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How to Put DVDs on iTunes (PC & Mac)

September 2, 2013 / / 1,567 Comments

How to Put DVDs on iTunes (Windows & Mac)

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In this video I’ll show you how to put DVDs on iTunes. Instead of spending a bunch of money on the iTunes store and buying movies through iTunes you can actually copy any movie from any DVD onto iTunes and then sync it to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. That’s what I’m going to show you how to do today.

To do this you’ll be using DVD copy software from a company called Digiarty. They make the best DVD copy software out there. It’s by far my favorite – very easy to use, fast, and high quality. The software is available for Windows and Mac. The first thing you want to do is click the link at the top of this description for a free trial download of this software. If you’re a Windows user click the Windows download link. If you’re a Mac user click the Mac download link. That link will start an instant download of this program. Download and install the application from the link above, and you’ll be able to try it out for free. If you like it you can register for the full version right from the program itself (at a special discount!)

Once you have this application installed, it’ll be called MacX DVD Ripper Pro for Mac users. It’ll be called WinX DVD Ripper Platinum for Windows users, but they both work exactly the same so you can follow along. Next, insert the DVD movie that you want to put on iTunes into your computer’s DVD drive. Then click the DVD button at the top left of the application. The source DVD disc window will pop up, and you should see your movie’s title in the box then click OK. Once it loads your DVD movie you’ll see the output profile window pop up. Since we’re putting the movie in iTunes you’ll choose Apple device then choose iTunes video. If you plan on putting the DVD video on a device after it’s in iTunes you can choose whatever device you have (iPhone, iPad or iPod) instead of iTunes video.

Choose the “Recommended” option for iTunes then click Done. The program automatically selects the main movie file. You can see that Title 1 is selected. Go towards the bottom, and you’ll see a destination folder option. This is the folder where you’re going to copy the movie. If you click Browse you can choose any folder where you want to save the movie then click Open. Now all you have to do is click the Run button in the bottom right, and it will start copying the movie to your computer.

Once the copy is complete it shows up in the destination folder. Open iTunes then go back to the folder that has the movie and drag-and-drop the video file into iTunes. The movie will be copied into iTunes, and you can verify it by going into iTunes into the Movies section. That, my friends, is how to put DVDs on iTunes – the absolute best way to do it. Go ahead and give that a try. Enjoy having your favorite DVDs in iTunes now!

By Andy Slye

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How to Put Movies on iPhone

August 7, 2013 / / 1,584 Comments

How to Put Movies on iPhone – Copy DVD Movies to Your iPhone

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In this video I’ll show you how to put movies on your iPhone. Instead of spending a bunch of money on the iTunes store and buying movies through iTunes, you can actually copy any movie from any DVD onto iTunes and then sync it to your iPhone. That’s what I’m going to show you how to do today.

To do this you’ll be using DVD copy software from a company called Digiarty. They make the best DVD copy software out there. It’s by far my favorite – very easy to use, fast, and high quality. The software is available for Windows and Mac. The first thing you want to do is click the link at the top of this description. If you’re a Windows user click the Windows download link. If you’re a Mac user click the Mac download link. That link will start an instant download of this program. Download and install the application from the link above, and you’ll be able to try it out for free. If you like it you can register for the full version right from the program itself and at a special discount.

Once you have this application installed, it’ll be called MacX DVD Ripper Pro for Mac users. It’ll be called WinX DVD Ripper Platinum for Windows users, but they both work exactly the same so you can follow along. Next, insert the DVD movie that you want to put on your iPhone into your computer’s DVD drive. Then click the DVD button at the top left of the application. The source DVD disc window will pop up, and you should see your movie’s title in the box then click OK. Once it loads your DVD movie you’ll see the output profile window pop up. Since we’re putting the movie on an iPhone you’ll choose Apple device then choose iPhone video, and then choose whatever iPhone model you have that you’re going to put the movie on.

It can put movies on any iPhone model: 3GS, 4, 4S & 5. Choose the “Recommended” option for your iPhone model then click Done. The program automatically selects the main movie file. You can see that Title 1 is selected. Go towards the bottom, and you’ll see a destination folder option. This is the folder where you’re going to copy the movie. If you click Browse you can choose any folder where you want to save the movie then click Open. Now all you have to do is click the Run button in the bottom right, and it will start copying the movie to your computer.

