I am thinking on buying a new iPad, what amount of storage space should I get? I have about 1500 resources in my library, how can I estimate the amount of space needed? Do you think a 32GB iPad will be enough?
Maybe someone's got a library that big on their iPad. Among my 4 Logos apps, it works out to approx 11-13meg/volume, allowing for the app size, etc That's strictly a guess, looking at the marginal increase per volume.
Of course, Alabama will note the propensity of Logos to suggest 're-install' when there's a problem.
I have a 32m iPod and a 64m iPad. I'm forever deciding what to toss on the iPod.
32 GB is enough, if Logos is the main use. If you are also going to put lots of music and photos and apps on it too, then get more. However there isn't a good reason to have your entire library downloaded. When you are online, all your books are available from the cloud. When offline, the useful tools to help you find stuff aren't available (like full text search and the guides), so you're best to limit your downloads to books you know you'll want if the internet is unavailable. On my iPad, I download the books I am currently reading, several bibles, plus a hundred or so other books like commentaries, dictionaries, and theological references that I am familiar with.
If you have to delete the app and reload, the resources you had downloaded are automatically redownloaded. The books aren't backed up by iTunes, so you will have to get them from the internet if you have to reinstall. 1500 books could easily take several hours to download.
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So I don't ruin my rep... It isn't advised to download large portions of your library for many reasons, including (as has been mentioned) that the best fix for many issues is a reinstall of the app.
My wife and I both have iPad airs with 32 GB and that is plenty for us though I suppose we are pretty light users with not a lot of apps, music, pictures etc. I have no idea how much room 1500 books would take up but as already been mentioned it is really not a good idea anyway.
The problem with iPads is that many start by thinking along the lines of 'I'll just use it for Logos' and then find that it is actually very useful for other things.
It happens to be the handiest camera that you will have at the time.
It happens to be the handiest note book that you will have at the time (often by using the camera rather than copying)
It is much more convenient than the travel alarm clock / radio / tv that you used to cart around.
Suddenly the address book, diary, holiday reading appear much heavier than they used to and the iPad get pressed into service.
Buy the biggest capacity that you can afford.
Do you think a 32GB iPad will be enough?
Yes.
I have 32 GB and about 100 Logos books downloaded to my iPad for off-line reading. Logos uses 4.7 GB of my storage.
I have some music and some photos. I'm sure you could have a lot more than I do. Total for me of about 3 GB.
I have had to free up space by deleting a number of magazines I downloaded. They were taking up too much space.
If I bought another iPad today, I don't think I'd 'trade up'. I'd continue to manage what I put on my iPad.
The Logos app is very useful. I do a lot of my reading on the app, and preliminary highlighting and study. Most note-taking and serious study is on the desktop app. But note-taking there lets my notes show up later on my iPad for review.
My basic premise with devices and storage is you can never have enough memory. There is always apps and data to fill up the device.
I have a 64gb Ipad and have about 12 gb free with about 2.5 gb of music, 2 gb of photos apps such as an offline Wikipedia quickly add up to the 44gb that is used. Logos takes about 4.6 gb with 860 resources downloaded. (Sorry Alabama, there is something about having a bunch of books available when offline that brings pleasure to me). I have had to reload the library a few times but now that I have a new internet provider with 1gb fiber it shouldn't take long. Also I feel that Apple leaves stuff stuck in memory. If I do a complete reset of the device I suddenly end up with a bunch of freed up memory once I rebuilt the environment. With the larger amount of memory you don't have to ponder deleting items in order to keep enough free memory. Another consideration is that the new releases of the ios seem to grow in memory requirements and ipads tend to not need to be replaced as often like iphones, hence the weak sales of ipads.
32 GB is enough, if Logos is the main use. If you are also going to put lots of music and photos and apps on it too, then get more. However there isn't a good reason to have your entire library downloaded. When you are online, all your books are available from the cloud. When offline, the useful tools to help you find stuff aren't available (like full text search and the guides), so you're best to limit your downloads to books you know you'll want if the internet is unavailable. On my iPad, I download the books I am currently reading, several bibles, plus a hundred or so other books like commentaries, dictionaries, and theological references that I am familiar with. If you have to delete the app and reload, the resources you had downloaded are automatically redownloaded. The books aren't backed up by iTunes, so you will have to get them from the internet if you have to reinstall. 1500 books could easily take several hours to download.
I'm relatively new to Logos (version 6 is the first I've used) and your post begs the question:
With downloaded resources, which of the following is true:
I don't mind if I have to re-download all of my resources in the case of a support query, and I have plenty of space for them on my iOS devices. Because of limited screen real estate, I'm unlike to use many advanced features away from my desktop computer, but I do like having a local copy of as much as possible, for speed.
It sounds like you hobble the Logos iOS app by downloading resources - is that true?
Thanks.
With downloaded resources, which of the following is true: Downloading a resource permanently disables the useful tools (e.g. full text search) for that resource until the resources is removed from the device. Downloading a resource makes it available offline, but when the useful tools are executed (e.g. full text search), an online version of the resource is used instead (therefore negating an advantage of downloading a resource).
The iOS version does all searching and guides, etc online only. It uses online copies of your resources to do the searches. It never uses the books you have on your iOS device for searching, etc.
The only reasons for having resources on your iOS devise is so you can read them, highlight them and take notes based on them offline. So you only need those you will use when you have no Internet.
Downloading a resource permanently disables the useful tools (e.g. full text search) for that resource until the resources is removed from the device.
False.
Downloading a resource makes it available offline, but when the useful tools are executed (e.g. full text search), an online version of the resource is used instead (therefore negating an advantage of downloading a resource).
False. You can do a full text search of the downloaded resource offline. It is a Library search that is performed online "in the cloud."
You have misunderstood. Many of the apps features DO require an internet connection. Any of the guides, for example, are performed on the Logos servers.
There are good reasons not to download one's entire library on mobile, but not for the reasons you thought we were arguing. On the most basic level, the "best" fix for many issues that arise is a reinstall. Besides the inconvenience of having to download your entire library again, there are often installation problems for users who have downloaded their entire library. A second issue: The app becomes more sluggish and unstable the larger it gets. A third issue: Issues can arise when the desktop and mobile resources aren't using the same version of a resource. The desktop app automatically downloads updates to resources. The mobile app does not.
