The iPad is undeniably great if you want a bright, portable screen for browsing the web and watching video, but the reason to use one really starts to fall apart if you’re easily distracted or value a tactile, hands-on approach to writing. That’s where a device like thereMarkable 2orreMarkable Paper Procomes in.
If you’ve decided to make the jump from an iPad to a reMarkable, you’re going to have the best experience if all of your books, files, and notes make the jump with you. You obviously won’t be able to free your apps, but a reMarkable Paper Pro can handle any PDF, ePub, or, with some work,Apple Notes' file you throw at it if you know what you’re doing. Here’s how to make the switch.
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How to move files to the reMarkable Paper Pro from an iPad
Transferring your files over USB-C cable
There are two main ways you can move files to your reMarkable – via a wired connection over USB-C or through reMarkable’s mobile and desktop apps. For the wired connection, you’ll need a USB-C cable and access to your iPad’s web browser, then:
Transferring your files with the reMarkable mobile app
To use the reMarkable mobile app on your iPad, you’ll want to make sure you’ve already connected your account to the app. Then:
How to move Apple Notes to your reMarkable Paper Pro
You’re going to need to convert your notes, then combine them into a single document
Apple doesn’t offer a way to bulk export notes from the Notes app. The company might not admit this publicly, but this seems at least partially intentional. It wants to keep you in its ecosystem, and locking up your notes in the Notes app is a simple way to make switching harder.
You can export them one by one as PDFs, though, and since the reMarkable Paper Pro plays nice with PDFs, this works as a good workaround for Apple’s restrictions. Before you get started, make sure you’ve identified the notes you want to transfer by adding a hashtag to them so they’re easier to find.
Then you’ll want to combine the PDFs you’ve exported into a single document or “notebook” that you can import into your reMarkable.
Once your PDFs, ePubs, and converted notes are on your reMarkable you can edit, annotate, and add pages to them as you please. You can also sort your old notes with tags so that it will be easier to find them when you search for them on your reMarkable Paper Pro.
The reMarkable offers a better note-taking tablet experience
There’s no denying that it takes far too much work to move things from your iPad to your reMarkable Paper Pro. Once you have done the work, you really will have a much more focused and distraction-free experience.
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