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Chapter 16
What You’ll Be Using
To transfer files to your iPad, you need to use the following:
> The iPad’s USB cable
iTunes on your computer
> An Internet connection
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The iBooks app
The Settings app
Importing Files to iTunes on Your Computer
Before you can transfer files to your iPad from your computer, you must store
those files in the iTunes program on your computer. You can buy music and movies
directly from iTunes on your computer, or you can get them from another source.
For example, you can get a copy of an audio file from a friend or download it from
another source, such as Amazon.com. Most people capture photographs using a
digital camera or a mobile phone, which they can then transfer to their computer.
Q NOTE: You can also buy and download songs directly to your iPad using the
iTunes app on your iPad. In most cases, movies and TV shows are too big to
download directly to your iPad, so you’ll first need to download them on your
computer and then transfer them to your iPad from the iTunes program on
your computer, like you’re doing in this section.
No matter where you get your photo, audio, ebook, and video files, you must
make sure that any files you import into iTunes are stored in file formats that iTunes
(and your iPad) can recognize. Table 16-1 lists the most popular file formats that
iTunes supports for each type of file.
Table 16-1: Common File Formats Recognized by the iPad
File Type iPad-Compatible File Format
Photo BM P, JPG, GIF, PSD, TIF, SGI, and PNG
Audio MP3, AAC, WAV, MOV, AIFF, WAV, Apple Lossless, and AA
Ebook EPUB, iBooks, and PDF
Video MPEG-4 and MOV
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NOTE: To convert files into one of the file formats recognized by the iPad, you
may need a special file conversion program, such as Audacity (http://audacity
.sourceforge.net/) or Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/). Programs such as
iPhoto or Photoshop Elements can convert graphic images to a compatible
file format for your iPad. Programs such as iMovie and Premiere Elements can
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