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I am not a able to get my iPad (Running version 13 iOS) to play stored movies purchased through iTunes. Why is that? The 34gb iPad I bought does not hold more than 2 movies, but I buy all my movies through apple, and should be able to download them where I like. So, why will why iPad not accept these externally stored iTunes movies?
iPad, iOS 13
AMCR41 wrote:
The 34gb iPad I bought
Apple has never made a 34GB iPad.
So why will [why] my iPad not accept these externally stored iTunes movies?
Since you purchased these in iTunes, you may (and should) download them from the iTunes Store when you’re ready to view them. The external storage is irrelevant.
Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books - Apple Support
Nope.
All DRM ( Digital Rights Management )-protected movies purchased from the Apple iTunes Store must be played/streamed directly from the iPad ONLY.
You can externally just simply store the movies on an external drive, but you need to transfer the movie or TV show, back to the iPad to play it!
That's the way it is and that's how Apple set it up, probably per their various agreements with motion picture and TV studios and agreements with Motion Picture Industry of America.
There is no workarounds and nothing can be done about this.
This is why I stopped purchasing movie and TV series content from Apple and the iTunes store many years, ago.
Too many “put-in place” digital content restrictions.
I have long gone back to purchasing actual physical media or just renting recent movies ( I wouldn't want to own, anyways ) from Apple's iTunes store and delete them from my devices when I am done watching them.
Oh, please excuse the typo, it’s 32 gb. I can download a movie and watch it directly on my iPad. However, I don’t always have access to WiFi and like to have stored movies to watch. Therefore the external storage is not irrelevant. Thanks for the reply.
AMCR41 wrote:
I don’t always have access to WiFi and like to have stored movies to watch.
You may download the movie when you have access to Wi-Fi, and then watch it later (with or without Wi-Fi access).
Thank you, I appreciate the information.
Use of external storage with iTunes movies
