3 Ways to Add Movies to iPad

"How do I add movies onto my ipad? - How do I take movies off my computer and add movies to ipad so that i could watch movies on ipad during the air journey." - by Echo on Apple Support Communities.

Many iPad users would come across questions like "how to download movies to ipad" and "how to put movies to ipad". Actually, this is not even a question for all iPad users. Not to mention iTunes, which is the default iOS data transfer and manager software app from Apple, there are other solutions to help you put movies to iPad with ease, like email and 3rd-party iPad data transfer app. This post would show you how to transfer movie to iPad in different ways.

Solution 1: Transfer movie to iPad via iTunes

Apple has provided iTunes as the iOS data transfer and manager station. That means you could transfer movies to iPad with iTunes. The below steps would show you how to add movies to iPad via iTunes:

1. Open your iTunes and connect your iPad to computer via USB cable.
2. On iTunes, click "File > Add file to Library" option to browse and import movies to iTunes.
3. Afterwards, click the iPad icon on the sub-menu bar.
4. Open "iPad > Settings > Movies" tab successively.
5. On the right panel, check "Sync Movies" option and then choose the movies you want to transfer to iPad.
6. After choosing target movies, click the "Apply" button on the bottom right corner to start syncing movies to iPad.
7. Then you only need to wait for the synchronization complete. Disconnect your iPad with computer and then play movies on iPad freely.