Putting a copy of your contacts file-also known as your electronic address book-on your iPad is quite easy, as long as you use up-to-date software. Windows users need to have their contacts stored in Outlook Express, Outlook 2003 or later, Windows Contacts, or the Windows Address Book (used by Outlook Express and some other email programs).

Mac folks need to use at least Mac OS X 10.5 and the Mac OS X Address Book, which Apple's Mail program uses to stash addresses. You can also use Entourage 2004 or later, but you first have to link before you sync: in Entourage, choose Preferences and click Sync Services. Then turn on the checkboxes for sharing contacts (and calendars) with Address Book and iCal (Apple's calendar program). Entourage shares the info, and Address Book and iCal sync it up.

To turn your iPad into a big glass address book, follow these steps:

➊ Connect your iPad to your computer and click its icon when it shows up in iTunes' Source list. (If you use Outlook or Outlook Express, launch that now, too.)

âž‹ In the main part of the iTunes window, click the Info tab.

➌ Windows owners: Turn on the checkbox next to "Sync contacts from" and then use the drop-down menu to choose the program whose contacts you want to copy. Mac owners: turn on the "Sync Address Book contacts" checkbox. If you want to sync contact groups, select them from the "Selected groups" box. You can also choose to import the photos in your contacts files.

➍ Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window.

The iPad updates itself with the contact information stored in your address book. If you add new contacts while you have your iPad plugged in, choose File'Update iPad or click the Sync button in iTunes to manually move the new data over to your tablet.

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iTunes should get your songs off iPad on computer automatically when you sync. In iTunes preferences you nominate the folder where you want your songs synced. But if you also want to sync your iPad songs and videos to new computer, iTunes seems to be inconducive. To make things worse, iTunes will erase your iPad music files that your iTunes library don't have.

So, if you want to make your iPad backup easier or you are an inexperienced Apple users, we recommend you to use a third-party software. iPad to PC Transfer is a good choice.

Step 1: Connect iPad to new computer
Make sure that you have installed and launched iTunes. After your iPad connected to computer, Launch the program you will see the following UI. Normally, the program will search the device automatically, It will automatically search your iPad infomation.

Step 2: Select songs to transfer
There are many playlist on your iPad. You can transfer any music you like to new computer. You can click one of the music playlist and the select the songs you want to export.

Step 3: Transfer songs from iPad to new computer
Click Export button then choose "Export to Disk Only" as the following form. The software will soon begin to transfer iPad songs to new computer.

Tips: When the software is started, it will modify the automatic synchronization of music/video to manual synchronization between iPad and iTunes.

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Wanting to know how to put video on iPad? I asked myself that question once too, and had to look around for information simply because no one was there to share the detailed steps with me. So I have put together the steps as well as other essentials for people wanting to know how to put video on iPad.

Some filp camcorder produces WMV or AVI file format and do not work with iPad, so you need to convert these files to iPad friendly format first. For a hassle-free experience and high quality HD video output, I recommend ipad converter, which provides optimized presets for iPad.

Step 1: Add video files
Drag video files to the Video Converter for iPad or click the "Open file" button to import flip video files. This software supports batch conversion so you can convert several files in one go to save your plenty time.

Step 2: Select iPad preset from format list
Extend the "Profile" list at the top of the interface to choose the output format. There are three presets for Apple iPad: iPad MPEG-4 Video(*.mp4), iPad H.264 Video(*.mp4).

Step 3: Import Video to iPad
After making all necessary settings, press the "Convert" button to start converting video to iPad. Connect your iPad to PC and transfer the output video files to your iPad with the sync of the iTunes library.

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To enjoy Videos on iPad, the first thing you need to know is what's iPad and what iPad supported video formats? This passage contains three parts:
Part 1: What's iPad;
Part 2: What iPad supported video formats;
Part 3: How to convert video to ipad supported formats.

Part 1: What's iPad

iPad is the first tablet computer from Apple. The iPad is a flat, rectangular computer with a large, 9.7-inch touchscreen on its face. All the iPad models offer WiFi.

• Capacity: 16GB; 32GB; 64GB
• Screen Size and Screen Resolution: 9.7 inches; 1024 x 76
• Networking: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 802.11n WiFi, 3G cellular
• Battery Life: 10 hours use 1 month standby
• Price: US$499-$829

Part 2: What iPad supported video formats

• H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
• MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
• Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Note: To know more about iPad supported formats, just click here.

Part 3: How to Convert video to iPad supported formats

How to convert videos for ipad? This video converter for ipad offers easy solution to iPad video conversion.You can convert YouTube video to iPad or convert Veoh video to iPad easily, and the output video looks quite nice on your iPad's big screen. Just follow the steps below.

