How to Backup Online Movies on iPad

Updated Apr 03,2018 | by Cody

With a relatively big screen, iPad is naturally a better choice than iPhone for watching movies. However, if you own a Wi-Fi only iPad, you may need to download some online movies on your iPad at the spare time in case you want to watch movies when there is no internet connection or the Wi-Fi is not fast enough. This article will introduce you how to backup online movies on iPad. It will be very useful for you.

There are many famous websites which provide various kinds of free movie resources. You can download your favorite movies to your computer, and then transfer the movies to your iPad via iTunes or other third-party tools like IOTransfer.

Backup downloaded movies to iPad via iTunes

Step 1: Download and install iTunes for Windows from Apple official website

Step 2: Connect your iPad to PC and run iTunes

Step 3: Choose iPad from the Device menu on the left panel of the screen

Step 4: Drag the movies from the folder on your computer to iTunes directly

Once iTunes downloaded, you will face the reminders of software updates constantly. If you do

not want to be bothered with receiving the reminders, it is a good choice to use a third-party tool

to back up movies to iPad instead of installing iTunes.

Backup downloaded movies to iPad with IOTransfer

IOTransfer is a useful tool to help you manage your music, photos, videos and contacts on iOS devices. And it can also help you import the downloaded movies to iPad.

Step 1: Free download IOTransfer

Step 2: Connect your iPad with a USB cable

Step 3: Go to MANAGE tab, click on Videos on the left panel, and click Import to back up movies to your iPad.

And if you have any problem with downloading online movies to your PC, you can try Free Online Video Downloader which can help you download online movies easily.

Here are the steps for you:

Step 1: Go to Free Online Video Downloader

Step 2: Copy and paste the URL of the video in the area and then click Download to PC

Steps 3: Click one download link

iPad supports H.264, MP4, M4V, MOV, MPEG-4 and M-JPEG video formats, so please take into consideration when you decide which form to download.

How to download online movies to iPad directly

Besides exporting and importing videos, IOTransfer also supports download online movies to directly to iPad without iTunes. Let's see the details steps:

Step 1: Free download IOTransfer

Step 2: Connect your iPad with a USB cable

Step 3: Go to VIDEOS tab, copy and paste the link of your movies in the URL area

Step 4: Tick "Automatically transfer the downloaded videos into your iOS device" option and click Download, then you can find your movies on iPad.

And if you missed this option, don't worry, you can click the Finished label on the left and then click the phone icon to transfer the downloaded movies to your iPad.

Till now, IOTransfer supports to download videos from some famous websites like YouTube, Instagram, Vimeo, and DailyMotion etc. If you have any suggestion of new website, please submit your suggestion here.

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