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I am creating a multi section document on my iPad. This iPad does not have cellular service, but Wi-Fi only. Is it generally considered “better” (i.e. safer, more efficient, more logical) to save this in-process document on iCloud or on my iPad storage? Or is it “better” to use both?
iPad, iPadOS 16
The decision of where to save your in-process document depends on your specific needs and preferences.
Saving the document to iCloud has some advantages:
1. Accessibility: With iCloud, you can access your document across multiple devices (iPad, iPhone, Mac) as long as they are signed in with the same Apple ID and have iCloud Drive enabled.
2. Backup: iCloud provides automatic backup, ensuring your document is safe even if your iPad encounters issues or gets lost.
3. Collaboration: If you work on the document with others, saving it to iCloud allows for seamless collaboration and real-time updates.
On the other hand, saving the document to local storage on your iPad may have these benefits:
1. Faster access: Local storage on your iPad generally provides quicker access to your document compared to fetching it from iCloud, especially if your Wi-Fi connection is slow.
2. Limited data usage: If you're concerned about using cellular data, saving the document locally avoids data consumption.
Using both options can be a good compromise. You can work on the document offline and save it to the local storage, and when you have a Wi-Fi connection, it will sync to iCloud for backup and accessibility across your devices.
Ultimately, it's essential to consider your connectivity, data usage, and backup preferences to determine the best approach for your situation.
The decision of where to save your in-process document depends on your specific needs and preferences.
Saving the document to iCloud has some advantages:
1. Accessibility: With iCloud, you can access your document across multiple devices (iPad, iPhone, Mac) as long as they are signed in with the same Apple ID and have iCloud Drive enabled.
2. Backup: iCloud provides automatic backup, ensuring your document is safe even if your iPad encounters issues or gets lost.
3. Collaboration: If you work on the document with others, saving it to iCloud allows for seamless collaboration and real-time updates.
On the other hand, saving the document to local storage on your iPad may have these benefits:
1. Faster access: Local storage on your iPad generally provides quicker access to your document compared to fetching it from iCloud, especially if your Wi-Fi connection is slow.
2. Limited data usage: If you're concerned about using cellular data, saving the document locally avoids data consumption.
Using both options can be a good compromise. You can work on the document offline and save it to the local storage, and when you have a Wi-Fi connection, it will sync to iCloud for backup and accessibility across your devices.
Ultimately, it's essential to consider your connectivity, data usage, and backup preferences to determine the best approach for your situation.
If you are using Apple’s productivity Apps - such as Pages, Numbers or Keynote - saving to iCloud offers significant benefit in offering automatic document versioning. This feature allows you to return to any previous saved version of the document. Versioning is not available for documents saved to On My iPad.
Also be aware that with saving to iCloud, your iPad will automatically keep a local copy of your most recent documents on the iPad - and as a consequence will not need to download from iCloud every time that you open the document. This also has benefit in that the local copy is always available if you don’t have a current WiFi/network connection; any document edits are automatically synchronised with iCloud when a network connection is next available to your iPad.
Whether local “On My iPad” or iCloud storage is ”better” for your documents may be subjective. However, from a flexibility and reliability perspective - as iCloud is effectively hybrid - iCloud might be reasonably argued to be the better option.
Save document to iCloud or to local storage
