Anyway, yes, I know about Daedalus, but I want something that syncs directly between all my devices, so I’ve been waiting for Ulysses and not even tested Daedalus. Maybe I should!
Noen of the writing apps that I’ve testet on the iPad does the trick, anyway. I’m using Evernote for everything mobile these days, or iA Writer, which syncs beautifully, but it’s a bit too stripped down on the desktop. So there’s a bit of cut and paste going on.

It syncs via iCloud with Ulysses 3, which should be available from the app store in the next few days. It’s the OSX/iOS combination many of us have been waiting for.

I use Ulysses for writing articles and really like the tabbing/project approach. Like everybody else, I really miss the ability to open my projects on my iPad. I understand that there are very good reasons for this never to happen, which is sad.

Having read most of this discussion, i can’t find any mention of the following idea, but, of course, I might have overlooked it.

OK – syncing is crucial, but not possible today. So – why not make a dropbox, sort of, a pane in Ulysses where you can cut and paste your text and sync this directly with iCloud or something else. This could then be opened in a text editor, directly from iCloud, when you are on the iPad, and then, when you are back at your computer, automagically have your edited text from the iPad back in the same pane. Then it’s cut and paste time, again, and formating, for those who use that, it’s not important to me. Maybe the Notes pane could be used?

Of course, this could be done by cut&paste between apps. But it would be much easier to have it directly available inside Ulysses. And, of course, in the same pane I should be able to open any text directly from iCloud, text that I wrote somewhere else, on the iPad, iPhone, at my work computer, anywhere, and then use it in Ulysses.

What I am suggesting is a direct, simplified connection to the cloud, but no syncing of the whole project, just an easy way to send unformated text between devices.

The point is, it’s the text that’s the most important thing!

Semantic text editing can go, or be severely compromised. I’m an academic and short-form creative writer who puts out ~8,000 words a month, and constantly has far larger projects simmering in the back. Ulysses is indispensable to my process, to the point that I continue to carry around my laptop (even when the ipad with a bt keyboard is a far better tool) solely because of it. What matters most about it, however, what keeps me tethered, is primarily:
– [relatively] Format-free composition, freeing the perfectionist in me to make words, not agonize over presentation.
– Tabbing within a single project, allowing ideas to explode, free-associate, and re-condense, all without giving my eyes the impression of an endless scrolling list of fragments.
– Basic comment functionality on the side, in order to manage my meandering, looping trains of thought.

Yes, Semantic editing is key in turning this process finally into a product, but perhaps there’s a half measure here. Just as desktops (or laptops) replaced my desk, the Ipad fills a beefed-up notepad spot. It might not be called Ulysses, but I would pay gladly for an ipad tool for rangy and freeform short-piece composition. “Dubliners,” perhaps?

I’m transitioning to a paperless life style (slowly, but getting there). I find the iPad a great tool to record ideas and grow them out a little. I use my my computer to finish and format them but most of the seeds are nurtured on the iPad. I do agree that the iPad isnt a device to write lengthy peices, at least I could not do it, but I believe it does have a place in writing.

So my vote is for a stripped down version of Ulysses compatible with the iPad. Doesn’t need all the bells and whistles, just needs to function well enough for jotting down ideas etc.

Cheers