Can I link my iPad Air to my Windows PC?
Hi - My wife has an iPad Air and I want to link it to my Dell Laptop runiing Windows Vista. Is this possible?
Thanks
Rod
iPad, iOS 7.0.4
Hi - My wife has an iPad Air and I want to link it to my Dell Laptop runiing Windows Vista. Is this possible?
Thanks
Rod
iPad, iOS 7.0.4
Depending on what you mean by "link", most probably yes. What is it you wish to accomplish?
It depends on what you mean by "link it to your laptop". If you want to know if the iPad can be synced to a PC running Windows Vista, the answer is yes.
here are the system requirements.
Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:
But ...you really should explain what you mean by "link to your PC".
Start with iTunes. iTunes does make some automatic backups and updates. To avoid this avoid iTunes. Try one of the other file tranfer method.
There are lots of ways of moving files.
A simple and popular way to copy files and share files amoung your devices.
Using iTunes to transfer files:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4094?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Files Connect -- The swiss army knife of remote file connect
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/files-connect/id404324302?mt=8
iExplorer -- " iExplorer's disk mounting features allow you to use your iPhone, iPod or iPad like a USB flash drive."
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/
Windows File server
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8
"In education and business users increasingly expect to be able to access their data anytime, anywhere and from any device."
Configure WebDave on your server.
This thread has good info.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3708341?tstart=0
How to transfer files from your iPad to your PC with iPad to Computer Transfer
http://www.iphone-mac.com/how-to-transfer-and-sync-contents-from-ipad-to-pc.html
More ways to transfer files and access Word documents:
Hi and thanks for the replies - What I want to able to do is to access the files on the Dell from the iPad and copy across picures and iTunes music and the like. Am not very much up on computer technicalities.
Rod
Can I link my iPad Air to my Windows PC?