There are several ways to get your files from your computer to your iPad but what's the best way? The answer can depend on your workflow or just personal opinion but using Dropbox has several advantages and is very easy to do.
What is Dropbox?
Dropbox is a cloud based service that allows you to store your files on the internet so that you can have access to them anywhere and on several devices such as your iPad or iPhone. The free version gives you 2GBs of storage, which for our purposes is more than plenty, but you can get up to 8GBs free by inviting others to join. You can also share folders that you create with other Dropbox users making it easy to share files with one another. Now that you know what Dropbox is, let's look at the steps to getting the files to Dropbox and then to ForScore 2.
Step 1: Go to http://www.dropbox.com and create a free account.
Step 2: Once your logged in, create a folder where you will place all your music to be uploaded to your iPad. You can also download the Dropbox application to your MAC or PC which makes uploading even faster and easier!
Step 3: Upload your PDF files to the folder you created in Dropbox
Step 4: Go to the App Store on your iPad and download the Dropbox App and get logged in.
Step 5: Click on the folder where your music is located and press the Export button in the very top right of the screen. You will see a drop down menu appear showing applications you can open the file in. ForScore should be listed so choose it. (See screen shot below)
Step 6: Your done! Once it opens in ForScore the file is saved in the program.
As you can see this is extremely easy to do. If you have a lot of files ready to go and you want to import them all at once then I would recommend using iTunes since you can drag and drop all the files at one time. The advantage to using Dropbox, however, is that your team can have access to whatever files they need and if someone else creates a new song they just upload it and you just go get it and import it!
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