Q: How do i Move a video from Mac to ipad

Import it into an iTunes library, converting it to MPEG-4 if needed, and sync the iPad to that library.

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Another way. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.

Plug the USB flash drive (works the same with an SD card) into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).

Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)

Using The iPad Camera Connection Kit

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4101

Secrets of the iPad Camera Connection Kit

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-conn ection-kit/

 Cheers, Tom

Either way you must make sure the video you want to transfer to your iPad is in a format iOS supports, basically H.264 or MPEG-4.

See this document...

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/miscellaneous/conceptual/i phoneostechoverview/MediaLayer/MediaLayer.html

The mosty popular conversion utility out there for the common user is Handbrake. It can import just about any video format and convert it to play on an iOS device.

http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

So it's not just a matter of transferring any old video and expecting it to play on your iPad.