Move Pics From Camera Memory Card To Ipad

[shivvy]

What is the easiest way to do this? I usually save my pics to my external NAS via my laptop but this time I want to put them onto my ipad so that I can bring them to a family member to show them.

I have tried bluetooth between the laptop and the ipad but cant get it to work. I have attached a cable from the laptop to the ipad but that doesn't seem to work either.

I'm looking for the easiest possible way and nothing too technical if possible.

Thanks.

[pinkyboyid]

A couple of options:

First involves purchase of a transfer unit that connects to the iPad:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photo-Transfer-Adapter-Apple-iPad/dp/B005FRJGDK

Second, via iTunes, which wont cost anything other than download and install of iTunes on PC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4236

[Sycamore3House]

Send yourself an email from your laptop with the photo as an attachment and then save on your ipad.

[shivvy]

Thanks but there are hundreds of pics as well as videos Sycamore so I don't think emailing them is ideal.

pinky - i think itunes might be what I should do. I already have it loaded onto my laptop for my iphone. I have now saved the pics and vids to my external drive so should I still be able to copy/move them over onto the ipad?

[pinkyboyid]

Try the following:

To transfer photos from your computer to your iPad via iTunes and assuming you have an appropriate Apple Ipad Data / USB cable, connect your iPad to the computer with the data / usb cable.

- Launch iTunes on the PC and click on the iPad icon from under 'Devices'.
- Click on the Photos tab, and check the box "Synch photos from."
- Click "Choose folder" from the drop-down menu, and select your picture folder. Now that the folder is on iTunes, you can select the photos you want to transfer to your iPad, or transfer them all.
- Finally, click the Synch/Apply button at the bottom right of the page. The pictures will transfer to your computer.

Hope that works for you!

[shivvy]

Thanks for all those directions pinky. I have had to reinstall itunes but I think I have done that successfully now - eventually!
I have followed your instructions and everything looks as if it is going ok but then I get a message saying the the pics and vids "could not be synced because the sync session failed to finish".
I have tried it a couple of times but keep getting the same message. Any idea what I need to do?
Thanks.

[Gromit]

Use Dropbox.com its free.