpleNote. This week's show also demonstrates how to share your snippet groups both ways between your Mac and your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

Tweetie 2 is still my Twitter client for now and will be the first client to go on the iPad. With the integration with TextExpander Touch, it’s a must have but I’ve seen some screenshots of some other native iPad Twitter clients so this may be short lived. As I’ve already covered Tweetie 2 in depth (SCO0227), I’ve just included this to show the integration with TextExpander Touch. We may have to wait to see how Tweetie 2 survives until an iPad version is released.

SimpleNote is also another application I’ve covered before (SCO0237) and will be heading straight to my iPad. Again, included in this show mainly to demonstrate TextExpander Touch, SimpleNote is a perfect, lightweight solution for synchronised note creation.

In detail, this week's show covers:

• TextExpander Touch Overview
• Snippet Groups
• Using the Compose Window
• Creating a New eMail
• Replying to eMails
• TextExpander Touch Integration
• Setting up Integration in TextExpander Touch
• Tweetie2 Configuration
• Other Integrated Applications
• Integration with SimpleNote
• Sharing Snippet Groups
• Setting up Preferences on the Mac
• Getting Snippet Groups from the Mac
• Sending Snippet Groups to the Mac