But what do you do when you don't have an internet connection? Fortunately, there is a way to download videos directly to your iPhone. If you upload videos to those sites as a form of a backup, then downloading your own personal videos would not violate any copyright laws. Saving videos from the internet can take up a lot of space on your iPhone. For the sake of this article, Safari will be the primary app you use.
And by default, Safari saves downloads to the Files app, either storing them directly on your device or in a Downloads folder in your iCloud Drive. If you have another cloud service set up with the Files app, like Dropbox or Google Drive, you can set those to be your download locations. The video download feature has been added to Safari in iOS A less elegant, but sometimes the only way to save a video to your iPhone is to record your iPhone's screen while playing the clip.
Downloading videos from YouTube is very similar to downloading them from Facebook. Method 2. Connect your iPhone to your computer. Use the USB cable that came with your iPhone.
If iTunes is not open or doesn't open automatically when you connect your device, open it. Click on Library. It's in the top-center of the iTunes window. Click on the drop-down menu. It's in the upper-left corner of the screen, above the gray pane, and probably reads "Music. Click on Movies. It's near the top of the drop-down menu.
Click on Home Videos. It's on top-left side of the screen under "Library. Click on your MP4 file. It will appear in the right pane of the window.
You may need to scroll down to find your video. Drag your video to your iPhone. Drag the MP4 to your iPhone's icon on the left side of the window, under "Devices. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Trending Articles How to. How to. About This Article. Co-authored by:. Downloading files you find online can take up a lot of space and quickly fill up your storage.
Use an app like Gemini Photos to find and delete unwanted duplicate pictures and old screenshots to free up space. One of the most common file types you are likely to receive in an email or find online is PDF. If you want to save a PDF, you can save it and read it offline later thanks to the Books app.
Another common file type you might want to try to open on your phone is a ZIP file. The good news is, thanks to the Files app, you can now download and save ZIP files onto your phone. The downside is that there is currently no way to uncompress — or unzip — those files directly on your iPhone. But more on that later. Some ZIP files are just compressed folders of multiple images or videos, while others are a little more complex. Downloading MP4s and other videos to your iPhone is a bit different than downloading other files.
Most files can only be opened with a specific app, but with videos, you can save them in your photo library, the Files app, or in one of your cloud services. If you want to transfer a video to your iPhone from another device, an easy way to do it is with Google Drive.
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