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The Best Solution to Transfer Files from Old iPad to iPad mini

2012-10-25 16:11:26 / Posted by to iOS Transfer Topic
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In most situations, you get a new iPad mini, and you'll want to copy some files from your old iPad to the new one, right? Obviously, sharing contents like music, movie, photo, ePub, PDF, camera roll and more between your old iPad and new iPad mini can save your much time on downloading this files one more time. And sometimes it also a great way to avoid losing some precious data from your device. But the problem is how to do it?

If you have the same problem as above, don't feel confused any more. Here we will guide you to make data transfer from your old iPad to your new iPad mini. Firstly, you need to use an iPad to Mac transfering software to transfer your files from your old iPad to Mac. Then you can copy your old iPad files to your new iPad mini via iTunes on your Mac.

Part 1: Export Your Old iPad Files to Mac

To make a quick data transfer, you can use an iPad Data to Mac Transferring Software. It's a useful tool to copy iPad files to your Mac for sharing. It designs a simple interface for users.

Note: For Windows user, please click here - iPad to Computer Transfer.

Step 1: Download and install the program on your Mac

Download the software and install it on your Mac. Then you can launch it. Now you can use a USB cable to connect your old iPad to your Mac. It will detect your old iPad and shows your old iPad's model, capacity, version and other information. You can press the "Refresh" button, if it fails to find your old iPad.

Step 2: Choose files you want to transfer to your iPad mini

You can see all your files categories including Music, TV Shows, Books and more on the left pane. Choose the right category and check files you would like to copy to Mac.

Step 3: Copy files from old iPad to Mac

Now you can click the "Export" button to copy your selected files to Mac. After transferring, you can open these files to check on your Mac.

Part 2: Transfer Your Old iPad Files from Mac to iPad min via iTunes

When you successfully copy your files from old iPad to your Mac. You can start to copy these old iPad files to iPad mini via iTunes on Mac. Following are the steps.

Step 1: Launch iTunes and Click File>Add Files to Library to add your old iPad files to iTunes Library.

Step 2: Connect your iPad mini with your Mac using the USB cable.

Step 3: Click the category name on iTunes menu like Books, Music, TV Shows and more.

Step 4: Syn your files to your iPad mini.

With the help of iPad to Mac transfer tool, it's an easy thing to transfer your old iPad files to iPad mini. You can try this software right now.

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