I have that same Sandisk usb stick, 256GB. It works just fine, but it gets hellishly hot. A lot of Sandisk sticks get very hot. Some others do as well, and it really does need to be mentioned, as a lot of people are going to think something is wrong, but it’s not.
As you know, there are docks on the market for the iPad Pro with multiple connectors (usb a, c, sd-card, HDMI...). Have you ever tried to copy sd_cards from camera/drone to an external ssd on the fly via the iPad and its connected hardware-dock? That would be great on set, to secure sd cards on a backup ssd, but at the same time to use the iPad Pro to control the scenes on the big screen - to know, that everything is fine and has not be to redone...
I need a little help. How do you mass import those image or video files to your Photo app in the iPad Pro? I'm able to do it but only 1 by 1 and it takes forever to import all the media files...
I like this video, I wondered if I can plug external Hard desk to IPad pro 11 / 2021 (128GB-8GB) , and directly open files xls, docs, ppts, and work on it, then save/close and it will be saved in the Ext. hard desk - or I've to import it > work on it > save it > export back to same folder in Ext. Hard desk. Simply > Use external Hard desk, as extra memory can use content files when ever I plug in. And do you recommend other model or specs if IPad pro 11, will not work it. Thanks for your advice
Great content. I would have loved to see a demo of a usb-c multi port adapter connected to the iPad and show whether or not I can transfer files from an SD card to an external HD. I would love to leave my MBpro home when I do photo vacations.
I've been having terrible issues with WD easy store drives as of iPad OS 13.1, not mounting or taking up to five minutes to mount! I have a Seagate 8TB HDD split into 2 partitions, it works fine, but I won't directly plug into my iPad Pro 2018 12.9 inch, but I'll connect via my iMac... My drive of choice is the Samsung 500GB SSD for now until I've saved up for a few more.
wow. I had the mimo app so the osmo pocket will launch the mimo app upon connection and would not let me use it in the files app.uninstalled and it worked.
Meowcats sure. On the iPad if the dji mimo app is installed , connecting the usbc cable cause the mimo app to launch. Going back to the files app , I did not see it connected as a usb drive and also on the osmo pocket it did not ask me to connect. Removing the mimo app from the iPad returned the functionality you showed connecting osmo pocket to the iPad and seeing it in files app.
Oh man you saved my day big time.. One of the things you mentioned was that your flash drive was NTFS formatted and that's why it won't even show on the files app when connect. I've been looking here and there for a reason why my hard drives are not showing up and been going crazy with it .. turns out I was connecting them as I should, but the problem was that they are NTFS drives 😂 THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this huge heads-up.
Apple release a new version of image, after upgrade all the drives are not detected. only APFS format was supported. Could you please help me how to format APFS format on my windows pC?
After watching this I was impressed at the SanDisk USB C/A Thumb Drive you introduced at 8:58; purchased from Amazon but unfortunately my 2018 ipad pro will not recognize it. The file format is fat32 so should be no issues. it works fine plugging the other end to my PC. Is there something I am forgetting to do?
@@AirPhotographyPlugged the drive into the computer with the USB-C (forgot I had one!) and it works; must be an issue with my iPad! Glad I have AppleCare
Great... I use Linux Mint as my first computer but also an older iPad and MacBook Air and I wonder if the iPad Pro can read an external disk or memory disk formated in EXT4 the default format for Linux.
I had issues on the OSMO pocket transferring files on to the photos app before files and ios13, funny how before the OSMO pocket update it worked though photos app but now not, I did complain through DJI but had no joy. Hopefully they will correct the file numbering to allow multiple files through the photos app. For now thank god for files and iOS 13 as I can transfer now through files.
Great job as always, but thats what annoys be about apple...accomplashing something android could way back when, so they can upsell larger storage pads, its not like you could edit on lumafusion right from storage, right?
I have an iPad Pro 10.5 running latest ios13, Samsung T5, exfat formatted, the apple powered usb to lightning adapter and I am not able to get the files app to recognize my T5.
Thanks for the video, excellent. But why doesn't it tell you that it needs external energy, is it because it is an iPad Pro, or because it is iOS 13? I have a 6 generation ipad. Thanks for answering.
Did you reformat the external drives before plugging them in? I have the same Lacie 4TB hence the orange cord which I wish came with mine, however, nothing appeared on my iPad 2021. I read articles and watched other RUclips videos stating that the drive would first have to be reformatted before using. The information read and watched even stated that I would need a hub or dongle to work properly. The only options for the Lacie system were exFAT and NFTS (sp); the drive format by default was exFAT, however, I still proceeded to reformat on a Windows OS. Still nothing is showing up. I haven’t tried an adapter. Very curious as I haven’t seen you use neither.
Hello, I have a LaCie 2 TB rugged mini and when I plug it into my 2019 iPad running on iOS 13.4 and my LaCie doesn't show up on my iPad. The LaCie drive is formatted to Mac OS Extended ( Journaled ). Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!
Is there a way to connect a GoPro 7 to an iPhone and transfer the files to an external hard drive? either with a hub, or via the gopro app? and if so, what hub works best for this?
Hi, thank you for the video. Was searching an external hard disk to transfer files from my macbook pro to Ipad pro and also to do periodic backups of my Ipad pro without spending to much and the solutions that you show are interesting and I'm oriented to the lacie usb c 2tb but before I buy it are you sure that this product can satisfy my need that I exposed? thank you
are there any power draw concerns connecting disk-based drives? I want to connect a 1TB G-Drive using a mini-USB Type-B to USB-C cable and want to make sure I don't fry my new iPad Pro (3rd gen) or have the disk head crash into the platter because it discovers it doesn't have enough peak power!
Thanks a lot !!! I format the wd my passport ssd into exfat and the sd card import works fine, as well as the plug into ipad. Thanks a lot for your tests and advices
Marcus Zetterblad, Hi, if you still have problem, Ensure that the latest version of IOS is installed on your IPad Pro Be sure to use the USB 3 connection and not the USB 2. Your SSD must be formatted as HFS+ or exFAT Your SSD must be closed. Open Folder than Connect your SSD This is how it works for me. Hope this help. Regards
Is it possible for LumaFusion to store the images we are editing in an external drive? Reason I ask is iPad storage always fills up my storage with other or system files. It’s so annoying, the only way to clear it is to erase the whole iPad and restore. I like my iPad but those unknown files are really killing my time and workflow. Appreciate any info to assist me. Thank you for sharing!!
For the WD my Passport Wireless SSD Pro, I received confirmation from Western Digital that it can be reformatted as HFS+ (to be used on Apple only) or exFAT (to be used on Apple and Window) without any problem. Reformat will only erase our data and not the pre-installed software/firmware/etc... It works well for me.
Hi Very informative video. One question I had is that can we have our pic on external drive (that is not download to iPAD) and work on LightRoom or any other photo application? Please any once who tried that can tell me.
What size is your storage in the iPad? Did you go with the max 1 TB? Now that we can copy and move back in forth with IOS 13, is it necessary to have 1 TB internal drive now?
I have the Lacie same 2TB rugged drive. But not showing in my iPad Pro 11 iOS 13. Yours is showing detected. Any idea what would be the reason that is not detecting in mine? Please advise.
Good video! I tried connecting my 2nd generation iPad to the apple camera adapter and while it recognized the drive It choked on the 4K videos from the Mavic Air 2. It was able to read jpegs though. My iPad 4 (just came out during this COVID crisis) worked like a charm. Videos and everything could be worked on without the need to connect to a power source. Just the cable to the SSD drive. (I have the SanDisk Xtreme Pro 1TB drive). Thanks for the help!
Thanks for testing the compatibility of the My Passport Wireless SSD. Straight to the point on what the problem was and what could be done, but also why it is problematic to do so. 👍
How to re format WD SSD MyPassport to exFAT without losing the system configuration to use the DS cards readers and dashboard. I read in the manual that can be formatted but not sure if I need to do a step prior to reformat. Thanks for your feedback in advance.
generally speaking there is just a configuration step with the included app if that. I have never seen a inbuilt function that is dependent on the file system (except in case of ancient file systems that software has not been verified for). clone your drive if you want to be safe but theoretically you should just be able to format it. (at your own risk tho, I am talking from experience given the number of drives I have dealt with in the past, however dont need to deal with them since I got a nas a few years ago, so haven't had any 1-1 experience with newer storage over wifi drives)
Thank you for the great information. Question, when you’ve completed your file transfer, do you have to eject/unmount the plugged in drive before you unplug it?
I have problem transferring videos from microSD using Apple SD card reader.Before upgrading to ISO 13,I had no such problem.I am using iPhone 8Any suggestion?
Great video once again, love it, thanks, I know you use the iPad Pro but I’m wondering if anyone out there can suggest what to use with the iPad Air 3! Ideally “on the go” but also when back home with power! I’m struggling to find out precisely, that doesn’t cost a fortune! I want to back up my SD cards onto a hard drive and view the files and edit on my iPad Air 3! Many thanks for any suggestions 😁 keep up the great work 🙏
Have you tried connecting to the WD Passport Wireless Pro over its WiFi as a server so it can be shared with multiple users? I have succeeded with FileBrowser Biz, but not with the iOS 13 Files app.
I have never seen such an informative and detailed video before. Man, you're just awesome. I am sure your channel will have a great future ahead. Subscribed :)
When I connect my Samsung T5 drive that contains RAWs and Jpgs the Jpgs always show in a low quality in the files app. Any ideas? Likewise if I edit a raw in lightroom mobile, save it to files it too shows as a poor quality jpg. However if I save the same photo to the camera roll/photos app it displays just fine. The metadata is ok showing about 3MB and 6000x4000 but certainly doesn't look like that in files.
All my harddrives say not enough power to run. I also own the WD pro 4tb but it says not enough power to run? maybe because my ipad has lightning only?
Silverstone78 I’m having the same problem in my 2017 iPad Pro using the usb to lightning adapter. Apparently they require too much power, it in this video he never had that issue with the 2018 model, so now I’m very curious if this will even work with the older iPad Pro.
Silverstone78 I think I just figured it out. We need to purchase the usb 3 to lightning adapter. This allows your to plug in a different lightning to the usb in order to give it power. I’m gonna try and find one tomorrow at Walmart or wherever I can find one. I just have a regular usb to lightning adapter.
Can you use a usb-c hub (powered or unpowered), so you can offload from the Osmo Pocket to an external drive, not to the iPad's memory first, and then to the external storage afterwards?
Is there a limit of what the iPadOS will load/recognize? My thumb has about 76gb of pics/videos that won’t show up on the files app. The folders show up but when I try to open them it gets stuck at a infinite loading symbol
Great video! Have the ssd sandisk extreme 1tb and it does not work with ipad air 3, nor with ipad mini 4 or iphone 8 plus 😞 reformated several times to exfat but it doesn’t work. and i have apple usb 3 camara adapter. My SanDisk Ultra Fit 128 GB works fine with my iPad Air 3, iPhone and iPad mini 4! What can I do? do i have to install somerhing on the ssd before? How do i get the ssd to work?
Head over to LumaTouch and post on their user forum - I think you’ll find that since LumaFusion always copies external media to its own internal media folders that it is just as fast for you to copy your media from the SSD to a LumaFusion folder of your choice using the files app (giving you more control over where your media ends up).
On the Iphone you can open photos directly in LR where they are uploaded to the cloud. You do not need to transfer to the photos folder. However if your phoes memory is full you can not import to LR. I assume LR needs some space for the cache. This should work the same on the Ipad I guess.
Great review. I’m curious to know if you tried to connect 2 drives at the same time. I tried to connect my camera SD card and the Sandisk SSD to see if I can copy from the SD directly into the SSD without copying to the iPad, like you do on a computer but it didn’t work. It only seems to recognize one drive at a time even if 2 are connected at the same time.
I haven’t tested that out but I plan on trying a few different methods to see if I can get it to work. That would maybe be a good way to transfer content from one drive to another without having to drop it on your iPad first if it does work
Hi, great to finally have this feature. It would be very interesting to know the transfer speed, do you have any ways to check that? It would also be very interesting to know if you have a way to test the transfer speed when backing an SD card directly to an SSD. I appreciate this last question is a bit outside the scope of this video, but if you have any means of testing that would be helpful to know. For me it is a very common scenario at the end of the day to back files from an SD card, from my iPhone and from my drone all to an external SSD and knowing ahead the time I need to locate to that really helps. Thanks for sharing.
It appears you can not edit video in the files app. Once you move it to the camera roll your edit options are there. However seems to take an extreme amount of time to process a simple edit adjustment!
I have a folder with 26 GB of video files on my Samsung T5 SSD, but on my iPad pro, the folder shows up as "empty". On my MacBook Pro, however, I can see the files. Any advice?
Nice review, greatly helped me 👍🏻 Short questions : which is the best, Samsung or SanDisk one ? And is it possible to upload into these disks from the iPadPro (download from is ok as you demonstrated it, but what about upload ?) Wait for your reply before to order 😀
here a trick for people with lightning connectors and a lightning to usb camera connection kit: if you connect a usb device directly it will say "usb device requires too much power". but if you put a multi usb hub between lightning/usb connection kit and the usb device it will work!
Thanks so much, i do all my editing video and photo on the iPad Pro as well and have been waiting for this. Quick question if you were using the samsung T5 to edit and the LaCie rugged as archive storage, is there a way of transferring files between the two without downloading to the iPad and then back to the other drive using a usb hub?
Thank you much, this was very informative & easy to understand for a tech newby. I have an older iPad Pro and want to be able to backup art & photos. (No PC) I was thinking of getting a portable drive. I happened to be looking at that SanDisk one you showed, but I need it to have a lightening adapter. If I use my normal charge cable Will it work the same as yours did?
I am finding that if I try to copy or move multiple large video files it fails one way or the other. I had to start dropping file by file. Very frustrating
I have the slightly older iPad Pro 10.5” with lightning connector. I also have the WD My Passport Wireless Pro formatted in exFat. Using lightning to USB adapter and the HD’s original USB 3 cable the iPad will not recognize the drive! The HD battery led’s light up as if it’s charging and go off again. Any ideas as it’s driving me nuts?!?!
I have that same Sandisk usb stick, 256GB. It works just fine, but it gets hellishly hot. A lot of Sandisk sticks get very hot. Some others do as well, and it really does need to be mentioned, as a lot of people are going to think something is wrong, but it’s not.
As you know, there are docks on the market for the iPad Pro with multiple connectors (usb a, c, sd-card, HDMI...). Have you ever tried to copy sd_cards from camera/drone to an external ssd on the fly via the iPad and its connected hardware-dock? That would be great on set, to secure sd cards on a backup ssd, but at the same time to use the iPad Pro to control the scenes on the big screen - to know, that everything is fine and has not be to redone...
Thanks, great info. To sum up the iPad Pro reads ExFat and not NTFS, got it.
Appreciate that, can you try multiple devices connect to iPad and move files between devices? Check speed and compatibility, please
I need a little help. How do you mass import those image or video files to your Photo app in the iPad Pro? I'm able to do it but only 1 by 1 and it takes forever to import all the media files...
I like this video,
I wondered if I can plug external Hard desk to IPad pro 11 / 2021 (128GB-8GB) , and directly open files xls, docs, ppts, and work on it, then save/close and it will be saved in the Ext. hard desk - or I've to import it > work on it > save it > export back to same folder in Ext. Hard desk.
Simply > Use external Hard desk, as extra memory can use content files when ever I plug in.
And do you recommend other model or specs if IPad pro 11, will not work it.
Thanks for your advice
Great content. I would have loved to see a demo of a usb-c multi port adapter connected to the iPad and show whether or not I can transfer files from an SD card to an external HD. I would love to leave my MBpro home when I do photo vacations.
I've been having terrible issues with WD easy store drives as of iPad OS 13.1, not mounting or taking up to five minutes to mount! I have a Seagate 8TB HDD split into 2 partitions, it works fine, but I won't directly plug into my iPad Pro 2018 12.9 inch, but I'll connect via my iMac... My drive of choice is the Samsung 500GB SSD for now until I've saved up for a few more.
Does the LaCie work for iPhone?
Everybody’s work habits and ways of doing things are different. But for me personally, THIS feature is a game changer....
No longer need to pay $$ for internal storage eh? I have mine connected to my NAS and love it.
wow. I had the mimo app so the osmo pocket will launch the mimo app upon connection and would not let me use it in the files app.uninstalled and it worked.
Yosi Oren can you explain a little more in debt what problem you were having and how you fixed it?
Meowcats sure. On the iPad if the dji mimo app is installed , connecting the usbc cable cause the mimo app to launch. Going back to the files app , I did not see it connected as a usb drive and also on the osmo pocket it did not ask me to connect. Removing the mimo app from the iPad returned the functionality you showed connecting osmo pocket to the iPad and seeing it in files app.
Yosi Oren thank you!!!
That is interesting to know I don’t have the memo app on my iPad I’m going to see if I can re-create the issue
Oh man you saved my day big time.. One of the things you mentioned was that your flash drive was NTFS formatted and that's why it won't even show on the files app when connect. I've been looking here and there for a reason why my hard drives are not showing up and been going crazy with it .. turns out I was connecting them as I should, but the problem was that they are NTFS drives 😂 THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this huge heads-up.
