How to Connect any Hard Drive or SSD to an iPad Pro - 2021

[@jsan118]

You are the *only person* who actually explained that an iPad doesn’t have enough output to power a disk drive, THANK YOU!!

[@ritchcarcass8624]

Funny that Apple hides the truth from consumers. Nobody expects the iPad to be so incompatible when they buy it

[@aerofly2]

What would have been useful is if you had touched on the ways of formatting drives where you may want to share files between iOS and Windows

[@steinscamus8037]

I can send files from my ssd to the ipad but not the other way around. it shows 0 Bytes files when I check them on my phone or windows...

[@makarandbhosale667]

Format your hdd or ssd as exfat it worked for me

[@myronachtman4304]

Check out the program called iMazing. I use it for complete file management between my PC and my iPad (and my iPhone).

[@trevorgood6511]

@@myronachtman4304 are they legit I have an iPad Air but it won’t take iOS 13 it will but Apple are forcing people to buy new

[@artindeedgallery93]

I know how to use external drives but my drive does not appear on my iPad. Do I need to format it or does it need to be a different drive. It is a passport drive

[@steviesevieria1868]

What about the lightning iPad?

[@epsilon7594]

Ur fckd

[@PigletShady]

An adapter should work? Try that!

[@LolLol-pz5zw]

This is my initial review since I just got the ipad and I'm hoping to update it when I've had it longer kzbin.infoUgkxUGaHtKW8MwCql2fPyIm9-ftTqSMzKFFA . I purchased one that was listed as "acceptable condition" and was a little worried about what it would look like. However, I am pleased with its condition. The back has some scuffs and a small dent near the logo. There are a few tiny marks at the bottom of the front of the ipad but the condition of the screen is perfect. There are no scratches or anything. I was able to set it up, use it, and it charges fine. I'm hoping it continues to work well for me. So far it was worth the purchase. Also shipping was fast. The item came one day earlier than expected

[@PetersonBlanc]

great video, though I don't believe at any point in the video did you suggest what format the hard drive should be in, so that the iPad recognizes the drive when connected; mind answering the question? thanks

[@RealityCheck4515]

@@Pablito2466 what is the AP file system? Is that a format option on a W10 PC?

[@allenhametta2051]

Very helpful. My Mac is at Apple Store Service dept and now I can continue to do things on the Mac using my Mac backup drive remotely and temporarily.

[@3style.4life]

Thanks for this video. It helped me decide to buy 1TB ssd instead of upgrading ipad to 256GB in the same price.

[@TinoRealTalk]

Can I buy the 128gb iPad Pro to save money, but buy a 1T ssd drive for storage as a video editor

[@TinoRealTalk]

Can I buy the 128gb iPad Pro to save money, but buy a 1T ssd drive for storage as a video editor

[@GaryR55]

A couple of things: first, the iPads that have Lightning ports can certainly work with USB-C devices, if you use a USB-C to Lightning cable I have a couple of these. Secondly, the real issue here isn't connectivity, but rather, the compatibility of the operating system. I have two Seagate external drives (1TB and 2TB) and they work fine with Windows, but won't work at all with an iPad, even if I'm using the right cable to connect them with, which, in this case, would be USB-A, which "should" work with an Apple USB adapter (the type that has a USB-A port and Lightning port for power).

[@quietboysince59]

@Chinglish Reactions Don't confuse people. A disk formatted under Windows 10 in ExFAT works fine under MacOS and iOS and iPadOS. You probably meant NTFS, but didn't mention it. The NTFS disk is mounted in MacOS and is read-only (unless special third-party drivers are installed).

[@lydiawiryana3467]

@@quietboysince59Do you mind share the steps to format this external drive to ExFAT and NTFS. Is there guide link for those who are not IT savvy but needed this back up done anyway. 😌

[@quietboysince59]

@@lydiawiryana3467 KZbin does not allow links in comments, so you can insert the following line into KZbin search yourself: "How to Initialize and Format a New Hard Drive in Windows 10". I’ll add from my experience that it’s best to format a drive in ExFat specifically under Widows10, and not under MacOS. And in order to use disks formatted on MacOS in HFS+ or APFS under Windows 10, I installed drivers Paragon HFS+ and APFS for Windows by Paragon Software. This makes it possible to use Mac disks under Windows. Another important observation: if the disk is supposed to be used with the iPad OS, then it is better to format it under MacOS in APFS and use such a disk under Windows through the installed driver from Paragon.

