Keypass on the ipad

One thing about new technology is that it can simplify your life --or it can make it even more complex !!!

I love my new ipad because now I don't need to use a mouse. I'm like a cat on the screen. :-)

I'll discuss the merits and "gotchya's" of the ipad later.

It's enough to know now that KEEPASS works not only in Windows, on Linux, but also on an ipad !

WOW ! This is interoperability beyond Apple's wides dreams (or plans).

To make this work, you need a way to download the keepass data file to the ipad. This could be done in itunes on Windows, but alas I don't use Windows.

So I used Dropbox, a small application that can be loaded both on the ipad as well as the desktop. They have clients that work both in Windows for you, and in Linux (for me -yeh!)

1. download Dropbox from the Apple App Store on the ipad
2. download and install Dropbox to your desktop.
3. create a Dropbox account on the dropbox website
4. use your new user name and password to configure both the desktop client and the ipad client to "see" your new account at Dropbox.

Dropbox will create a directory on your Desktop called "Dropbox". If you copy and paste a file into this directory, Dropbox will automatically send it to your ipad.