Apple release a new version of image, after upgrade all the drives are not detected. only APFS format was supported. Could you please help me how to format APFS format on my windows pC?
After watching this I was impressed at the SanDisk USB C/A Thumb Drive you introduced at 8:58; purchased from Amazon but unfortunately my 2018 ipad pro will not recognize it. The file format is fat32 so should be no issues. it works fine plugging the other end to my PC. Is there something I am forgetting to do?
That is very strange because that’s what I am using the 2018 iPad Pro. The only thing I can suggest is just reformat it on your laptop or computer
@@AirPhotographyPlugged the drive into the computer with the USB-C (forgot I had one!) and it works; must be an issue with my iPad! Glad I have AppleCare
Unfortunately, I don’t think FAT32 is supported. FAT16 is supported for small flash drives and SD cards. ExFAT works, though.
Great video, thanks ! Can you do some demonstration how works with lumafusion and ipados ?
Great... I use Linux Mint as my first computer but also an older iPad and MacBook Air and I wonder if the iPad Pro can read an external disk or memory disk formated in EXT4 the default format for Linux.
I don’t think so. I believe FAT (not FAT 32), ExFAT, HFS+ and APFS are the only filesystems supported. (Encrypted HFS or APFS not supported)
Great video, 1 thing, with the Hero 7, you should try turning on the camera, once its plugged in and see if it appears.
Can I use iPad mini 4 with
LaCie Rugged USB-C Portable Hard Drive 2TB, and transfer files to it from an sd card?
I advice you to try the new sandisk extreme pro aluminium enclosure it's read and write speed about 1 Gb and it uses usb c 3.1 gen 2
I had issues on the OSMO pocket transferring files on to the photos app before files and ios13, funny how before the OSMO pocket update it worked though photos app but now not, I did complain through DJI but had no joy. Hopefully they will correct the file numbering to allow multiple files through the photos app. For now thank god for files and iOS 13 as I can transfer now through files.
Great job as always, but thats what annoys be about apple...accomplashing something android could way back when, so they can upsell larger storage pads, its not like you could edit on lumafusion right from storage, right?
with the SSD drives, how does the transfer speed of video files compare with backing them up with the ipad vs backing them up with a computer?
Nice video... but i still have issues reading the files on my IPad Pro 12.9 from a Synology NAS server.
I was able to read files on my Gen 2 iPad Pro 12.9 from my Synology NAS using a smb connection
Hi, do you need to format your Lacie drive before using it on your iPad? Or can you just use it straight out of the box?
I have an iPad Pro 10.5 running latest ios13, Samsung T5, exfat formatted, the apple powered usb to lightning adapter and I am not able to get the files app to recognize my T5.
Probably quick to note, I’m using an iPad Pro 11” 2018, plugged a 5TB Lacie drive formatted to exFAT but the drive did not came out in the File app.
Thanks for the video, excellent. But why doesn't it tell you that it needs external energy, is it because it is an iPad Pro, or because it is iOS 13? I have a 6 generation ipad. Thanks for answering.
Hello I was wondering if you can use ssd drive for ipad and at the same time for windows pc? Will it work?
Did you reformat the external drives before plugging them in? I have the same Lacie 4TB hence the orange cord which I wish came with mine, however, nothing appeared on my iPad 2021. I read articles and watched other RUclips videos stating that the drive would first have to be reformatted before using. The information read and watched even stated that I would need a hub or dongle to work properly. The only options for the Lacie system were exFAT and NFTS (sp); the drive format by default was exFAT, however, I still proceeded to reformat on a Windows OS. Still nothing is showing up. I haven’t tried an adapter. Very curious as I haven’t seen you use neither.
So clear and so helpful. I also use Lumafusion exclusively and storage on my old 64GB ipad is a huge problem!
What are the file system and allocation unit size settings for the portable hard drive? Can NTFS be used?
Hello, I have a LaCie 2 TB rugged mini and when I plug it into my 2019 iPad running on iOS 13.4 and my LaCie doesn't show up on my iPad. The LaCie drive is formatted to Mac OS Extended ( Journaled ). Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!
Thank you very much for the info. That’s a great news finally we get free space to work no matter if your IPad Pro 3rd generation has just 64GB !
Is there a way to connect a GoPro 7 to an iPhone and transfer the files to an external hard drive? either with a hub, or via the gopro app? and if so, what hub works best for this?
Be able to connect directly to the Mavic 2 Pro and download the footage has been very handy for me!