Once the copy is complete it shows up in the destination folder. In order to put the movie on your iPhone you have to put it into iTunes first. Open iTunes then go back to the folder that has the movie and drag-and-drop the video file into iTunes. The movie will be copied into iTunes, and you can verify it by going into iTunes into the Movies section. Finally, sync your iPhone with iTunes by plugging your iPhone into your computer via the USB cable. Once your iPhone shows up in iTunes click on it. Go to the top and click on Movies, and check the checkbox to “Sync Movies” then click Apply. The movie will be copied to your iPhone, and you’ll be able to watch it on your iPhone from the Videos app. That, my friends, is how to copy movies on your iPhone – the absolute best way to do it. Go ahead and give that a try. Enjoy having your favorite movies on your iPhone!

By Andy Slye

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How to Transfer Music from iPod, iPhone, or iPad to Any Computer

July 22, 2013 / / 1,556 Comments

How to Transfer Music from an iPod, iPhone, or iPad to Any Windows Computer

Click here to download Leawo iTransfer (Free trial; $19.95 for full version)

What if your computer suddenly crashed and you lost everything in your computer’s iTunes library? But all your music was still on your device (your iPhone, iPod, or iPad) and now you need to transfer all the music from your device back to your computer. This is how to do just that! In this tutorial I’ll show you how to transfer music from an iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your computer. The program is for Windows, and it is called Leawo iTransfer. You can start a free download by clicking the link at the top of this description. It doesn’t just transfer music either. It transfers photos, videos, apps, PDF documents, and songs – everything. The first thing you want to do is make sure you have iTunes installed.

Once iTunes is installed on your computer, the next thing you want to do is click the link above to start a free instant download of Leawo iTransfer. This is the program that you’ll use to transfer all the music from your iOS device back to your computer. Once the download is complete, install iTransfer and open it from your Desktop. The free trial version will let you transfer up to 100 files from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your computer. So if you only have 100 files to transfer then you can use this totally for free. If you have more than 100 files you can purchase a registration code that will give you unlimited transfers.

The next step is to connect your iPhone, iPod, or iPad to your computer using the USB cable. Once your device is connected if iTunes comes up just minimize it. Now in the iTransfer program you should see your device in the left hand side column so click on your device. Now you can transfer the music from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your computer very easily. Click on the Music section. All the songs are selected by default so if you want to transfer all songs to your computer’s iTunes library just click the “Transfer” button. It shows a list of all the songs that are going to transfer. If you see iTunes in the list you can click “Transfer Now”, but if you don’t see iTunes you can click the “Save To Folder” button and click “Change”.

Since you already have iTunes installed you can save it to a special folder called Automatically Add to iTunes which will automatically transfer and add the songs to iTunes once you transfer them to your computer. Here’s how to get to that folder. Click your profile name’s folder, then My Music, then iTunes, then iTunes Media, and the Automatically Add to iTunes folder should be in there. Choose that folder and click OK. You don’t have to save your files to that folder. If you want to choose another folder you can just choose whatever folder you want, but I just like to save it there because it makes the process a bit easier. Once you have your folder selected that you want to transfer the music to, click “Transfer Now”. When the transfer is complete you can open iTunes. If you saved your songs to the Automatically Add to iTunes folder they will automatically be in iTunes. If you saved it to another folder just go to that folder, and your songs will be there. That’s how to transfer music from an iPhone, iPod, or iPad to your computer. It’s very easy to do with Leawo iTransfer.

By Andy Slye

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How to Put Movies on iPad – Copy/Sync DVD Movies

July 6, 2013 / / 1,625 Comments

How to Put Movies on an iPad

Mac users: click here to download MacX DVD Ripper Pro

Windows users: click here to download WinX DVD Ripper Platinum

This tutorial will show you how to put movies on your iPad. I’ll show you how to load that bad boy up with a bunch of movies so you can watch them on your iPad wherever you are. Basically there are two main ways to put movies on an iPad. The first way is through iTunes itself by buying them on the iTunes Store. The second way (which I’ll be showing you today) is copying movies from DVDs and putting them into iTunes then syncing them onto your iPad.

To do this you’ll be using DVD ripping software from a company called Digiarty. They have some of the best DVD Rippers for Mac & Windows so whatever operating system you’re on, click the link (links are at the top of this description). Download & install that program. For Mac it’s going to be Mac X DVD Ripper Pro. For Windows it’s going to be Win X DVD Ripper Platinum, but they both work exactly the same so you can follow along no matter what operating system you’re on.

