Backing up/sharing plates with Mac OS X

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Backing up/sharing plates with Mac OS X

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JulianScarfe	JulianScarfe posted 4/16/2014 9:16:17 AM Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 15, Visits: 27	How can I back-up or share the plates I have downloaded on the iPad with my Mac so that I have a backup copy in flight if my iPad fails? SkyDemon for iPad 3.0.5 Mac OS 10.8.5
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 4/16/2014 12:30:13 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.3K	SkyDemon doesn't have any Mac functionality itself. Further, I am not sure if plates are included in the backup that iTunes does automatically when your iPad is connected, sorry.
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JulianScarfe	JulianScarfe posted 4/16/2014 12:58:01 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 15, Visits: 27	They're not. I can see and transfer logs and flight plans, but no PDF plate docs. Any way of making these visible in iTunes? After all, you use iTunes to upload User Documents.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 4/16/2014 4:55:58 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.3K	That's true, but the vendors of the plates we resell are in general very keen that the files are NOT easily accessible; in fact, I believe that is a stipulation in at least one of our license agreements. Sorry!
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JulianScarfe	JulianScarfe posted 4/16/2014 9:19:24 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 15, Visits: 27	Even for the EAD ones? It doesn't seem to stop Rocket Route and EuroFPL!
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 4/17/2014 1:05:17 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.3K	No, you're right, the AIP plates have no such restrictions. However they're all part of the same internal system so I can't see us changing the way they work just so that plates can be moved to a Mac.
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