[@susanspencer6177]

Macs have always been able to read disks formatted for Windows users but Windows users can not use a hard drive formatted by Mac. So if going back and forth between platforms, suggest keeping the Windows format....but if you have only Mac OS equipment would definitely use Mac formatted...get an external hard drive that connects with the ports you have or you will be "cabling or connecting" your self to death. Another work around is use the cloud...I upload my info to a few different cloud servers and use their storage so I can alway login and access no matter what platform I am working on. My pictures go to a picture site as well as iCloud....and then videos to another server...and my backups to another cloud. All of this is far cheaper than worrying about formatting and what cables and always up grading equipment so that can use an external and not having enough juice to operate. I do have a huge hard drive that works on my router to back up my computers and iPad content. Crunch the numbers and see what works for you, a lot of options out there.

[@rocastyle86]

Can the ssd work directly with the iPad or iPhone with out extra power

[@carrie_lynn]

Does this work for transferring music to your iPad as well or just photos & videos?

[@scottchace780]

So how do you transfer data from a pen drive to an iPad with a lighting port?

[@sansin6250]

How to format the external SSD so as to be able to store 4K video files and edit them in LumaFusion on the iPad?

[@Staylive_STG]

Did you ever figure it out ??

[@keystonedaytrip238]

Just bought iPad Pro 12.9” WiFi 1TB yesterday 👍🏼 I’ll use it for hobby / casual video editing on Lumafusion I’m looking to purchase an SSD . This video comes at a good time !

[@jerzboybeats]

Hey Amazon has a sale in 1TB T7’s. for 109. Only the grey one.

[@MrKardany]

Did the ssd work faster than a normal hard drive i am looking into buy one now

[@Tomanart]

Great info, well done

[@MrSnakeboy1234]

Great video Thanks. I gather I could also transfer from a micro card direct to a ssd.

[@gabbysorvino]

thank you so much for this video you just made. you helped me save a lot of money by not buying macbook, where i can use ipad instead. your looks made it a lot easier as well : )

[@Staylive_STG]

Do you do video editing on iPad?

[@hemanthsonu4]

Wow!! thanks for the detailed guide. I was wondering how to copy the files from SDD to ipad

[@Mystic45708]

This will work with the lightning connection to

[@rorywalters1614]

Just avoid using spinning hard drives with the iPad. There’s no way of properly ejecting leads to no proper way of stopping the drive from spinning on an iPad.

[@janmcneill2567]

Do you have videos about Lightroom for IPad? Your video was best one for showing attaching two external HD. Now need to find out how to use LR on IPad with them!

[@jeradtech]

I do. Check out courses.jeradhill.com

[@caileanparis9998]

I have same exact SSD shown at 9:16 I connect it to my iPad but it does not show up in the locations section in the files app on iPad. Please help. I only use it with iMac, so im assuming its formatted correctly for iPad OS.

[@theyorkshiredroneseekers2815]

Hi how would I connect the sadisk sdd to a 9th gen ipad out in the county side any help would be appreciated

[@WinmanDesigner]

Thanks Man. Saved me a lot of time.

[@kimswaim7942]

I have the lightning connector. My iPad Pro was purchased in 2016. I want to download pictures from a flash drive but can’t figure out how to do it.

[@scubadottie]

Thanks for the very informative video! I am getting ready to purchase the iPad Pro 11 with either 256 or 512Gb. I would prefer to save a little money for the Apple Pencil and get the 256 Gb. Question, can you edit photos while they are sitting on the external hard drive? Or do you need to move them to the iPad Pro, edit and then move the photos back to the external hard drive? I have the Samsung T7 SSD drive. Thanks!

[@dani-k_888]

You need to move them to the computer to use the editing tools/ programs. Then you can return them (edited) to the storage.

[@scubadottie]

@@dani-k_888 thanks! Unfortunately, don't have a computer. Just an ipad and external hard drive.

[@CyrilAcquah]

Very clear and concise. Thank you

[@vanesapina8562]

Very good but how do I safely eject the external drives ?

[@simlaisumit]

Hi, nice informative video. I have a peculiar problem connecting SSDs to my iPad Pro 3rd Gen 12.9 in. I have two SSDs, both Sandisk, but one of them is the Extreme Pro version 1TB, while the other is the Extreme version 2TB. I use a Honeywell adaptor with a PD port that says 85 watts, to which I connect the original 20W power adaptor, while the SSD goes into the USB C (SS) port of the Honeywell adaptor, one by one though. The Extreme Pro 1TB connects perfectly and pretty much quickly, while the Extreme 2TB just doesn't show up in the Files app. The OS is 16.5, just updated yesterday. Any suggestion would help.