Step 1. Add files
Free download video converter for ipad and run it, then click Open File to get started:

Step 2. Output setting
Select an output format for selected files. Click Browse button, select a destination folder in the dialog box that opens, and click OK.

Step 3. Convert video to iPad
Click Convert button on the toolbar to start converting the files, that's all.

More and more people prefer to express our feelings and share our ideals with others in this open and comprehensive world, no daunt, youtube, one of the biggest original videos sites, is our best choice. But have you face these problems before, when you want to download those amazing videos and save it forever, and enjoy it on our iPad from time to time.

Fortunately, mac dvd to ipad is destined to help us to put YouTube videos on iPad. And even let you convert dvd to ipad, and enjoy it on iPad freely.

Step 1: Load YouTube Videos

The downloaded YouTube file might be two formats: HD MP4 and FLV. Drag & drop YouTube Videos to the program. Or click "Open file" directly to locate the YouTube Videos you want to add.

Step 2: Select iPad output format

YouTube to iPad Converter provides optimized presets for all generation iPads (new iPads included). Just select an output format for YouTube videos according to which formats model you need.

Tips: In this step you can set the video and audio parameters. Including video bitrate, frame rate, video size, and audio bitrate, sample rate, channels etc.

Step 3: Strat YouTube video to iPad conversion

Click "Convert" and let this YouTube to iPad Converter do the rest for you. Now that the YouTube file has been converted, open the output folder and you can get the output files for iPad.

iPad is the latest innovative product developed by Apple which is similar to the older (and smaller) iPod Touch and iPhone. We can use iPad to browse the Internet, load and stream media, send emails, read e-book, listen music, watch movies, etc. We can also get a lot of music and video content from iTunes store. The pain is, we have to pay for every song or movies we buy. Even today, getting video content is still a bit of a challenge. That's where this tutorial comes in: if you already have a bundle of DVD movies, this step-by-step guide will show you how to rip DVD to iPad on Mac , convert dvd to ipad on Mac(Snow Leopard included).

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Step 1: Add Movie to DVD to iPad Mac
Click the " Load DVD" or " Load IFO" button, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open your DVD folder, select the VIDEO_TS folder and click OK.

After you add your movie, you can select any titles or chapters that you want to convert by ticking the check boxes before them. You can preview your added movies on the left windows of the main interface, you can also add more than one movies at a time, it's save plenty of time.

Step 2: Output iPad Video Settings
On the left side of the main window, you can name the output file for the selected title/chapter, select a subtitle to put on your movie, and select an audio track.

At the bottom of the window, you can select an output format like MP4, M4V or MP3, here we will select iPad Video (*.mp4) as output format.

If you want to convert all chapters or titles to iPad in one output file, you can check the " Merge into one file" option at the bottom of the main interface.

Step 3: Start to Convert DVD to iPad Mac
After finishing all the output settings, you can just click the " Convert" button to start to Convert DVD to iPad Mac. This DVD to iPad Converter for Mac can shut down your computer automatically after conversion if you don't want to wait around during conversion.

Tip: What type of TV shows and videos can be played on iPad?

* Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable
* H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
* MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Freeware: Use DVD decrypter + Free iPad video converter

1. Download the DVD decrypter and video converter for ipad , install it to your computer and run it.

2. Place the DVD you want to rip your video from into your DVD drive.

3. Go to the Mode menu and select IFO I mode. This will give you access to two new tabs; Input & Stream Processing.

4. Go to the Tools menu, select Settings, go to the IFO tab, then under Options, change File Splitting to None and press OK.

5. Go to the main screen and click the Stream Processing tab. Enable it and only select the first video listed. Note that home encoded movies do not support subtitles of any kind and that your file can only have one type of audio.

6. Start ripping.

7. Download free iPad video converter and launch. Press 'Convert' button, and click 'Video File' link.

8. The iPad Converter freeware has two ways of converting videos, Normal Mode and Power Mode. The former can only be used online, while the latter can be used both online and offline. Let's take Power Mode for example.

9. Click the "Select File" button to choose the video you want to convert. If you want to change the location of where your converted video will be located, click the "Browse" button.

10. If you want to change the title of your converted video, edit the "Title" text box. If you want to access another device's profiles, change the "Device" combo box. Select the encoding settings you want by picking an existing or custom profile. To start your conversion, click the "Start Converting" button.

The free solution need convert twice (DVD to VOB, and VOB to iPad). First of all, you have to rip DVD into one big file with free DVD rippers such as DVD Decrypter, then convert the ripped file to iPad playable files. There is no doubt that this will waste more time than the straight ipad dvd converter mode.