After you’ve downloaded & installed it on your computer, open it up and you’ll see the application’s home screen. Next, insert the DVD movie into your DVD drive on your computer then click the DVD button in the top left of the program. It should display the name of the DVD movie in your drive then click OK. On the Output Profile window, go down to Apple Device and choose iPad Video, then choose your iPad model. Always choose the Recommended option for your device. Recommended just means the application has automatically selected the best quality options for your specific device. Click Done. The main movie file is already detected & selected so the only thing left to do is click Run, and the movie be copied to your Desktop folder in the iPad format. Bonus tip: if you want the movie file to be automatically imported into iTunes when it’s copied onto your computer click “Browse” then go into your music folder, iTunes folder, iTunes Media, then Automatically Add to iTunes and click Open. That way the movie file will be copied to that folder and automatically added to iTunes.

When the copy is complete you’ll see the folder pop up. If you chose to put it in the Automatically Add to iTunes folder you’ll see that this folder’s empty because it automatically added it to iTunes so just open up iTunes, go to the Movies section, and you’ll see it in there automatically. If you didn’t choose to put it in the Automatically Add to iTunes folder, just go to the folder where you copied it to (probably your Desktop) then drag and drop the video file into iTunes.

Now to actually put the movie on your iPad you’ll need to sync your iPad to your computer via the USB cable. Once your iPad shows up in iTunes, click it then click the Movies section and then select Sync Movies. If you want to add all the movies that are in your Movies section you can check “Automatically include all movies” and it will sync all the movies to your device. If you want to manually select certain movies, select each movie and click Apply. Now your movies will sync onto your iPad. That’s how to put movies on your iPad, by far the easiest and fastest way in my opinion to do that. This application can copy any DVD movie no matter what it is, and it can copy unlimited DVD movies so it’s definitely a must-have.

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How To Run Windows On Mac Using Parallels

June 8, 2013 / / 1,611 Comments

Click here to get Parallels for Mac
Click here to get Windows on Amazon

In this video I’ll be showing you how to run Windows on your Mac using Parallels. This is a virtualization program for your Mac and allows you to run Windows virtually so you can run both operating systems at the same time. You don’t have to boot into a separate hard drive or anything like that. So the first thing you want to do is click the links above to get Parallels and a valid Windows install disc.

So once you have Parallels installed you’re going to open it and choose to install Windows from a DVD or image file. If you have a Windows install disc you can insert it into your Mac DVD drive or choose a Windows installation ISO file. Enter the product key for Windows (or skip and activate later). Choose how you want the virtual Windows machine to behave. You can have it run Windows applications without opening up the Windows desktop, or you can have it all in one single virtual program. Choose a name for the virtual machine. Parallels will load the disc or image file, and it will start the Windows set up. Next choose your language, choose Install Now. Select I accept then Next. Choose Custom (Advanced). Choose Disk 0 then click Next.

Here’s an overview of the Parallels virtual machine settings. You can allocate a certain amount of memory to give the virtual machine while it’s running. Also you can allocate the number of CPU cores for the virtual machine, the total size of the virtual hard drive. It’s actually expandable so it expands as it needs to. The Options tab has all kinds of different categories that you can change. Startup and Shutdown, Optimization, Security, Backup, Sharing, Applications, Coherence, Full-Screen, Modality, and Advanced. The Hardware tab shows the hardware your Mac is sharing with the virtual machine: DVD drive, hard drive, network, USB, Bluetooth, iSight camera, etc.

Windows will perform a restart automatically after it gets done installing the first main files then it will complete the installation. Finish setting up Windows by entering a username, password, product key, time zone, recommended settings, and network settings.

When Windows installation is complete you’ll be in the Windows desktop. As you can see it’s running virtually on the Mac so it’s just like Windows in its own application. The mouse integration is seamless as well as the network. It’s bridging the network from the Mac so it already has Internet access. Parallels really makes this an easy setup, and everything is automatically set up through Parallels. It all does it in the background for you. That’s why I think Parallels is the best application that you can use when you want to run Windows on a Mac. Not to mention you can pretty much use all your Mac hardware in the Windows virtual machine. So as you can see you can do anything like you’re running a normal Windows machine, but it’s on a Mac. That is how to install and run Windows on a Mac using Parallels. It’s the absolute best way to do it.

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