JPAbdalla Can you download H.265 files to the iPad Pro from the Mavic 2pro? And will the video files play in Luma fusion?
Hi, thank you for the video. Was searching an external hard disk to transfer files from my macbook pro to Ipad pro and also to do periodic backups of my Ipad pro without spending to much and the solutions that you show are interesting and I'm oriented to the lacie usb c 2tb but before I buy it are you sure that this product can satisfy my need that I exposed? thank you
I believe every usb c drives work. You need them not to be formated in NTFS otherwise it doesn't work
Great video! I wanted to ask if you could make a comparison between the iPhone 11 and osmo pocket?
are there any power draw concerns connecting disk-based drives? I want to connect a 1TB G-Drive using a mini-USB Type-B to USB-C cable and want to make sure I don't fry my new iPad Pro (3rd gen) or have the disk head crash into the platter because it discovers it doesn't have enough peak power!
Thanks a lot !!! I format the wd my passport ssd into exfat and the sd card import works fine, as well as the plug into ipad. Thanks a lot for your tests and advices
Thank you and thanks for watching
I to formate my passport ssd pro to ExFat and and me iPad Pro 2018 still can’t it.
Any tips?
Marcus Zetterblad,
Hi, if you still have problem, Ensure that the latest version of IOS is installed on your IPad Pro
Be sure to use the USB 3 connection and not the USB 2.
Your SSD must be formatted as HFS+ or exFAT
Your SSD must be closed.
Open Folder than Connect your SSD
This is how it works for me.
Hope this help.
Regards
Is it possible for LumaFusion to store the images we are editing in an external drive? Reason I ask is iPad storage always fills up my storage with other or system files. It’s so annoying, the only way to clear it is to erase the whole iPad and restore. I like my iPad but those unknown files are really killing my time and workflow. Appreciate any info to assist me. Thank you for sharing!!
i was looking to take all my videos and pics captured on my ipad pro to external hard drive to clear up space on ipad this possible this way?
For the WD my Passport Wireless SSD Pro, I received confirmation from Western Digital that it can be reformatted as HFS+ (to be used on Apple only) or exFAT (to be used on Apple and Window) without any problem.
Reformat will only erase our data and not the pre-installed software/firmware/etc...
It works well for me.
👍
You don’t list the Apple dongle? Thanks
Hi Very informative video. One question I had is that can we have our pic on external drive (that is not download to iPAD) and work on LightRoom or any other photo application? Please any once who tried that can tell me.
I Use iPad Pro 11 inch, Which one Sandisk extreme or wd wireless passport u would recommend? Thank you in advance🤟🏻
My iPad Pro 1st gen lightning port does not connect with the myPP (hard disk Ex
Both my iPhone 11 and iPad Pro are both lightning. Anything work that just plugs into both?
Would NVMe PCIe M.2 SSDs in an enclosure be a good option for external drive with iPad Pro and macOS?
How do I disconnect the drive? Do I have to eject them still or just unplug it?
What size is your storage in the iPad? Did you go with the max 1 TB? Now that we can copy and move back in forth with IOS 13, is it necessary to have 1 TB internal drive now?
Can we transfer files from the ipad/iphone into the scandisk ssd ?! Thank you!
Does the LaCie need to be thunderbolt 3 usbc or can it just be usbc
did you test the speed between ipad to external disk ? it's awful !!
Can I use USB Mass Storage option to turn android to Storage device???
how about ssds in enclosure? im planning to get an internal ssd and install it into an external enclousre and use it on the ipad
I have the Lacie same 2TB rugged drive. But not showing in my iPad Pro 11 iOS 13. Yours is showing detected. Any idea what would be the reason that is not detecting in mine? Please advise.
Good video!
I tried connecting my 2nd generation iPad to the apple camera adapter and while it recognized the drive It choked on the 4K videos from the Mavic Air 2.
It was able to read jpegs though.
My iPad 4 (just came out during this COVID crisis) worked like a charm. Videos and everything could be worked on without the need to connect to a power source. Just the cable to the SSD drive.
(I have the SanDisk Xtreme Pro 1TB drive).
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for testing the compatibility of the My Passport Wireless SSD. Straight to the point on what the problem was and what could be done, but also why it is problematic to do so. 👍
perhaps just a card reader for GoPro files?
Can you please advise what model in Sandisk SSD drive can connect to iPad Pro 11? I need to transfer my media to SSD hard drive.
