Transfer iPad to PC

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:05

We have an iPad. It has videos on there that were synced via iTunes.

The files were deleted on the PC and now iTunes still shows the files names in the library but with an exclamation mark saying they can't be found.

The files are still on the iPad.

How can I copy the video files back to the PC ?

I thought Apple products were intuitive.

slinky · Post by **slinky** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:11

Would this help?

http://www.snowfoxsoft.com/ipad-video/s ... puter.html

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:22

Played with that, and others, yesterday. This one kept crashing when trying to detect the iPad and it has a 20 file limit for the free version.

Ideally I don't want to have to pay $20+ just to let me copy my files from the iPad to my PC.

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:27

i thought synching the iPad would solve it, but you may not want to risk it, so you should be able to change a setting in iTunes that lets you use the iPad as a hard drive. the iPad will then show up in My Computer as a removable drive and you can browse through it. that should allow you to locate the movie files.

alternatively, if those movies were bought on iTunes, you should be able to reload them from the iTunes store without charge.

slinky · Post by **slinky** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:27

OK, how about a look into similar issues on iPad forums: http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-help/365 ... oblem.html

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:29

Morrolan wrote:i thought synching the iPad would solve it, but you may not want to risk it,

So did I, but nope.

so you should be able to change a setting in iTunes that lets you use the iPad as a hard drive. the iPad will then show up in My Computer as a removable drive and you can browse through it. that should allow you to locate the movie files.

Yes, you used to be able to do that but Apple, in their wisdom, have locked down the ipad so you can only access photos taken on your iDevice from your PC when docked.

alternatively, if those movies were bought on iTunes, you should be able to reload them from the iTunes store without charge.

They weren't bought on iTunes, but you knew that already

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:35

slinky wrote:OK, how about a look into similar issues on iPad forums: http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-help/365 ... oblem.html

On that thread there are more people trying to find a solution than giving a solution.

It looks like 3rd party SW is the only solution. Friggin ridiculous really.

slinky · Post by **slinky** » 6th Jul, '12, 12:46

Why were the files deleted off the PC in the first place? Some setting in iTunes or what?

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 6th Jul, '12, 13:00

Can't you retrieve the files from your MacBook Air? Or your Time Capsule? you haven't got these? Then why do you have an iPad?

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 13:01

slinky wrote:Why were the files deleted off the PC in the first place? Some setting in iTunes or what?

BD(A)U* Error

*Brain Dead (Apple) User

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 13:03

Fat Bob wrote:Can't you retrieve the files from your MacBook Air? Or your Time Capsule? you haven't got these?

Nope, don't have those

Then why do you have an iPad?

Because I've got kids.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 6th Jul, '12, 13:06

Trying to help a bit more now: when a hard drive crashed on my PC previously (when I hadn't backed up my iPod mp3/AAC files), I used a program called iPodDump (I think) in order transfer the files from the iPod back to the newly installed PC. Worked to some extent (though the files names were not as you would expect). On further import into iTunes with "Copy to itunes folder" option on, the files were moved into said folder and renamed correctly.

Would that work in this case?

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 13:23

Getting them off the iPad onto the PC is the issue. From my reading of the various tech and apple forums, the only way to achieve what I want to achieve is via 3rd party software.

What a joke.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 6th Jul, '12, 14:43

Blutooth?

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 14:51

Apple hobbled iOS so it only allows you to pull photos of an iDevice via any form of direct connect. It used to allow videos but I guess Steve's ghost didn't like that.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 6th Jul, '12, 15:36

Bag o'shite indeed. Glad I'v3e not got one.

How big is the file? Can you email it? FTP methods? Install a bit torrent client on the ipad? Hmmmm....sorry, just throwing ideas around.

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 6th Jul, '12, 15:41

If it was one file it would be fine. It's 40Gb worth of kids videos.

It's not a major issue as I have the originals but I would need to recode them all to mp4 with the right resolution again. A right royal PITA, but not as much a PITA as iTunes/iOS/iWanttomakeyourlifehell

I just stupidly assumed I could sync back from an iPad to a PC via iTunes but it looks like it's a 1 way street.

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 6th Jul, '12, 16:45

Jailbreak iPad and use shell access to view files via wireless and transfer over

avatarless · Post by **avatarless** » 6th Jul, '12, 22:37

so you can't create a torrent from the iPad files and then download to PC? Apple won't allow you to upload any media files via the internet? If not, can you simply change the file extension or package them as zip or rar and then upload? What about FTP sites like http://ge.tt/ ?

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 7th Jul, '12, 08:42

avatarless wrote:so you can't create a torrent from the iPad files and then download to PC? Apple won't allow you to upload any media files via the internet? If not, can you simply change the file extension or package them as zip or rar and then upload? What about FTP sites like http://ge.tt/ ?

No, no and no. The ipad is a completely locked system. You can't even see the extensions of files.

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 7th Jul, '12, 11:06

So, in summary, there is no easy way to do something that should be relatively simple.

Amazing.

Fat Bob · Post by **Fat Bob** » 7th Jul, '12, 11:40

I completely agree. But these were mentioned way back in 2010 and you still went ahead and bought one. You can only blame yourself!

There are ways to do it, it's gonna cost you a few $$. Maybe iDump can work, maybe you have to re-encode the files.

My new laptop is fantastic by the way!

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 7th Jul, '12, 11:42

Jail break takes 5 mins access via wifi 1 min .

What's the problem ?

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 7th Jul, '12, 16:58

Fat Bob wrote:I completely agree. But these were mentioned way back in 2010 and you still went ahead and bought one. You can only blame yourself!

There are ways to do it, it's gonna cost you a few $$. Maybe iDump can work, maybe you have to re-encode the files.

My new laptop is fantastic by the way!

expat yorkshire wrote:Jail break takes 5 mins access via wifi 1 min .

What's the problem ?

My point is simple. What should be a simple straight forward task is impossible with an iDevice unless you buy 3rd party software or circumvent the OS's built in protection which may only work when docked and only until the next OS update.

Seriously ridiculous. Immersing oneself into an Apple only ecosystem must be like getting a lobotomy.

expat yorkshire · Post by **expat yorkshire** » 7th Jul, '12, 18:20

Maybe be its because you don't fully understand it

The Singapore Forum

Transfer iPad to PC

Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Re: Transfer iPad to PC