Syncing Music on Your iPad Using iTunes
Syncing music, movies, apps, and other content to the iPad can be as simple as plugging a cable into the dock connector at the bottom of the iPad and the other end into a USB port on your computer and letting the data download. For more control over downloading music to your iPad, familiarize yourself with the options for syncing music in iTunes. You can now decide which songs, albums, artists, and playlists to move from iTunes to your iPad.
Entire Music Library: This option moves everything in your iTunes Library to your iPad if you have enough space. Selected playlists, artists, and genres: Use this option to be more specific about which tunes you take with you. Check the boxes under the Playlists heading to include certain groups of songs that you made. Check the boxes under Artists to select specific bands and performers. You can also make choices under Genres and Albums. Include videos: Check this to sync videos in your iTunes Library to your iPad. Include voice memos: This box moves any non-music audio fills in your Library to your iPad. Automatically fill free space with songs: This box fills available storage on your iPad with music that you haven’t told iTunes to sync.
Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window to save your changes and start the download based on your choices.
How to Save Individual Songs to Your iPad
In iTunes, you can take full control and only select specific songs to download to your iPad. Here’s how:
