iPad offline strategy

I was curious to know how the users carry their libraries on their iPad. Does making every book offline accessible work out or maybe only your commentary sets and a couple of useful trade books?
I'm interested in knowing how to take advantage of the iPad's larger screen for reading while acknowledging it's finite battery when performing searches. Has anyone struck a good balance with their library and Logos4iPad's capabilities?

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Jonathan Pitts

It seemed too much like hard work for me to try and download every book. I just have my preferred bibles, the commentaries that I am reading at the moment, the commentaries that I have found particularly useful in the past, books I am reading at the moment, and my most frequently used reference works.

It would be heartbreaking to download everything and then have to delete and reinstall the app.

The need to be online in order to search also limits the benefits of having the whole library available offline.

Bill Anderson

Hi Paul,

I undertook the painstaking process of downloading each book in my library. So now I have them on my iPad 24/7.

Paul N

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268582#Comment_268582

Hi Paul,

I undertook the painstaking process of downloading each book in my library. So now I have them on my iPad 24/7.

Lol Bill, how long do your resource searches take and does it seem to take toll on the battery?

Paul N

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268581#Comment_268581

...and my most frequently used reference works.

Hey Jonathan, may I ask which reference works you keep?

Jonathan Pitts

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268586#Comment_268586

Hey Jonathan, may I ask which reference works you keep?

AYBD, NBD

EDNT, BDAG, DBL, TDNT

All the non-canonical literature often referred to from commentaries: Mishnah, Talmud, apostolic fathers, Josephus, Philo, apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, Nag Hammadi library, gnostic scriptures

In Logos 4 I usually have a cleanup of my layout when I start a new book of the Bible. I then leave open the reference works that I use or that are referred to by commentaries. Having nearly reached the end of Matthew, all of the above are open. That is how I decided what I needed on the iPad. When I move to the Old Testament again, I expect I will add a few other resources.

I actually don't use the Logos iPad app a great deal. When at home, and anywhere else I have wifi, I have started using the LogMeIn Ignition app to allow me to access my computer remotely from the iPad. I can therefore use Logos 4 anywhere in the house, places that I don't want to take the computer. On train journeys I tend to take my laptop, as Logos 4 is certainly much easier to use than the iPad app. The iPad app is therefore my reserve for places where it would not be convenient to take the laptop out.

I bit the bullet and downloaded the majority of my books for offline use. It took a few hours one evening, while sitting there watching TV etc. Well worth the time.

I did exclude resources I wouldn't be using in the foreseeable future, e.g. Greek/Hebrew-only resources (I don't know the original languages), resources in old English or foreign languages that I can't understand, and resources that are exclusively collections of images (too large and I rarely use them at all).

I downloaded most of the modern English Bible translations, all my commentary sets, and any other books for devotional or leisurely reading (e.g. Max Lucado's books, books on leadership and ministry, etc).

Hope this helps.

Peter

Rev. Kelly Todd

Paul, I have found that I use about 30 of my books 99% of the time. So I only have those 30 downloaded. I cant see downloading the other 1700 books for the once or twice a year that I would use them... it is personal thing that has to do with time and effort!... especially if I had to re-install the app and all of my books... just seems a big waste of my time. When I get a book that I want to read, I download it, then dump it when I am done. Hope that this helps.

Paul N

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268751#Comment_268751

ok those who have downloaded your entire libraries are brave people! [;)]

For now I'm set on this list:

Bibles:
ESV, NKJV, KJV, HCSB, NLT, NET, RSV, NASB,

Reference:
BDAG, BDB, Louw-Nida, GHCLOT (Apparently HALOT is not available), DBL Hebrew, DBL Greek, Strong's Lexicon, New Strong's Dictionary of Hebrew and Greek words, Synopsis of the OT, Newberry's Interlinear GNT.

Most on the reference list seem to come up frequently when using the Bible Word Study and the Passage Guide

Commentary Sets:
NICOT/NT, WBC, NIGTC, Pillar, BECNT, TCOT/NT, EBC, NAC

I see the iPad much like Jonathan and Kelly see it. Something to sustain me if I'm away from the desktop and the laptop just won't work and to be used with resources I'm already quite familiar with.

