From Federico Viticci’s overview of challenges facing iPadOS:
Out of all the apps I’ve mentioned so far, I want to shine a spotlight on Files. It’s a bad product that needs a fundamental rethink from a design and performance perspective.
Files has only marginally improved since its debut in iOS 11 (!), and we’re well past the point of arguing that, well, iPads aren’t meant to have a file manager. Apple has offered a native iPad file manager for exactly half the iPad’s lifetime; that ship has sailed. It’s time for Apple to take the Files app seriously, because this version just doesn’t cut it.
Couldn’t agree more. 👏
On a trip through New Hampshire a couple years ago I used an iPad and the Files app to transfer video footage from a GoPro SD card. The footage transferred to it just fine; no errors were given. I was even able to watch and replay the footage on the iPad. However, when I arrived home and transferred the footage off of the iPad onto an external SSD for use on my Mac the footage would not replay. It was somehow corrupted. I could still play it just fine on the iPad, but no software on my Mac would recognize it.
I tested out some professional video recovery software, and that was able to restore it, but I shouldn’t have had to spend $50 on that software; I should’ve been able to trust my iPad.