[@MichaelHulme]

Any advice? I have a (frustratingly costly) 8TB Samsung SSD installed within an exceptional External 2.5" USB C 3.1 Gen2 capable case (which works exceptionally well when plugged in to any PC or Android device). ~ The entire drive is formatted with one partition as an ExFAT partition. And despite my 2021 M1 iPad Pro 12.9" recognizing the drive (and its designated "label") within the "Files" App as soon as the drive is plugged in; it still wont see any files or directories.

[@RabidCycler]

You should’ve demonstrated how to safely eject or disconnect an external drive from the iPad.

[@aristomax5835]

Great video my guy. 👍🏽

[@MelodySchreiber-x6e]

I am using an iPad Pro 5th gen 16. iOS . I have a device like you have in the video to have power while having a external device. My problem is the drive never shows up on the ipad screen.

[@leanneland]

When disconnecting a drive, does it not have to be unmounted first? I just ordered an iPad Pro primarily for this feature. Looking forward to it arriving!

[@reidthered]

Hopefully you've got it figured out by now since this question was 4 months ago, but no you don't need to unmount. Ive used regular and micro SD cards, an old Toshiba 1tb hard drive as well as regular flash drives. I connect all of those with a UNI dongle. I've never had issues with connecting or disconnecting any of those... No data corruption with just closing the files folder and unplugging whatever data saver device I have connected. Good luck 👍👍

[@leanneland]

@@reidthered Thanks so much - I just held my breath and pulled the plug on my external drive and all was good. This might be helpful for anyone else in the future though who's looking for the same answer. Thanks for the reply! :)

[@paulperry8614]

How do you format Samsung ssd for iPad pro

[@syamsiarifin]

How to unmount securely? Since there are reject option out there

[@JeffDaytonMusic]

Great info, thanks! I'm going to recycle my AirMac 2013 and old iPad Air and combine them into one travel solution at 3 pounds less bag weight. I appreciate this video!

[@JeffBourke]

oh Thank you Apple for letting me use MY iPad with My harddrive. Such generosity.

[@ARTyHaG]

Any idea why I can see images but can’t see my videos on my iPad from my sandisk but can see them from sandisk on my Mac mini / permissions seem ok 🤨

[@soundknight]

Will the iPad mini work with an NvME that has no DRAM? The Lexar nm790 needs host RAM from the device...

[@SingaporeUntold]

I have a Sandisk e61 2tb and it’s not recognizable on the iPad Pro. I can feel it get warm but i suppose the cannot support the power necessary for ssd

[@ishibs3]

Exactly what I was looking for..Thanks a lot for your efforts

[@bader803]

So , can i use the same hard drive with a windows desktop without changing the format of the hard drive ?

[@jeradtech]

Yes you can if it’s in exFat format or the default format the drive comes with.

[@maryhausner3734]

I have an external DVD plugged into my Mac. Can I connect this to my c drive of my iPad Pro?

[@bonnieblakedrucker1161]

See SSD in Files… IPAD (New MinI) ssays content unavailable because of unknown error. Did I need to have done a special formatting to use the SSD? I loaded files (photos, videos) from PC. Formats are jpg, etc.

[@Felipe-gb7yw]

Thank you and very helpful! However, I am unable to copy and paste from icloud drive into external drive. The other way around I can do. Is there anything else I am suppose to do to enable this action?

[@joelpagalan2723]

What about if you wanted to download a program?

[@milesaway3699]

I have an older iPad with the lightning connection. I have a friend with boatloads of music on flash drives. Is there a way via adapters that I can upload the music onto my iPad?

[@onichan6207]

i have ipad pro 1 1inch 2021 m trying to connect external ssd frm crucial brnd but its not showing in it how to solve this?

[@FredTrevinoColor]

Is there a way to eject drives?

[@BiBiiBuTV]

Great stuff thank you. I want to use an enclosure and use my old laptop’s ssd drive. Would the iPad be sufficient in running it/ thanks

[@MrBarmore90222]

How do i pack my ipad music on a Sandisk portable

[@ranziphotography7540]

Got my new iPad Pro 11 inch, my sandisk ultra doesn’t detect in ipad. Any idea?

[@PaintsandGlitter]

Help me!!! I have an Ipad Pro and it does not recognize my external hard drive or USB after many attempts to connect. Can someone tell me what I might be doing wrong? How do I find out what type of drive is in the enclosure kit if I haven't built it personally? TIA

[@billligon4005]

But how can I transfer information from my PC desktop to and from my IPAD (USBC version)?? Created files on PC to SSD drive it will not show up on IPAD???

