iOS App and iWork Files

theinrich

Hello,

I'm using boxcryptor on my Mac and on my iPhone.
But I can't open any iWork Files, because Boxcryptor.app displays these files as a folder.
Is there any workaround?

Thanks for your support.

Cheers Thomas

Adrian

Hello,

Pages documents work fine here,
on both: OS X and iOS.

On what platform do you experience the problem?

Best,
Adrian.

theinrich

Hi Adrian,

I only have Numbers.
I'm trying it on my iPhone5 with the latest iOS Version.
The cloud service is Dropbox.

Cheers Thomas

Adrian

Hi theinrich,

i am not able to reproduce the issue, and it's hard to imagine Boxcryptor will show a file as a folder.

Can you share a screenshot please?

Best,
Adrian.

theinrich

Sure.
How can I send it to you?

theinrich

fyi every iWork file is a folder with different files in it.
But iWork, Mac OS X and all other programs handle these folders as a file.
It's similar to Apps in Mac OS X.

Cheers Thomas

Adrian

Send it at ag [at] secomba.com

What do you mean by iWork file?
Each programs of Apple's iWork suite has it's own file extensions. Pages for example uses .pages, and as far as i can see, it's not a bundle, it's a plain file.

Best,
Adrian.

theinrich

I sent the screenshot to you.

If you've got a Mac just click right mouse button on an iWork file and select "show package content".
You'll see all files in this special folder.

kladale

I still see iWork packages on iOS using your App as a folder structure -> no chance to use iWork on iOS using Boxcryptor :-(

to be more specific: Apple has changed the file format somewhere in the past - so older files are shown as a single file -> no problem to work with them using your iOS App. Newer versions handle the files as a "package" -> no chance to use your iOS App, because it doesn't recognize this as a iWork package.

Robert

Hi,

We are aware of this issue and a proper handling for these bundle files will be available in the next version of Boxcryptor for iOS.

Best regards,
Robert

kladale

any update when this will be available?
Thank you.

kladale

haha, after 6 months back - still no news. Are you seriously developing for the iOS platform?? Your App has no update since 04/2014.
I've completely wasted my money for a 12 months abo :-(

Robert

Hello,

We are developing for the iOS platform - but it's only one of seven platforms we're developing for (Windows, Windows Phone, Windows RT, Mac OS X, Android, Chrome - and iOS of course). Unfortunately iOS is the only platform which did not receive any update since many months.

In the past weeks and months we have been working hard on a much improved (and major overhauled) version of Boxcryptor for iOS. It will be available as beta at the beginning of next year. You can signup for it here:

https://rink.hockeyapp.net/recruit/a906e360ea7143d8b31bf0d3389ec1b8

I'm sorry that you have to wait so long.

Best regards,
Robert