Using Chromebooks offline

[walterg1]

I was pretty excited to get a Chromebook for Christmas, its something i've really wanted.
I had read about Google setting deadlines for apps on the Chromestore , that the apps had to work offline by a certain date.

I know 2 of the deadlines have already passed.
The final deadline being December 2015.

So far I've only downloaded apps that are suppose to work offline.
Over 50% of them didn't work offline.

I've also pretty well confirmed that Bluetooth File Transfer isnt supported.

As of October MTP is suppose to be supported.
I got it to work for a few pics then it failed.

If you can get it to work and you transfer pics to Pixlr, you can only store them in my drive.

I managed to transfer by MTP a few images into Google + Photos.
You cant use Pixlr to access them to edit them.
Not while offline.

This is just a short list of what they cant do. Their is much more.

Sadly without these features a Chromebook is pretty worthless to me.

Hopefully with time these issues and others will be fixed.
Im keeping my Chromebook sense it was a Chritmas gift.
I will use it as a web browser, but I was hoping it would replace my netbook.
It won't.

 

[B. Diddy]

Well that sounds frustrating. Which Chromebook do you have? Are you sure it's been fully updated to the latest Chrome OS version?

 

[walterg1]

I have the Acer C720.
I should be on the latest version , but I will check to make sure.

 

[walterg1]

Good call I'm not on the latest version.
I wonder why it didn't update.
Hopefully their is a bug fix I missed.

I'm on 39.0.2171.96.
I believe I should be on
39.0.2171.99.

 

[walterg1]

Tried a few interesting things that worked yesterday.

So far I've added Pixlr, Google +Photos, and a PDF reader.

Its common knowledge that you cant use a DVD player to watch movies on a Chromebook.
Chromebooks lack the codecs to play them.

In another thread I'd mentioned I hooked a DVD player up to my Acer C720.

I tried some more experimenting.
Dvd player is recognized by my Chromebook and works fine.
Just not for movies.

It did work fine for a disc I had pictures on.
On Pixlr I could view and edit them but only save them to my drive, or back to the disc.
Didn't try in Google + Photos because it wouldn't open.

I tried a catalog on CD that was on Adobe acrobat.
It read it fine.

Last but not least I had a disc with magazines in PDF format.
I was able to view them and even save them to my computer. Worked great.!

I will also say that Google +Photos seems buggy.
It doesn't always open.

 

[B. Diddy]

As of October MTP is suppose to be supported.
I got it to work for a few pics then it failed.

Hey, I finally got around to trying the MTP feature. Had no problems accessing photos on my Nexus 5 (using my Acer C720), and copying photos over to the C720's hard drive. Are you still having problems with it?

 

[walterg1]

Hey, I finally got around to trying the MTP feature. Had no problems accessing photos on my Nexus 5 (using my Acer C720), and copying photos over to the C720's hard drive. Are you still having problems with it?

Thanks for trying it. Glad to know it works.
I have no internet right now I'm getting ready to change services.
Hopefully Tuesday I can take it to the Library and update to the latest version of chrome os.
Hopefully that will fix my problem.

 

[Algus]

I had some issues with MTP as I recall but I haven't messed with it in a while. I love my chromebooks (I own two of them) but I'm still not ready to use them as my sole computer. There is a lot of stuff I have to do on my Mac but I find Chrome OS has me covered for everything I might need when I'm not parked in front of the Mac. For DVDs I have taken to ripping them with Handbrake and coverting them to a DRM-free format that Chrome OS supports. I've got a 64 GB SD card chock full of videos for when I need movies and TV shows on the go.

I had contemplated getting a DVD reader and trying it through Ubuntu but I've since gotten rid of all my crouton stuff