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# A Download Folder That Syncs
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/daryl-baxters-first-ipados-impressions/
- Published: 2019-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: ipad, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[How I’m Using iPadOS - Part One. - Daryl Baxter - Blog](https://darylbaxter.com/2019/08/11/using-ipados-1/?ref=birchtree.me)

> To test the download manager, I thought I’d try a random site I used to go to for…certain files once upon a time, and I came in with low expectations. But as expected, it downloaded the file as I would have with my iMac back in the day; I went to Files.app, unzipped, and there it was. And because of iCloud Drive, it appeared on the MacBook Air, ready for an app to be used with it. 

iPadOS[1](#fn-6087-1) lets you download either to a local Downloads folder or a new Downloads folder synced over iCloud. I didn’t think I’d like the iCloud one at first, but I have ended up using it for everything besides the largest files I download and then just having them everywhere. Download something on your iPad? Access it from your phone in a few minutes when it’s done downloading and you’re at work, for example.

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1. And iOS 13, for that matter. [↩](#fnref-6087-1)