iOS 7 does let you set up your iPad computer-free (and as such, you’re not requiredto sync your iPad with a computer running iTunes). Synchronizing your iPad with iTunes on a Mac or PC provides three main benefits over computer-free iPad use.
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iTunes makes it easier to manage your media — your music, movies, apps, and so on — than managing it directly on your iPad.
Managing your iPad’s contents with iTunes provides numerous options that you won’t find anywhere on your iPad.
Managing your iPad’s apps and home screen layouts is much easier in iTunes than on your iPad.
Synchronizing your iPad with your computer is a lot like syncing an iPod or iPhone with your computer. Follow these steps:
How To Sync Ipod Classic To Itunes
Start by connecting your iPad to your computer with the USB cable that came with your iPad.
When you connect your iPad to your computer, iTunes should launch automatically. If it doesn’t, chances are that you plugged the cable into a USB port on your keyboard, monitor, or hub. Try plugging it into one of the USB ports on your computer instead.
If you prefer to sync wirelessly (although it can be noticeably slower), just launch iTunes manually.
Click the iPad button just below the Search field.
If you use more than one iDevice with this computer, the button will say the number of devices (for example, 5 Devices) rather than iPad. Click the button to display a drop-down list and select the device you want.
The Welcome to Your New iPad screen appears
Click Set Up as New iPad or select a backup from the Restore from This Backup drop-down menu and then click Continue.
The Sync with iTunes screen appears.
Click the Get Started button.
The iPad screen appears.
Click the Summary tab near the top of the window.
If you don’t see a Summary tab, make sure your iPad is still connected. If you don’t see its name near the top-left corner of the iTunes window, go back to Step 3 and try again.
(Optional) If you want to rename your iPad, click its name and type a new one.
How To Sync Old Ipod With Itunes
From the Summary pane, you can set any options that you want from the Options area:
Open iTunes When This iPad Is Connected check box: Select this option if you want iTunes to launch automatically whenever you connect your iPad to your computer.
If you do choose to enable it, iTunes launches and synchronizes automatically every time you connect your iPad.
If you do select the Open iTunes When This iPad Is Connected check box but don’t want your iPad to sync automatically every time it’s connected, launch iTunes and choose iTunes→Preferences (Mac) or Edit→Preferences (PC). Click the Devices tab at the top of the window and select the Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from Syncing Automatically check box.
This method prevents your iPad from syncing automatically, even if the Open iTunes When This iPad Is Connected option is selected. If you choose this option, you can sync your iPad by clicking the Sync or Apply button that appears in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window when your iPad is selected in the sidebar.
Sync with This iPad Over Wi-Fi: If you want to sync automatically over your Wi-Fi connection, select this check box.
If you choose to sync wirelessly, your iPad and computer must be on the same Wi-Fi network and your iPad must be plugged into a power source for syncing to occur.
Sync Only Checked Songs and Video: If you want to sync only items that have check marks to the left of their names in your iTunes library, select this check box.
Prefer Standard Definition Videos: If you want high-definition videos you import to be automatically converted into smaller standard-definition video files when you transfer them to your iPad, select this check box.
Standard-definition video files are significantly smaller than high-definition video files. You’ll hardly notice the difference when you watch the video on your iPad (unless it’s an iPad with a Retina display, in which case you’ll almost certainly notice), but you can have more video files on your iPad because they take up less space.
If you plan to use Apple’s Digital AV Adapter (choose the dock version or Lightning version, as appropriate), or Apple TV ($99) to display movies on an HDTV, consider going with high definition. Although the files will be bigger and your iPad will hold fewer videos, the HD versions look spectacular on a big-screen TV.
Convert Higher Bit Rate Songs to 128 Kbps AAC: If you want songs with bit rates higher than 128 Kbps converted into smaller 128-Kbps AAC files when you transfer them to your iPad, select this check box.
A higher bit rate means that the song will have better sound quality but use a lot of storage space. Songs that you buy at the iTunes Store or on Amazon, for example, have bit rates of around 256 Kbps. So a 4-minute song with a 256-Kbps bit rate is around 8MB; convert it to 128-Kbps AAC, and it’s roughly half that size (that is, around 4MB), while sounding almost as good.
Manually Manage Music and Videos: To turn off automatic syncing in the Music and Video panes, select this check box.
One more thing: If you decide to select the Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from Syncing Automatically check box on the Devices tab in iTunes Preferences (that’s iTunes→Preferences on a Mac and Edit→Preferences on a PC), you can still synchronize manually by clicking the Sync or Apply button in the lower-right corner of the window.
If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier or a Windows PC, use iTunes to sync content to your devices. Before you use iTunes to sync content to your iOS or iPadOS device, consider using iCloud, Apple Music, or similar services to keep content from your Mac or PC in the cloud. This way, you can access your music, photos, and more on your devices when you aren't near your computer. Learn more about using Apple Music or iCloud Photos instead of iTunes.
If you use iCloud or other services like Apple Music to keep your content up-to-date across all of your devices, some syncing features through iTunes might be turned off.
What you can sync with iTunes
- Albums, songs, playlists, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks.
- Photos and videos.
- Contacts and calendars.
iTunes features might vary by country or region.
Sync or remove content using iTunes
- Open iTunes and connect your device to your computer with a USB cable.
- Click the device icon in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window. Learn what to do if you don't see the icon.
- From the list under Settings on the left side of the iTunes window, click the type of content that you want to sync or remove.* To turn syncing on for a content type, select the checkbox next to Sync.
- Select the checkbox next to each item that you want to sync.
- Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the window. If syncing doesn't start automatically, click the Sync button.
* You can only sync your device with one iTunes library at a time. If you see a message that your device is synced with another iTunes library, your device was previously connected to another computer. If you click 'Erase and Sync' in that message, all content of the selected type on your device will be erased and replaced with content from this computer.
Sync your content using Wi-Fi
After you set up syncing with iTunes using USB, you can set up iTunes to sync to your device with Wi-Fi instead of USB.
- Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable, then open iTunes and select your device.
- Click Summary on the left side of the iTunes window.
- Select 'Sync with this [device] over Wi-Fi.'
- Click Apply.
When the computer and the device are on the same Wi-Fi network, the device appears in iTunes. The device syncs automatically whenever it's plugged in to power and iTunes is open on the computer.
Get help
- Learn what to do if you see an error when you try to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes.
- Learn how to redownload items that you purchased on another device.
- Learn how to import photos and videos to your computer.