[@donmooney7159]

Disregard...didn't know where to look. It works great!

[@ritchcarcass8624]

If my external is formatted for iOS and worked for my laptop, can I also use it for the iPad Pro? Just want to transfer my music on my external HD to my iPad Pro Lightning So I was just going to buy a cable adapter

[@jeradtech]

Yes, formatted for Mac will work on iPad.

[@MrSuperO1]

Great video, can external ssds connect to ipad mini 6?

[@elimelart]

ipad 2020 or 2021 available with connection to other adapters and gadgets? or any iPad with usb-c

[@stevekingswell9143]

How do I see RAW file photos (i.e. the image not just the file name) prior to importing, so I know what image to select to import. I can only see the file names. Thx

[@GoldenBirdBrain]

What dongle device are you using that is powered by house/wall power?

[@1985muthukrishnan]

Thanks for the viedo, Could you please clarify whether it is possible to install games app inside external flash drive in ipad mini.

[@alamjaya]

Can we used 1Tb HDD to connect to Ipad Pro M2?

[@chrismellon127]

gr8 video! informative and right to the point! Thank you!

[@skyramafoil]

Why do some files open and some are not reading when they were reading before? I hit open and its a black screen with just info but no option to play as it cant read the video. Very weird and frustrating.

[@pete_3925]

My 2015 MacBook Pro recently died, so to access all my old files I’ve removed the hard drive and fitted it into an enclosure. Is there a reason the hard drive is not showing up when I connect it to my iPad? Will it require another adapter connected to a power source?

[@jeradtech]

Depending on the drive, yes. If it's an SSD it shouldn't but if it's a 2.5" spinning hard drive it likely will.

[@richtruesdell7276]

Jered, I have an iPad Pro 12.9 4th Gen running IOS17.4.1. It was a gift from a friend who wasn’t using it. Yesterday my main HP i9 laptop failed as it won’t charge. I know it’s not the battery and I suspect it’s something in the charging circuit that will need to be serviced. I removed the 500GB SSD from the HP and put it into a USB-C enclosure and plugged into the iPad. I do not see it in the iPad’s Files tab. The iPad does not recognize it. Since I have a multi-port dongle, I plugged the SSD into the dongle then plugged it into the iPad.Still nothing even though I know the SSD enclosure is getting power as I see the light on the enclosure and the wireless USB transmitter for my wireless mouse is working. Plus the USB-C cord from my phone charger plugged into the dongle is charging my iPad (but the same cord plugged into the port on my Magic Keyboard does not charge the iPad… very strange). I really need to be able to at least access my files on the iPad Pro so I can work while I get my HP laptop serviced. I know my Apple friends use their iPad Pros with the Magic Keyboard as a laptop substitute which is what I want to be able to do but can’t. Based on what I’ve described and your greater Apple experience than mine, what should I be doing? I can’t believe that I’m the only person experiencing this. I found your video helpful (I never knew there was the extra USB-C port on the Magic Keyboard) but I am at my wits end dealing with this. Can you help me? My EMA is fmc2900R@gmail if you can communicate with me, that would be greatly appreciated as well as posting a solution here for everyone to see. Is my problem related to a power issue? Is that what I am missing, why the SSD in the enclosure not being recognized?

[@bartek3228]

Is it possible to transfer the material from the GoPro memory card to an external drive, omitting the iPad ... directly from the card to the external drive using the iPad as an intermediary

[@josegregoriogonzalez874]

Yes you can. I use a SoCal mini hub and go from microSD to external SSD directly. Lumafusion now can edit directly on the external SSD

[@kristenmccown88]

My laptop just died and I only used it to hook an external hard drive up to save pictures would I be able to do this with an iPad Pro?

[@benjervis2538]

I’ve completely given up on SSD external drives for my iPad. The Samsung T7 touch can’t be used unless you have a Mac to access the software so if anything goes wrong you can’t go into settings. I lost all my saved files. Instead I just save to iCloud and the storage on my device. I will never trust or use an external SSD again

[@tonyrowland9216]

will this work with a 10.5?

[@melwest3182]

am trying to open photos from Microsoft external hardrive which has been formatted into exfat. Lightning usb dongle Microsoft pc won’t open iPad files and iPad won’t open Microsoft external hard drive even though I paid for this file manager. Over Apple.

[@animexnights]

how we will know how much storage is left in that ssd after using it …?

[@PhearaXT]

Will SSD work with IPhones?

