One cool thing you can do to transfer files rather quickly with a remote app - use Dropbox.

Of course, you have to install Dropbox on your PC (and get the free app for the iPad), but once it's done, you can access files.

Here's a real life example of what I did once: I accessed my home PC via the remote login app Jump. I opened up a PowerPoint slide and saved it as a PDF into Dropbox. I then closed down Jump and opened Goodreader. I navigated to the folder in Dropbox where I had put the new PDF and opened it in Goodreader (needed PDF so I could annotate ... they were lecture slides for a class).

Of course, I could have just opened Dropbox and selected a number of apps to open the PDF. Or, used another remote login other than Jump.

Splashtop is good for when I am at home on my own WiFi, but for being out and about, Jump works great for me.

Anyway. I just wanted you to see that by using Dropbox as an intermediary with a remote login, you can get almost anything onto your iPad. Which, by the way, I find pretty darn cool!

Marilyn

Drop Box sounds interesting, are there any fees once you have bought the app etc.

Originally Posted by bootgaz23

Drop Box sounds interesting, are there any fees once you have bought the app etc.

Sorry to barge in yet no, there are no fees for dropbox unless you need more than 2GB of online storage. You can even link dropbox to your goodreader thus anytime you have goodreader open you click on the tab and it automatically downloads your dropbox items. Very slick.

As mentioned you need to load dropbox on each computer that you want to share data. Load the dropbox app on your iPad as well. Unlike goodreader, if you open dropbox on the iPad it will allow you to view your stored items yet not download them. Great for times when you just need to use the file though don't want to load up your iPads memory etc.

Cheers

Has anyone mentioned Teamviewer. That is free. I was able to access iTunes and other programs on my laptop.

is there any easy way where i can send my files from my macbook to my ipad without internet connection

Originally Posted by TAW

is there any easy way where i can send my files from my macbook to my ipad without internet connection

Goodreader. It doesn't require an Internet connection, however, you will still need Wifi, or a USB cable.

Take a look at FileBrowser in the appstore.