Quick Tip: Use iTunes to Transfer Files to Compatible Apps On Your iPad

File Sharing tab iTunes

Here’s a tip we published almost four years ago, but seeing as I used it quite recently at work, I thought I’d give it a refresh. Now that iPads are infiltrating the office space and boardrooms, I see more and more co-workers wanting to take videos and other files into meetings with them. This isn’t a problem on a PC or Mac because they can just use USB drives, but iOS 7 devices like the iPad aren’t as easy to transfer files to (iOS 8 will change this a bit with iCloud Drive, but it’s not here yet).

Fortunately, as long as you have a computer running a recent version of iTunes, it’s fairly easy to transfer files to an iPad using the USB cable (30-pin or Lightning, depending on your device):

Load up iTunes on the computer
Plug the iPad into the computer
Select the iPad from the left-hand side of the iTunes sidebar

if the sidebar is hidden, use the …

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