How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

How to transfer movies and music from iTunes to USB flash drive? If you are portable device user, you may have this question. You can play the transferred iTunes movies on tablet, smartphone, even Smart TV and 4K UHD TV. Really? The answer is "NO". Please follow this article to learn how to transfer iTunes movies to USB flash drive for playing without any problem.

Part One: Download and transfer iTunes movies to USB flash drive

If you don't already have iTunes installed on your computer, you'll need to get the free download and install it on your computer. iTunes is available for Mac or PC, and the website will automatically detect which version you need.

Run iTunes on your Windows or Mac computer. Go to iTunes on your computer, sign in to the iTunes Store, and choose Store > Check for Available Downloads and be able to download the movie using your computer. You can transfer the downloaded iTunes movies to your USB flash drive easily.

Plug your USB flash drive into the computer, then drag all moives to a new folder. You can name it movies, or iTunes moives. Then, you'll have all your iTunes movies on the USB flash drive. Here's where to find your iTunes movies on a computer.

Using the included USB to USB Type-C cable connect your phone and get started.

iTunes Music Locations

- Windows XP – C:\Documents and Settings\ (username)\ My Documents \My Music \ iTunes \ iTunes Media \ Movies
- Windows 7, 8, 10 or Windows Vista – C:\ (username) \My Music \ iTunes \ iTunes Media \ Movies
- Mac OS X/High Sierra, etc – /users /username > Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Movies

Can I play the downloaded movies via USB flash drive? It's a pity, you can't watch the downloaded iTunes 1080P movies via USB flash drive or other Android/Windows devices due to the DRM protection. If you connect your USB flash drive to a HDTV, your TV will can't read the media files. For playing iTunes movies freely, we have to remove the DRM protection from iTunes movie files.

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Part Two: Convert iTunes movies for playing via USB flash drive

We provided you the best DRM removal software here. iTunes Video Converter will help you convert iTunes movie for your USB flash drive. In addition, this DRM removal software can convert any video to any hot devices, such as iPad Air, Galaxy Note Pro, Iconia B1, Chromebook, Galaxy Tab S7, Surface Pro, Galaxy S21, Google Pixel 6, Sony Xperia 5 III, etc.You can free download this program here.

Free try and get iTunes Media Converter

Guide on : How to convert iTunes movies to common format (MP4, AVI, MKV, WMV, FLV...)

Note that the quick start guide below uses M4VGO for Windows (Including Windows 10) screenshots. The way to finish your task on Mac OS X (macOS Catalina is supported) is the same. Just get the right version and follow the intuitive interface to get it done.

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Add iTunes videos

Run iTunes Video Converter as the best iTunes to USB flash drive converter, when the main interface pops up, you can drag the downloaded iTunes movies into this app. If you like, you can click "Add File" icon to load media files.

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

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Choose output format

You can choose any video format as output video/audio format. Just click "Format" bar to choose your needs. If you want to play iTunes movies freely, we suggest you choose H.264 MP4 as output video format. If you plan to get music, you can choose MP3 under common audio category.

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

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Start conversion

When everything is ready, click the convert button to start converting iTunes movies on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11.

That's all. After conversion, click "Open" to locate the converted moveis, you can transfer the converted videos to your USB flash drive from your computer.

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

"I tried to copy the movies from my iTunes library to a USB flash drive to save space on my computer, but it unexpectedly failed. Can I copy iTunes movie to USB? Can anybody tell me how can I manage to put the iTunes movies on a USB stick with ease?

I need to transfer an iTunes movie to USB so that I can watch the movie on my Samsung Smart TV. But it seems impossible to put any iTunes movie to the USB flash drive. What's wrong?

I meant to use a USB stick to move my iTunes movies from the old computer to a new one, but it won't allow me to transfer the movies to the flash drive." ...

