How to Add Movies to iPad

Buy on iTunes

Open the iTunes Store on iPad. The app is bright purple with a white musical note on top. You will see this app on your Home Screen.

If you can't find the iTunes Store app, swipe down from the center of the screen and type "itunes store," then click the app that appears.

Click Search . The icon looks like a magnifying glass at the bottom of the screen.

Type the movie name into the "Search" bar, then click Search . The "Search" bar is at the top of the screen, and the blue Search button is at the bottom right of the keyboard.

You may first have to click the "Search" bar for the iPad keyboard to appear.

Click the Movies tab . The tab is located just below the "Search" bar.

Click on the movie you want to purchase. This step will open that movie page.

Click BUY . The button is to the right of the movie's cover art, and the price is to the right of the button (e.g. $9.99 BUY ).

Enter your Apple ID password if requested. After you enter your Apple ID password, the video will begin downloading.

You may be asked to scan your fingerprint instead if your iPad supports Touch ID.

Press the Home button on iPad. This step will minimize the iTunes Store app.

Do not close the iTunes Store completely until the video has finished loading.

Open your iPad's TV app. The app is black with a blue TV screen on top. You will find the application on the Home Screen.

Click the Library tab . The card is located at the bottom of the screen. You will see your purchased movie appear here once the download is complete.

Import from iTunes

Connect iPad to computer. Use the iPad charging cable to do this.

Open iTunes on your computer. iTunes has a white icon with a colorful music note above it.

Click Download iTunes if prompted. You will need to update and then restart your computer before you can continue.

Click the Music tab . The tab is in the upper left of the iTunes window, just above "Library" at the top of the left pane.

If you're not signed into iTunes, first click the Account tab , click Sign In , and type in your email address and Apple ID password.

Click Movies . Options are in the drop-down menu at the bottom or above Music .

Click the Recently Added tab . The tab is directly below the Movies tab . You'll see your iTunes purchases on your computer appear here.

If you want to add an iTunes purchase from here to your iPad, just right-click or Alt-click it, select Add to Device , and click the iPad name.

Click and drag the video into the iTunes window. This is the video you want to add to your iPad.

Click the Home Videos tab . This is a collection of drop-down cards from the Recently Added tab on the left above iTunes. You will see newly added movies here.

Right-click or Alt-click the movie. This step brings up a drop-down menu.

You can also use two fingers to click on the movie.

Select Add to Device . This option is near the middle of the drop-down menu.

Click the iPad name. The device name could be "[Your Name]'s iPad".

Wait for iTunes to finish syncing the movie. You can track sync progress by looking at the blue bar at the top of the iTunes window.

Open your iPad's TV app. The app has a blue screen TV icon on a black background. You'll find the TV on your iPad's Home Screen.

Click Library . The button is located in the lower left corner of the screen. You will see newly added movies here.

Download from iCloud Drive

Go to the iCloud page. The page is located at https://www.icloud.com/

Enter your Apple ID email address and password. This is the information you use to sign in to iCloud on your iPad. After you enter the information, the iCloud page opens.

Click iCloud Drive . The app is white with a blue cloud icon on top.

Click drag the video to the iCloud page. This is the video you want to add to your iPad. Dropping a video onto the page will trigger uploading the video to iCloud.

If iCloud Drive doesn't have enough video storage space, you'll need to delete files in iCloud Drive or upgrade iCloud storage.

Wait for the file to complete uploading. You'll see "Uploading." below the file, as well as a blue progress bar. Once the progress bar disappears, the file has been saved in iCloud Drive.

Open iCloud Drive on iPad. The app is white with a blue cloud icon. If iCloud Drive is not enabled on your iPad, first follow these steps.

Open Settings .

Click your name at the top of the page.

Click iCloud .

Swipe iCloud Drive to the right to "On".

Find iCloud Drive on the Home Screen.

Click on the movie name. This step will open the movie page.

Click Download to View . The button is below the movie name. Then the video will decompress.

Click the "Share" icon. The arrow-shaped icon is located in the lower left corner of the screen.

Click Save Video . Options are near the bottom of the screen. Click to have the movie downloaded to your iPad's Photos app.

Open Photos on your iPad. The app is white with a multicolored pinwheel image above.

Click Camera Roll . Options are at the top left of the screen. Your movie will be the most recent entry in this.

First you may have to click Albums in the lower right corner of the screen.