How to re format WD SSD MyPassport to exFAT without losing the system configuration to use the DS cards readers and dashboard. I read in the manual that can be formatted but not sure if I need to do a step prior to reformat. Thanks for your feedback in advance.
generally speaking there is just a configuration step with the included app if that. I have never seen a inbuilt function that is dependent on the file system (except in case of ancient file systems that software has not been verified for). clone your drive if you want to be safe but theoretically you should just be able to format it. (at your own risk tho, I am talking from experience given the number of drives I have dealt with in the past, however dont need to deal with them since I got a nas a few years ago, so haven't had any 1-1 experience with newer storage over wifi drives)
Thank you for the great information. Question, when you’ve completed your file transfer, do you have to eject/unmount the plugged in drive before you unplug it?
There’s no need (and no way) to unmount before you unplug the drive.
Great video and very helpful. Which IPad model do you have or recommend for video editing as far as internal storage is concern? Cheers.
I have problem transferring videos from microSD using Apple SD card reader.Before upgrading to ISO 13,I had no such problem.I am using iPhone 8Any suggestion?
Great video once again, love it, thanks, I know you use the iPad Pro but I’m wondering if anyone out there can suggest what to use with the iPad Air 3! Ideally “on the go” but also when back home with power! I’m struggling to find out precisely, that doesn’t cost a fortune! I want to back up my SD cards onto a hard drive and view the files and edit on my iPad Air 3! Many thanks for any suggestions 😁 keep up the great work 🙏
Have you tried connecting to the WD Passport Wireless Pro over its WiFi as a server so it can be shared with multiple users? I have succeeded with FileBrowser Biz, but not with the iOS 13 Files app.
Great video, mate! Speaking of Hero7 - it works just fine but only through Photos app, not as an external drive
i love me some ssd but these cables holding me back..... they should come with a build in plug or wire.
You are very very thorough, sir. Thank you
Thank you and thanks for watching
I have never seen such an informative and detailed video before. Man, you're just awesome. I am sure your channel will have a great future ahead.
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That is a super helpful Demonstration. Dankeschön!
When I connect my Samsung T5 drive that contains RAWs and Jpgs the Jpgs always show in a low quality in the files app. Any ideas? Likewise if I edit a raw in lightroom mobile, save it to files it too shows as a poor quality jpg. However if I save the same photo to the camera roll/photos app it displays just fine. The metadata is ok showing about 3MB and 6000x4000 but certainly doesn't look like that in files.
All my harddrives say not enough power to run.
I also own the WD pro 4tb but it says not enough power to run? maybe because my ipad has lightning only?
Silverstone78 I’m having the same problem in my 2017 iPad Pro using the usb to lightning adapter. Apparently they require too much power, it in this video he never had that issue with the 2018 model, so now I’m very curious if this will even work with the older iPad Pro.
@@juspain1 I have a 1gen 12.9.
Anyone know if the lightning & usb to lightning adapter will deliver power to run a harddrive?
Silverstone78 I think I just figured it out. We need to purchase the usb 3 to lightning adapter. This allows your to plug in a different lightning to the usb in order to give it power. I’m gonna try and find one tomorrow at Walmart or wherever I can find one.
I just have a regular usb to lightning adapter.
Justin Brenn I’ve read conflicting info about that. A powered USB 3 hub may be the best bet.
we need more features thank that for iOS 15 deiniftly for apps and movies
Can you use a usb-c hub (powered or unpowered), so you can offload from the Osmo Pocket to an external drive, not to the iPad's memory first, and then to the external storage afterwards?
Is there a limit of what the iPadOS will load/recognize? My thumb has about 76gb of pics/videos that won’t show up on the files app. The folders show up but when I try to open them it gets stuck at a infinite loading symbol
I’m not really sure of the answer. That is curious why it won’t load
Same problem with 26 GB video folder
Nice review!!! Is it possible connect an súper drive or any optical drive to the ipad? Thank you
Great video!
Have the ssd sandisk extreme 1tb and it does not work with ipad air 3, nor with ipad mini 4 or iphone 8 plus 😞 reformated several times to exfat but it doesn’t work. and i have apple usb 3 camara adapter.
My SanDisk Ultra Fit 128 GB works fine with my iPad Air 3, iPhone and iPad mini 4! What can I do? do i have to install somerhing on the ssd before? How do i get the ssd to work?
same! have u find out the solution?
do you know if you can use a San Disk Portable (nvme) drive with the iPad Pro ?