There will always come a time when you need to transfer your movies in iTunes library to a USB stick. But it's a pity that transferring iTunes movies to USB flash drive is no easy job at all. If you are facing such problem, follow the way in this article to learn how to transfer movies from iTunes to USB flash drive.

1. Why Can't You Copy iTunes Movies to USB Flash Drive Directly?

Many of you might be confused why you can't directly transfer movies from iTunes to USB flash drive, just like other video files do. That's because unlike the common videos, iTunes movies and episodes are copy-protected by Apple's FairPlay DRM, which prevents you from copying any iTunes movie to USB stick and other non-Apple devices for playback. Therefore, your USB flash drive will not recognize the DRM-protected iTunes movies properly. Currently the only way to make the iTunes DRM movies readable by USB is to remove DRM protection from iTunes movies before transferring them to the USB drive.

In this case, TunesKit iTunes M4V Converter (Mac & Windows) will do the trick for you. It's one of the best iTunes DRM removal tools to help you bypass DRM restriction from iTunes movies to make you transfer DRM-free iTunes movies to USB flash drive freely. While removing the DRM, this magic software can also convert the DRM'd iTunes M4V movies to plain MP4 format with nearly 100% original quality preserved, as well as the original Dolby 5.1 audio track of the iTunes movies.

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

TunesKit iTunes M4V Converter Features:

  • Get rid of DRM protection from iTunes movies
  • Convert iTunes M4V to MP4, MOV, AVI, etc.
  • Preserve 100% original quality while converting iTunes videos
  • Support 30X faster conversion speed
  • Available for Mac and Windows platforms


2. HowTo: Transfer iTunes Movies to USB Stick with TunesKit

Now you can download the right version of TunesKit iTunes DRM Video Converter and begin to download iTunes movies to USB stick by following the instructions below.

Step 1Add DRM-Protected iTunes Movies

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

After launching TunesKit iTunes DRM Video Converter, you can import the DRM movies from iTunes library in two different ways. You can either click the "Add Files" button in the program to add the iTunes files automatically, or you can manually add the movies to converter by directly dragging & dropping them from iTunes library.

Step 2Choose Output Path, Audio Tracks & Subtitles

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

When the iTunes movies are loaded successfully, you can select the output folder, audio tracks and subtitles before removing the DRM protection.

Step 3Remove DRM from iTunes Movies

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

Once all the settings are adjusted, you may start to crack DRM from iTunes movies by clicking "Convert" button of TunesKit. Then the converter will begin converting the DRM-ed iTunes M4V files to MP4 format by default.

Step 4Move Converted iTunes Movies to USB Stick

After conversion, go to the customized output folder to find the converted DRM-free iTunes movies and you are free to move all the movies to USB flash drive.


Video Guide: How to Transfer iTunes Movies to USB Flash Drive

In the followig short video, you can learn how to use TunesKit M4V Converter to remove the restriction and convert iTunes movies from M4V to MP4 in a few clicks only. Then you can move these DRM-free iTunes movies to your USB flash drive.

How to transfer iTunes movie to USB

Andy Miller joined TunesKit since 2013. He likes to spend his time to work on some new skills and gadgets. He's a writer as well as a computer geek.

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Can I transfer iTunes to a USB?

Open iTunes, click "Edit" and select "Preferences>Advanced", then you can see the iTunes Media folder location on your computer. Step2. Go to the iTunes Media folder, and you can copy songs to your flash drive directly.

Can you download purchased iTunes movies to an external drive?

Nope. All DRM ( Digital Rights Management )-protected movies purchased from the Apple iTunes Store must be played/streamed directly from the iPad ONLY. You can externally just simply store the movies on an external drive, but you need to transfer the movie or TV show, back to the iPad to play it!

Can you put Apple TV movies on USB?

No, not directly. The Apple Tv cannot naively access networked drives. There are apps in the store that may do this, but DRM protected media files from the iTunes store will not play outside of iTunes as they cannot validate the DRM lock.