{"id":256,"date":"2010-06-15T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/15\/access-backblaze-files-on-your-ipad\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:57:52","slug":"access-backblaze-files-on-your-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/access-backblaze-files-on-your-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Backblaze Files on Your iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/blog_post_ipadfree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Are you one of the several million people to have bought an iPad already?<\/p>\n<p>If so, you can now access your files backed up with Backblaze directly from your iPad. Since the iPad only handles a few file types by default (and can&#8217;t unzip packages or compressed files), get the excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/goodreader-for-ipad\/id363448914?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Reader<\/a> application ($0.99) to view file types including: Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, PDF, photos, audio, and video.<\/p>\n<p>See the video below for a quick demo:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Restore your backed up files on iPad\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiGu0yYCBCk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the service and <a href=\"https:\/\/help.backblaze.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">send us any interesting stories<\/a> of how you ended up using this.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget that if you don&#8217;t have one yet, you can <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-is-giving-away-2-apple-ipads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">win an iPad<\/a> by installing Backblaze or referring a friend this month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you one of the several million people to have bought an iPad already? 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