Are you able to import images from extreme SSD drive in LumaFusion? If yes, how? I can’t seem to find it. Thank you for sharing
Head over to LumaTouch and post on their user forum - I think you’ll find that since LumaFusion always copies external media to its own internal media folders that it is just as fast for you to copy your media from the SSD to a LumaFusion folder of your choice using the files app (giving you more control over where your media ends up).
Retract question. LumaFusion can extract data from external. Apologies.
Do you have to move photos to edit them? ie can you edit photos through Lightroom directly on the hard drive like you would using a laptop?
On the Iphone you can open photos directly in LR where they are uploaded to the cloud. You do not need to transfer to the photos folder. However if your phoes memory is full you can not import to LR. I assume LR needs some space for the cache. This should work the same on the Ipad I guess.
Great review. I’m curious to know if you tried to connect 2 drives at the same time. I tried to connect my camera SD card and the Sandisk SSD to see if I can copy from the SD directly into the SSD without copying to the iPad, like you do on a computer but it didn’t work. It only seems to recognize one drive at a time even if 2 are connected at the same time.
I haven’t tested that out but I plan on trying a few different methods to see if I can get it to work. That would maybe be a good way to transfer content from one drive to another without having to drop it on your iPad first if it does work
I have seen in other videos that it works by using a dock with SD reader / usb ssd. It recognizes both
This is what im looking for too.
logas69 do you by any chance have a link to vid? This is what ive been hoping to do
My toshiba hard disk 2 TB can’t be read on ipad , do u have any idea?
Hi, great to finally have this feature. It would be very interesting to know the transfer speed, do you have any ways to check that?
It would also be very interesting to know if you have a way to test the transfer speed when backing an SD card directly to an SSD. I appreciate this last question is a bit outside the scope of this video, but if you have any means of testing that would be helpful to know.
For me it is a very common scenario at the end of the day to back files from an SD card, from my iPhone and from my drone all to an external SSD and knowing ahead the time I need to locate to that really helps.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the info on the file format! I have a Seagate Backup Plus that was not being recognized. Reformatted to exFAT and it works perfectly.
How did you reformatted to ex FAT? My 4 terabytes seagate is nit being recognized also.
I have this too. How do you reformat it?
It appears you can not edit video in the files app. Once you move it to the camera roll your edit options are there. However seems to take an extreme amount of time to process a simple edit adjustment!
Can you download files from safari directly onto a connected hard drive?
I have a folder with 26 GB of video files on my Samsung T5 SSD, but on my iPad pro, the folder shows up as "empty". On my MacBook Pro, however, I can see the files. Any advice?
Nice review, greatly helped me 👍🏻
Short questions : which is the best, Samsung or SanDisk one ? And is it possible to upload into these disks from the iPadPro (download from is ok as you demonstrated it, but what about upload ?)
Wait for your reply before to order 😀
here a trick for people with lightning connectors and a lightning to usb camera connection kit: if you connect a usb device directly it will say "usb device requires too much power". but if you put a multi usb hub between lightning/usb connection kit and the usb device it will work!
Thanks so much, i do all my editing video and photo on the iPad Pro as well and have been waiting for this. Quick question if you were using the samsung T5 to edit and the LaCie rugged as archive storage, is there a way of transferring files between the two without downloading to the iPad and then back to the other drive using a usb hub?
Thank you much, this was very informative & easy to understand for a tech newby. I have an older iPad Pro and want to be able to backup art & photos. (No PC) I was thinking of getting a portable drive. I happened to be looking at that SanDisk one you showed, but I need it to have a lightening adapter. If I use my normal charge cable Will it work the same as yours did?
Will Samsung X5 (thunderbolt) work with ipad pro?
Excellent video
So Fat32 won’t work?
i think there’s not too many use cases since encryption and decryption are not supported.
I am finding that if I try to copy or move multiple large video files it fails one way or the other. I had to start dropping file by file. Very frustrating
I have the slightly older iPad Pro 10.5” with lightning connector. I also have the WD My Passport Wireless Pro formatted in exFat.
Using lightning to USB adapter and the HD’s original USB 3 cable the iPad will not recognize the drive! The HD battery led’s light up as if it’s charging and go off again. Any ideas as it’s driving me nuts?!?!
Have you updated to iPadOS 13 ?
Thank you for the info.
I have a lacie drive and it is not coming up on my ipad pro. Any ideas?
Juliet Bro what’s the storage size ? I got a 5TB, formatted it to exFAT but not coming out from my iPad too.