I am loading video files from my Mac Studio to my 13-inch iPad Pro (M4, 1 TB). Airdrop is doing it, but at a snail's pace. Is there a faster way of doing this?
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iPad Pro Loading video files to my iPad, from my Mac Studio
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You could save to iCloud, or connect iPad to Mac and transfer would be the fastest.
If you connect your iPad, you should see it in the Finder sidebar (usually above the Network icon in Locations) on the Mac. Click on the iPad Pro icon and you'll see an option for Files in the titles. You can drag your Videos into one of the apps listed there (which support it). For example, I use Goodreader. I deposit the video into there and once there I can direct it where to send after that. It’s clunky, but it’s faster than Airdrop I believe since it’s a direct connection. Getting things off the iPad are easier than getting it on. This is how I was doing it at least.
In my case the App Infuse is handling things.
Infuse
Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for macOS 15, with powerful streaming options, Trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support. Gorgeous...
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In my case the App Infuse is handling things.
Infuse
Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for macOS 15, with powerful streaming options, Trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support. Gorgeous...
Excellent app, on both my M4 Pro & Apple TV.
Copy footage to Files app into some folder, then connect fast SSD drive or flash drive and copy files on it, then copy files from drive to your Mac
Upd: my bad, I didn’t see that you want it vice-versa, from Mac to iPad. Well, basically do all the steps in reverse order😃 Copy data from Mac, connect USB device to iPad, copy to Files. From there you can either leave them there or copy to your Photos folder for easier editing
Upd: my bad, I didn’t see that you want it vice-versa, from Mac to iPad. Well, basically do all the steps in reverse order😃 Copy data from Mac, connect USB device to iPad, copy to Files. From there you can either leave them there or copy to your Photos folder for easier editing
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I can do that, I have a couple of Samsung T-7 SSD’s formatted in APFS.
One thing I did there was an Application file that I could not load on the Mac Studio. It was a setting in the download permissions I found out later. What I did was download the file on the iPad. I could not open it there, but with Infuse, I was able to copy it over from the iPad to the Mac Studio, where it opened normally.