Thanks for everyone's expertise and suggestions!

[EDIT] for Jerry's interlinear suggestion

Jerry M

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268857#Comment_268857

Paul, you may find the Newberry interlinear handy for NT Greek offline study.

Paul N

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268860#Comment_268860

Jerry, you bring up a good point. I was thinking about how the iPad would present interlinears like the desktop version can... and the fact is it can't.

I'll add this one to the list above

Thanks!

Andy

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268596#Comment_268596

I actually don't use the Logos iPad app a great deal. When at home, and anywhere else I have wifi, I have started using the LogMeIn Ignition app to allow me to access my computer remotely from the iPad. I can therefore use Logos 4 anywhere in the house, places that I don't want to take the computer. On train journeys I tend to take my laptop, as Logos 4 is certainly much easier to use than the iPad app. The iPad app is therefore my reserve for places where it would not be convenient to take the laptop out.

I've been using Splashtop for the last month or so as a cheaper alternative to LogMeIn (it is free in the UK). It works brilliantly around the house, but is a little glitchy over 3G.

I have downloaded most of my 'most used' reference stuff, collections, a couple of commentaries for each book of the Bible and the stuff on my 'must read over the coming couple of months'...

I am really thankful for the Logos app. Being able to read on the go has increased the value of my library considerably.

Paul N

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268863#Comment_268863

I've been using Splashtop for the last month or so as a cheaper alternative to LogMeIn

I picked this app up as well. I think it's a third of the price of LogMeln in the US. The only gripe I have with it is that it becomes difficult to operate if you are running multiple monitors on your desktop, (all windows need to open on the main screen or you can't drag them over) and it resizes all the windows to fit the iPad screen (just have to re-resize them when I get back)

Stephen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268863#Comment_268863

I use Wyse PocketCloud. They have a free version that let's you connect to 1 computer remotely. It can use a google account for logging in so it makes set up very easy.

David Young

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/268860#Comment_268860

Can you highlight and store notes in the offline Bible on the ipad? And is the offline Bible the same as the online Bible which is sync'ed up on all platforms?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352271#Comment_352271

Welcome to the forums, David!

Can you highlight and store notes in the offline Bible on the ipad?

Highlighting and notes are available offline.

And is the offline Bible the same as the online Bible which is sync'ed up on all platforms?

I am not sure what you mean. Are you asking if you can sync your highlights & notes? (Yes, but you have to be online of course). Are you asking if your preferred Bible can be viewed offline? (If it is mobile enabled, yes).

Andrew Perez

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352275#Comment_352275

I download the books offline as I need them. I also have a different set of book in my Vyrso app, such as devotionals and some of the other books offered by Vyrso.

God Bless

C. Michael Nath

I have started the tedious process of downloading the books for the Platinum package and I have to say... Logos, please add a download all button to the app... please!

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352405#Comment_352405

There is a download all button in 2.0.2.

Open the library, scroll to the very top and on the left you see a count of resources, on the right a download button.

If you filter your library you can just download a selection.

dency hutchings

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352408#Comment_352408

Thanks Graham,

And congratulations i appreciate your posts. I just downloaded the UBS commentary by (i am sure there is a shorter way) using:

(a handbook AND ubs) without the parenthesis. Again thanks for the post.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352562#Comment_352562

Hi Dency, glad it was useful

I appreciate the kind words.

Graham

David Young

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352275#Comment_352275

Thanks much. What I'm trying to do is figure out a way to switch from a paper bible to an electronic bible. I'd like to be able to highlight and take noted on my electronic bible. And I'd like to do this offline, that way I don't have to be connected online to study my bible with highlights and notes. Thanks for your response it as helpful!

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352641#Comment_352641

What I'm trying to do is figure out a way to switch from a paper bible to an electronic bible. I'd like to be able to highlight and take noted on my electronic bible. And I'd like to do this offline, that way I don't have to be connected online to study my bible with highlights and notes.

Yes. This can be done with the Logos and Vyrso apps. You would need to purchase the bible from Logos.com. Make sure to use the same email address username when you purchase the bible.