I’m an android guy and my partner is iPhone, she isn’t very tech literate and has an old iPad.
I don’t want to connect the older iPad to my network but I’d like to get some MP4 videos on it of learning and Nursary rhymes for my daughter when on a car journey.
I’ve plugged it in but I can’t seem to drag and drop. I use Linux so not sure iTunes is an option, thank you.
Are there any tricks?
I would check out either VLC or Documents by Readdle. They both have a web interface you can launch where you can upload media through a browser with. Both have network drive capabilities and can play media well. I think VLC overall would be a simpler experience, but both are very capable for what you need.
Just wanted to thank you.
In the end VLC worked great and was surprisingly easy!
I did another option and got the videos on the iPad but no app could see them, should have just VLC’d it from the start.
VLC is such a treasure!
I recently had a similar problem with an old device. I used my mobile hotspot to allow me mobile device to connect to a data network. That way at least it’s still behind my mobile device’s security.
Can modern ipads be mounted as a file system. It’s kinda annoying, going to try @plutolink suggestion.
I even tried just downloading them from a local webserver but safari on an older ipad can’t download, only stream the MP4.
Yeah older iPadOS and IOS are a pain and require iTunes. I would try to setup Wine and installed iTunes.
I use Linux and my iPhone shows up in GNOME’s file explorer. I’m able to drag and drop files into apps. (They appear like directories.)
I can’t tell you what needs to be installed, since it worked out of the box on Ubuntu, but check your package manager for “iOS” or “iPhone”.