[@vimalraj-qz9us]

Can I use 4 tb ssd sandisk to ipad pro 2021?

[@kathylemons3228]

I have the latest update and I also have Upgrow 7 in 1 USB C HUB. I can’t get anything to happen at all any advice?

[@pap2-371]

Did you say you can't open the files while they are on the external drive? Only when they are on the tablet drive they can be opened?

[@eduki]

Hi! What if you also work with windows, and have an iPad? Do you need to have an specific external drive format to be compatible with both?

[@MrVAsBoy]

Format external to exfact

[@AntonioPENICHE-b5d]

Hello. I have an iPad Pro (5th generation) and the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 4TB. I have tried to connect it to my iPad but the SSD doesn’t show up, like in your video. Do you have an answer to this problem? I appreciate your feedback. Thank you in advance.

[@jeradtech]

Might be your cable. It should work.

[@AntonioPENICHE-b5d]

@@jeradtechThanks but already done it and did not work either.

[@ZAIENAFIT]

My m2 isn’t showing the drive

[@richardmalone7018]

What happens when the iPad doesn’t recognize or bring up the external hard drive?

[@mpeg2000]

I'd love to use an ipad pro while traveling just to offload/backup my footage (cfast cards to 2 ssd's). Can you "select all"? Because there are tons of files directly on the top directory of my cfast cards. And can you copy the footage on two drives simultaneously? Thx!

[@domenicarugel9666]

Hi I have the same San disk but an iPad 7th generation, would it work in my iPad? Cause I’ve been trying but doesn’t work

[@skl5451]

How about the OS files and Apps files that u have installed or the whole HDD, can they be back up to one image file for later restoring??

[@hanserdmann4058]

T work with Lightening Ipads with latest OS and powerde by same devices ..with ome ore vmore HD?

[@Miltosls]

I have a windows sector and a Mac sector to my hard drive but at the iPad Pro 2021 I can see only the windows sector. Do you know how can I appear the second sector?

[@roseorchid7981]

Can you use externals with ipad gen 9/10 or higher? Im no apple expert, i just bought an ipad 9th gen for digital art.

[@tomfletcher3817]

you missed formatting to FATex on a MAC or PC prior to use on the iPad.

[@pollypowell3907]

Ugh...SanDisk Extreme Portable is not showing up...

[@senseiDi]

what format should the HDD be, I have a hub that sends power and everything but when I plug my toshiba 4tb HDD it reads as unknown and gives an error that can`t be opened???? On my samsung tablet it opens with no issues, any advise?

[@RealityCheck4515]

i tried using my brand new SSS 1GB external drive (exactly like yours) to my I-pad 9th gen by plugging the USB-C connect in to my I-pad power port from my SSD and it didn't work. The I-pad never recognized my SSD hard drive.

[@Tanny2999]

Can we use the Apple dongle to connect our SSD? I have one but mainly use it for my macbook but will it work for iPad as well?

[@ZenithBound]

Can i view a hard drive from a 2012 mac pro if i purchase the base model 2021 ipad?

[@jameslewis6998]

Dud loves to hear him talk

[@keepingtime6755]

Great info, thanks for your help!

[@ae86luy]

Does this work on iphones aswell ?

[@jeradtech]

USB-C iPhones, yes.

[@djjojomusicartpromotion1482]

is it normal that the gb still appears the same on ipad storage and update from time to time?

[@yuvrajpawar5279]

I really want to know how to transfer photos and videos that are already in the photos app in the ipad to the files app...if you know I would really appreciate the help ...

[@yuvrajpawar5279]

Why can't I access my existing photos in the files app....if I could I could transfer them to the external SSD...

[@MontoyaMatrix]

Big question! On my new iPad 2021, for example, do I need to somehow “dis-mount” or “un-mount” my external had drive from the tablet? Or is it safe to just pull out from the USB-C Port?

[@jeradtech]

Just unplug it. There is no method for ejecting the drive.

[@MontoyaMatrix]

@@robskyful indeed, iPad is not perfect in 2021, but for me is the best tablet for working with and shooting video. I’ll just deal with the clunks! Ha.

[@yeabah13]

I have a sandisk extreme pro v2 1 tb but connecting it directly in ipad pro m1 in thunderbolt port is not recognize. Do i need a thunderbolt dock to power it up so ipad can recognize it?

[@KK-hh2jz]

Is it possible to transfer 70gb of music from old cd collection that is on a spinning hard drive to an iPad Pro? Many of my cd’s are not on Apple Music and out of production. I’m deciding between iPad or or a MacBook Pro.