Files 4+

Soooooo I have literally NO IDEA now to put anything on this app. None! And it could be so useful to!😃well, that is IF I KNEW HOW TO USE IT 😠!!! Soooo I’m giving this app 3 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ and I will change it once I know how to use it. Sooo developer(s), how do u use this/put things in it? I’m downloading it back for when I know how to use it. Well, IF U RESPONSE. So plssssssss tell me how to add things. PRETTY PLEASE 🥺? Thx 😊!byeeeeeeeee! 😘 Edit:ya’ll I’m back YEP 😈 hah Jk I’m not doing anything evil I’m just a child A 10 YEAR OLD CHILD DO U EXPECT A GIRL THIS OLD TO HURT U?! Anyway…….. I tried connecting to Kahoot (cuz why not I was bored) and I waited….and waited….and waited…..sooooooo I waited for 10 minutes (no I didn’t I waited for less than 30 seconds lol 😆) and nothing happened so yeahhhh how do ya add stuff I like that there’s no ads tho 🤗 but I STILL don’t know how to add stuff so developer(s), PLEASE IM BEGGING U HELP MEEEEE okay Ty peace ✌🏾 Edit: Heyyy! Good news! I figured out how to add a folder! But idk how to put things in it soooooo…..

Ok let’s start.
I have all my photos & videos on iCloud. Not to photos, but to files. Why? I will let you know after. Let’s focus on the files app now. After you open a video or a photo or whatever you want to open, this app, files app, download the file to the phone, to have easy access for it real quick if you wish to open it again, and here is the problem. I have 2tb iCloud, I have a lot of content there, and on iPhone storage, the iCloud size is 153GB. Why apple? Why I don’t have access to unload the files inside the files app? Why I can’t clear everything with one button? Why I can’t use multi selection to unload the files and you only give me the option to do it one by one? And why when I unload a file by typing remove download on the file, the iPhone storage dosnt be updated with the new size on my device?

Now, about the photos app and the optimization, no I don’t want to have this option. Because this option keep on the iCloud the real size and on the device give you a mini version of the file, and this is to bad for editing video and photos, because you end up editing photos and videos with compression and not the full resolution. So I want to have all my files to files (iCloud) but to have the option to remove it from my phone (not the cloud). Until then I will go back to google drive, better choice and dosnt make mess on my device. Too disappointed.

I love Apple devices and software because they really are great almost all the time. The Files app on iPad OS and iOS, however, is a glaring exception. I’ve been using my 2022 iPad Pro 12.9 happily, leaning into it and using it almost entirely as my work device at home and the office. I really love using it and am one of the end users that patiently takes time to learn new apps and how they work in the OS environment. The Files app is a big disappointment because it is curiously and fatally limiting when working with iCloud and Google Drive—both necessities for my work. As others have noted often, Files seems to get amnesia regularly, losing setup and favorites information. At other times, is shows only 100 Drive files with zero function for searching Drive. Lately, it also becomes unresponsive at seemingly random and inopportune moments when browsing cloud files. It renders my lovely iPad Pro useless for work when I can’t access Drive files on it. I remained in denial for a long time because I’ve never experienced such utter inadequacy with an Apple software product.

Fortunately, I found a third-party app that does everything needed to manage files on device, in iCloud, in Drive, and more—just like anyone would want. Why doesn’t Apple put the resources it has to making a decent file management app for iPad OS and iOS?