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I want to watch movies on my ipad on holiday but only have small storage as i have the 16 version. Is there anyway i can store movies on my external portable hard drive and copy them to my ipad when i need them?

I want to watch movies on holiday on my ipad 3 16 GB but can only store a handful of movies. Is there any way i can store movies on an external hard drive and copy them to my ipad whilst on holiday as and when i need them|?

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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 3:59 AM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 4:16 AM

I don't know if this is available where you live but take a look at this drive from Seagate.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/external-hard-drive/goflex-sa tellite

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Apr 9, 2012 4:21 AM in response to richardfromfarnborough

There's a couple of ways


Devices like the Seagate Goflex Satellite are made to stream to an iPad. Reviews have been mixed and apparently you can only read FROM the drive, not copy back to it, but the drive has it's own wifi transmitter and sets up your own private wifi streaming hotspot.


There are devices like the iFlash I believe it's called. a 16 or 32 gig drive that I believe can be used to transfer movies.


what I've done takes a bit of techincal know how but works. I have the camera connection kit and I purchased some larger SD cards. I have the ability to make my own digital video files. I then put those on the SD card, follow the naming convention that the CCK demands (having a DCIM folder on the top level, having the movies have an 8 character name). I can then import those files into my iPad via the CCK, watch the video files then delete them off the device.


The Seagate is probably good for someone with less of a technical bent. my way could be good for someone with the techincal knowhow to take the time to come up with a good work around.


There are other streaming services like Netflix and the such, but they do depend on you having good and fast internet access. Which isn't always possible.

Apr 9, 2012 4:50 AM in response to richardfromfarnborough

There is also another way:

In your computer in iTunes (iPad connected) check "sync only checked songs and videos" on the summary page, then goto the Movies Page and check "sync movies" uncheck "automatically include all", uncheck all movies you have in your library, except for the one you want to see at that moment, then sync.

After haveing played the movie on your iPad, connect again, and on the Movies page, uncheck the viewed movie and check another one, sync, see the movie, etcetera.

There exists an external storage called iFlash Drive at Hypershop.com, which has an iPad adapter on one side and an USB adapter on the other side (size a bit smaller than the Camera adapter), from which you can manage and play on the iPad.

I want to watch movies on my ipad on holiday but only have small storage as i have the 16 version. Is there anyway i can store movies on my external portable hard drive and copy them to my ipad when i need them?

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