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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by Fat Bob » 7th Jul, '12, 18:26

I'm still asking: why would you want to do something like that? Steve Jobs thought you never would want to....
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 18:32

expat yorkshire wrote:Maybe be its because you don't fully understand it :)
Correct. I haven't submitted to the Borg Collective yet.
Fat Bob wrote:I'm still asking: why would you want to do something like that? Steve Jobs thought you never would want to....
I might see if I get find a local seance I can join to let Steve know why I need to do it.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 18:53

Anyway Baloo arent you the man with "back up of back up" huge Terra bytes of back drives , cloud storage etc..... have you never backed up these files before ?

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 18:56

expat yorkshire wrote:Anyway Baloo arent you the man with "back up of back up" huge Terra bytes of back drives , cloud storage etc..... have you never backed up these files before ?
baloo wrote:It's not a major issue as I have the originals but I would need to recode them all to mp4 with the right resolution again. A right royal PITA, but not as much a PITA as iTunes/iOS/iWanttomakeyourlifehell
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 19:04

so you didnt back up the mp4 files ... why not ?

I mean why not go for my solution .. you are a geek after all .... :D its free and takes 5 mins

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by Sardonicus » 7th Jul, '12, 19:14

Am not an Apple user so apologies upfront if this is a clueless answer but......

Can you not use a friend's Apple PC to dump the iPad stuff down, then copy that to a portable drive, then copy that to your PC?


(or even go to an internet cafe or shop that has Apple stuff)
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 19:19

Sardonicus wrote:Am not an Apple user so apologies upfront if this is a clueless answer but......

Can you not use a friend's Apple PC to dump the iPad stuff down, then copy that to a portable drive, then copy that to your PC?
(or even go to an internet cafe or shop that has Apple stuff)


No

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by Sardonicus » 7th Jul, '12, 19:23

Why not?

I dump my wife's iPhone pictures to my PC where I have accounts for both her iTunes and my iTunes, isn't that about the same thing?
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 19:27

expat yorkshire wrote:so you didnt back up the mp4 files ... why not ?
I did. They are backed up on the iPads.
I mean why not go for my solution .. you are a geek after all .... :D its free and takes 5 mins
They aren't my iPads. I'd prefer to leave them as stock as possible for the wife and kids.

The issue here is Apple's seemingly ridiculous dictating of what a user can or can't do with his or her own files.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 19:28

Sardonicus wrote:Why not?

I dump my wife's iPhone pictures to my PC where I have accounts for both her iTunes and my iTunes, isn't that about the same thing?
Photos aren't locked down on the iToys. You can drag and drop them easily. You used to be able to do that with video, but now Apple has decided no one wants to do that.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 19:32

baloo wrote:
expat yorkshire wrote:so you didnt back up the mp4 files ... why not ?
I did. They are backed up on the iPads.



an interesting solution to say the least......

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 19:40

A logical one. Most people would think 3 copies of a file is enough to feel safe.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 19:46

And the other 2 copies also " backed up to Ipad ?

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 19:48

As the files are still on the ipad and you have the original disks anyway , why are you so keen to copy them off the ipad ?

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 19:57

expat yorkshire wrote:And the other 2 copies also " backed up to Ipad ?
2 iPads. Each has the same set of video files. The third copy was my PC's iTunes
expat yorkshire wrote:As the files are still on the ipad and you have the original disks anyway , why are you so keen to copy them off the ipad ?
Because kids being kids change what they want to watch so I'd like to be able to remove the videos off the iPads but have a copy so in 6 months time when they want them again, I can resync.

Now I'll have to recode them all again. Major pain in the arse simply because Apple decided users don't want to copy from an iToy to a computer.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 20:05

But surely in six months time your kids will not want to be watching the same movie and will be into the latest thing ... .

I still don't get your logic of recoding when a 5 minute solution is available ... but if that's what you want to do go ahead

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 7th Jul, '12, 20:11

expat yorkshire wrote:But surely in six months time your kids will not want to be watching the same movie and will be into the latest thing ... .
Surely not. For example, We're back onto Curious George this month. This is that rascally monkeys second visit to the iToys. Madagascar 3 means all Madagascars getting airtime again.
I still don't get your logic of recoding when a 5 minute solution is available ... but if that's what you want to do go ahead
I could go through the hassle of jail breaking them or go throu the hassle of re-encoding the files. The point here is that it's a hassle inflicted upon me and anyone else trying to do the same by Apple for no sense, reason or logic. If I copy something up, surely I should be able to copy it back down. I can do that with any other OS/device in the marketplace.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 7th Jul, '12, 20:15

I don't see a 5 minute Jailbreak as a hassle really ... its a workaround to deal with the known restrictions of Apple environment

http://www.redsn0w.us/2012/05/jailbreak ... ndows.html

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by Jedi » 8th Jul, '12, 07:58

EPY tell me how to activate an iphone 4s without the original sim? I spent a full day trying to jailbreak a friends iphone 4s and hit a brick wall when i reset the device and now can't activate it because they dont know where the original sim card is. All of the jailbreaks i tried require the phone to be activated first. Why do people buy this junk?

I love my androind phone. So simple to use and none of this jailbreak hacking crap to be done!!

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 8th Jul, '12, 08:28

Jedi wrote:EPY tell me how to activate an iphone 4s without the original sim? I spent a full day trying to jailbreak a friends iphone 4s and hit a brick wall when i reset the device and now can't activate it because they dont know where the original sim card is. All of the jailbreaks i tried require the phone to be activated first. Why do people buy this junk?

I love my androind phone. So simple to use and none of this jailbreak hacking crap to be done!!
I cant comment on Android phones but I found the Android tablet to be a pile of crap .

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by expat yorkshire » 8th Jul, '12, 08:53

As for the Jailbreak .

My only thought is that it is locked to a particular US? provider therefore any sim from that provider would work .

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by Fat Bob » 8th Jul, '12, 11:25

I'd admit Android pads aren't up to the standard that the iPad is yet, but the phones rock.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by canuck » 8th Jul, '12, 13:02

Can you not just click and drag them off the ipad movie files to the pc?

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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by baloo » 8th Jul, '12, 13:06

canuck wrote:Can you not just click and drag them off the ipad movie files to the pc?
You'd think so wouldn't you.
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Re: Transfer iPad to PC

Post by avatarless » 8th Jul, '12, 23:05

From browsing the app store, apparently you can unstuff and unzip files, but not the other way around. disturbing.

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