Is my ipad2 dependant on a computer with itunes?
I recently bought an ipad 2. (wi-fi, just upgraded to IOS 5) We bought this because our home computer died, I don't do much on a computer so I've been told by several people that a tablet would be fine. I quickly learned that I needed to borrow a mac with itunes to get my ipad going, the IT department at work hooked me up and let me get going. The also let me upgrade my IOS. At the apple store the guy told me with a connection kit I could get the music from my ipod shuffle to the itunes on my ipad2. But I can't get it to work.
So question 1 - Is there a way to get the music from my shuffle to my ipad without another computer with itunes on it? I have the camera connection kit
Question 2 - My expectation was that the ipad was a complete stand alone device. Am I going to have to keep going back to a mac/pc with itunes to do things from time to time?
I guess since I'm at it, when using my camera connection kit to move pics from my camera to my ipad I am able to get the kit to recognize and upload by pulling the Mem Card out of the camera, but I cannot get the kit to recognize the USB if I just try to connect direct from camera to ipad.
I'm new with the ipad and not a computer guy to start with so any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Prior to IOS 5, the iPad was not a standalone device. It needed to be synced to iTunes. Now you can use it without a need for that. However, music cannot be transferred via the connection kit. If you have purchased songs you can load them from icloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
For unpurchased you will need iTunes to sync or iTunes match to put them in the cloud.
For the other question, are you receiving an error when you connect via USB?
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