HOW TO Use Files on iPad
Connect the cloud
The first time you use Files, it’ll ask you which cloud services to connect to; not just iCloud, but third– party services too. You can show or hide these in Files’ sidebar by tapping the “…” icon and then Edit Sidebar.
Add iCloud people
If you choose to share via iCloud you can now decide how you want to send your sharing invitation and whether your recipient(s) can edit your file or just view it. Here, we’ve enabled editing for our shared file.
Edit a video
The second rightmost icon on a video preview enables you to trim a clip by cutting out a section from the beginning, end, or beginning and end of a clip. All you need to do is grab the slider and then tap Done.
Change the view
Use the icon at the top right of the Files window to switch between different views. Just like Finder you can have a list view, an icon view, or a column view. Sort the current folder by name, kind, date, size, or tags.
Scan and scribble
Files can scan documents using your iPad camera. To do it, tap on the three–dot icon at the top of the sidebar, choose the scan option and snap your page(s). You can then use Markup to annotate the resulting file.
Zip it up
To send folders or multiple files, it’s a good idea to compress them into a single, smaller file. Select the item(s), long–press, and tap Compress. Your compressed file is separate: Files doesn’t delete the originals.
Share a file
If you long–press on a file or folder you’ll see a pop–up menu. The options will depend on what apps you have installed, but they’ll include one to share a file (or if it’s already shared, to manage the shared file).
Play your media
With certain types of files such as audio and video, Files enables you to play the media without opening a dedicated app. It’s very like Quick Look on the Mac. This is a video clip. Look at the icons at the top right.
Add a tag
You can’t edit the existing Sidebar tags — they’re imported from Finder and have to be renamed on your Mac if you want to change them — but you can create new ones by long– pressing an item and tapping on Tags.