Import from Mobile Mail, Safari, other apps on your iPhone or iPad

On the iPad and on the iPhone with iOS4 or later, many applications offer the command “Open in...”, which allows you to open and view documents in a different applications. This can be very helpful for email attachments of documents you find while browsing the web. - Notebooks is capable of opening and storing many document types, so it should appear in the list of available applications in most cases.

More details are available in our handbook.

Import Documents from Safari using the Notebooks Bookmarklet

Notebooks offers a convenient option to import a page or document you are currently viewing in Safari on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. This requires a little preparation, though:

Copy the text below and save it as a bookmark in Mobile Safari.

javascript:window.location='notebooks://grab/'+escape(window.location)+'&title='+encodeURI(document.title);

The best way to do this on the iPhone/iPad is by adding an arbitrary bookmark and then modifying its title and URL, following these steps:

1. -in Mobile Safari, save an arbitrary page as bookmark
   

2. -open Bookmarks
   

3. -tap on "Edit" on the lower left corner
   

4. -now tap on the title of the bookmark you want to change
   

5. -you will see two cells, one with the title, which is activated for typing, and the other one with the URL; if you want, change the title first
   

6. -then, tap on the URL (you may need to tap and hold a bit), delete the text and paste the javascript from above.
   

Alternatively, you can add this link to Safari on your computer and sync the bookmarks to your iPhone/iPad.

To import a page or documents that you are viewing in Safari, tap on this bookmark; Notebooks will launch and grab the page.

This works well for images, HTML, PDF and other documents that are currently displayed in Safari.

It can happen that HTLM documents look slightly different in Notebooks and that inline images are not displayed; this is because Notebooks does not import linked images or elements. In such situations you can alternatively copy the contents of the Safari page and save it as web archive using “New from Pasteboard” in Notebooks.

Share Books and Documents over a WiFi Network

With sharing active, Notebooks turns into kind of a hard drive (a WebDAV server, to be exact) that can be accessed from any computer on the same network. This is probably the easiest and most efficient way of getting documents into and out of Notebooks.

Sharing allows you to:

1. -drag&drop documents between your computer and Notebooks
   

2. -open documents from and save them to Notebooks directly from your computer
   

3. -synchronize Notebooks between different devices (iPhone and iPad, for example)
   

To connect to Notebooks from your computer, a network connection between your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad and your computer as well as a WebDAV compliant operating system or application (for example Mac OS Finder, Windows Web Folders or Network Places, Cyberduck, Transmit, etc.) are required.

To start sharing, please follow these steps:

1. -Make sure that your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad has an active WiFi connection to the same network your computer is connected to.
   

2. -Make sure you have enabled WiFi Sharing in Notebooks' settings.
   

3. -Open the book that you want to share and select Share This Book from the context menu. Notebooks will display all details necessary for connecting (http://...).
   

4. -Unless already done, Notebooks will ask you to set a username and password of your choice; you will have to enter these when making a connection from your computer.
   

5. -Using the Mac OS Finder’s “Connect to Server”, Windows’ “Network Drive” or your favorite WebDAV client like Cyberduck, Transmit, NetDrive etc. connect to Notebooks.
   

6. -You can now access Notebooks' documents like a folder on your hard drive. Depending on the type of client you are using, you can also up- and download folder structures and open/edit documents by double-clicking on them.
   

If you have problems connecting to Notebooks from Windows, you might consider using the free application NetDrive, available at http://www.netdrive.net

Import and Export through iTunes (iPad, iPhone with iOS4)

The iPad and the iPhone/iPod running iOS4 or later are capable of exchanging documents with iTunes via USB. Although not excessively comfortable and feature rich, it offers an alternative that does not require the connection to a wireless network.

For details, please refer to our handbook.

Synchronize Notebooks for iPhone with Notebooks for iPad

1. 1.The easiest way is to set up Dropbox sync in Notebooks on all devices and turn on "Sync System Files". All you versions of Notebooks will then synchronize with the same Dropbox directory.
   
   

2. 2.You can do the same with WebDAV servers, of course.
   
   

3. 3.Notebooks has a built in WebDAV server which  can be used to synchronize two versions of Notebooks running on separate devices, too. To do so, follow these steps:
   

1. -In Notebooks on your iPad, enable "WiFi Sharing" in settings and set up a WiFi user.
   

2. -At the top level book, select "Share This Book" from the context menu.
   

3. -In the view that appears, turn ON the switch "Show System Files" to make sure that all task data and details are transferred, too.
   

4. -In Notebooks on your iPhone, change the WebDAV settings to the details given on the iPad's Sharing info.
   

5. -On your iPhone, move to the book that you would like to synchronize and select Sync from the context menu.
   

1. Now all your books, notes, tasks and documents will be synced from your iPhone to your iPad.
   

2. Of course, the same procedure works in the opposite direction and between any devices running Notebooks, too. If you use this procedure regularly, it is best to always sync in the same direction.
   

Import and Export with SyncDocs

This option uses Apple’s Bonjour technology and SyncDocs, a freely available web server for your computer. Before you start using this options, please download and install SyncDocs. You find details in the SyncDocs section.

Further details, instructions and troubleshooting tips are available in the handbook.