Add Movies to Your iPad

There are three ways to get a movie onto your iPad to watch. You can buy or rent a movie in the iTunes Store app on your iPad. You can buy or rent a movie in the iTunes app on your computer, and then add the movie to your iPad. You can import a movie into iTunes on your computer, and then add the movie to your iPad.

Steps

Adding a Movie from the iTunes Store iPad App

  1. On the iPad, touch the iTunes app.
  2. Touch Movies.
    • You can also touch Search to find a specific movie.
  3. Touch a specific movie.
  4. Touch BUY or RENT to buy or rent the movie, and then touch BUY or RENT again to confirm.
    • To buy or rent a movie, you'll need an active iTunes account. Click here to learn how to set up an Apple ID if you don't already have one.
    • If you rent the movie, you have 30 days to watch it. If you start watching it, you have 24 hours to finish watching it.[1]
  5. Log in with your Apple ID and password.
    • If you're already logged in, you won't need to complete this step.
  6. To watch your bought or rented movie, open the Videos app. Touch the movie you rented or bought to watch it.
    • If you rented a movie, it will be under the Rental tab.

Adding a Movie from the iTunes Computer App

  1. In iTunes, click the View menu, and then click Movies.
  2. Click iTunes Store.
  3. Buy or rent a movie. Find a movie that you'd like to watch, and then rent or buy it.
    • Like the iTunes store on the iPad, you'll need to enter your Apple ID and password if you aren't already logged in.
    • iTunes downloads the movie to your computer.
  4. Connect iPad to your computer.
  5. In the upper left corner, click the iPad icon.[2]
  6. In the Settings column, click Movies.
    • If you downloaded a television show, click TV Shows.
  7. Click Sync Movies to add a check to the checkbox.
  8. Click Automatically include to add a check to the checkbox, and then click the dropdown menu to choose how many movies you'd like to add to iPad.
    • If you have a lot of movies, you will want to change it from all movies.
    • If you select 3 most recent unwatched, you'll see the movie you just downloaded.
  9. When you're done selecting the movies to add, in the bottom right corner, click Apply.
    • The movies will be added to your iPad. Do not disconnect your iPad while it's syncing.
  10. On iPad, open the Videos app, and watch your movie.

Adding a Movie from Outside iTunes

  1. Find the movie you want to watch on your computer, and then click and drag it into the iTunes window.
  2. In iTunes in the top left corner, click the Movies icon, and then click Home Videos.
    • Any movies imported from your computer will be placed in the Home Videos tab.
  3. Connect iPad to your computer.
  4. In the upper left corner, click the iPad icon.[2]
  5. In the Settings column, click Movies.
  6. Click Sync Movies to add a check to the checkbox.
  7. Click Automatically include to add a check to the checkbox, and then click the dropdown menu to choose how many movies you'd like to add to iPad.
    • If you have a lot of movies, you will want to change it from all movies.
    • If you select 3 most recent unwatched, you'll see the movie you just downloaded.
  8. When you're done selecting the movies to add, in the bottom right corner, click Apply.
  9. On iPad, open the Videos app, and watch your movie.

Converting a Movie to Play on iPad

  1. In iTunes, click the movie you want to convert to select it.
  2. Click the File menu, click Create New Version, and then click Create iPad or Apple TV Version.[3]


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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201611
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6437
  3. ↑ https://help.apple.com/ipad/8/#/iPadaad1715f
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