Amazing! after viewing a few videos of super annoying people trying to explain the process of direct transfer to a hardddrive I found your post. Your advice and instructions are perfectly clear and to the point. I got the exact hub you said and it works perfectly!!!! THANKS!
It also helps if the external hard drive is formatted in "exFAT". If the external hard drive is set to NTFS, or some other format, the iPhone will recognize it, but it will only be in "Read-Only" mode. You can access files, but you can't transfer or copy from the iPhone.
Thank you so much….you have no idea what your comment did for me. I have been up for hours trying to figure this thing out until I saw your comment. I appreciate you a ton 🙏
Super big thanks. I so needed this for my yoga recordings. It was not doable to upload hours worth of content through the cloud and this made it possible for me to store the content and then get it off my phone to make space. Also helpful to then use the content in I movie for editing. I am grateful, thanks for sharing.
After endlessly googling on why I could'nt save anything onto the hard drive. Make sure the hard drive is formatted to "exFAT" you can go onto "File Explorer" on your desktop, right click the hard drive and click Format. If its set to NTFS, turns out it will be in "read only" mode. Hence why I couldnt save anything. Everything is working now thank god thank you so much for this video
@@IdealBikehelo i want to ask so my usb format is ntfs. I save some video on my usb. If i connect the usb to my will the video come out but can't be saved or not at all?
If you change to exFAT it says all items will be deleted- I have so many photos on there already so what do I do if I don’t want to delete the existing files?
Now that I have all the equipment needed to transfer my pics & videos from my iPhone, I’d love to see a video from you walking us through the process. I’m not tech savvy and could use the help!
agreed. I have an iPhone 7, not a 12 like he does. I have all the other products, its hooked up, but I don't see what if anything is different with my phone.
Agreed….I have an XSMax and I’ve got al the equipment also and not getting it to work through my phone either. Frustrating & ready to empty these pics out of my phone!
Agreed….I have an XSMax and I’ve got al the equipment also and not getting it to work through my phone either. Frustrating & ready to empty these pics out of my phone!
I’m at the same dilemma. I’ve got an iPhone XR; I e purchased all the correct items shown, reformatted my WD Easystore with no luck. To reformat the Easystore required me dumping all of my stuff already stored on it to a computer. Help by finishing or adding another video.
Whew! I'm glad you finally unplugged that lightening power supply cause I was really needing to know that. Thank you. I just ordered your entire set up on Amazon and Apple. Appreciate your efforts!
I think I finally got this to work thanks to your help! Transfer speed is pretty slow, but this is a good test. I only wish that there was some sort of progress bar to indicate how long a transfer will take.
SSD external drive is definitely the way to go - as provides much greater flexibility (and resilience) for travel. Used the tiny WD ‘My Passport Go’ powered by my lightweight Anker powerbank for years, to edit videos from my iPhone8 when camping or backpacking. An absolute game changer to not have to rely on electric sockets...👍
In short i can send photos directly from iphone12 with lightning vs usbc cable to SSD incl. All data of the photos ? I do not like to harm my SSD you know 😁
this is exactly, brand for brand, what I’m trying to do haha. thank you SO MUCH. I’ve been doing research all morning and figured this out but finally a video just literally showing me it will work is so validating I now know the conclusion I came to is correct and I can actually pull the trigger and buy this stuff!
your test is a prayer to my question lol. all other youtube I found says that only Samsung SSD works, not the Sandisk SSD but I wanted a Sandisk SSD for the look :P
Crazy! I happen to have all 3 items shown. Excited! My phone holds more Memory than my laptop so I was at a loss of how to backup. Looking forward to this Hack
Hi I bought the same Harddisk and USB hub, Connector. I am able to get my harddisk detect but only read only. I am not able to transfer anyhting. Please help.
Recording video , editing video on my iPhone, you aren’t lying about storage. I have 200 videos on my 256gb iPhone and I only got 50gb left. I could transfer anything to my ESSD using my laptop , it kept giving me errors. I’m gonna try this out, thanks!!
Hi thank u for your insight. USB powered hub & USB charger are 2 different things!, finally I get it. Please I can not seem to have an option on photo app to download t hard drive, just iCloud Drive. Any more insight?
Idk why but I doesn’t work too well for me. I Can only save using flash drives. When I connect a hard drive and go to Files it doesn’t give me a SAVE option (in fact the “save” letters are shown grey color not blue ) so I can’t execute that option. What can I do. Please help 😊
Thank you so much for posting the second video actually showing how to step by step paste and transfer the photos and videos to our Seagate external hard drive . Thanks again and God bless!
Hello question: I got the same Atolla USB hub as you, but instead, I tried connecting a lightning-to-USB cable(Amazon Basics) directly from my iPhone to one of the ports on that hub and it’s not working? Is the trick using that official Apple Lightning/USB adapter? (BTW I also have mine plugged into the wall and have a working exFAT thumb drive but it’s not recognizing it.) Would appreciate if you could test/confirm if the Apple dongle is what’s also necessary. I’ve wasted so much money and time trying to figure this 🤬 out. Thank you 🙏
When you select your photos you will then click the share button and scroll down to the option that says “Save to Files” then you can select your external hard drive.
It’s crucial to note that: the external SSD /HDD needs to be in exFAT / FAT32 format in order to be usable on iPhones. NTFS (windows format) would make it a read only storage.
The Lightning to USB3 adapter works kind of like a switch for the USB port, so always connect the Lightning port at last. USB drives that only blink when connected will sometimes come to life when you reset the whole contraption by pulling the lighting and reconnect it to the device… I have a WD Elements 2TB hard drive running on an iPad Pro 2nd gen from 2017. Keep in mind that those drives need a little time to provide their TOC to the OS (up to 30 seconds) until they appear in the list of devices in the Files app…
Hi I have an iPhone 13 Pro and a Samsung SSD, will mine work only with the lighting to camera adapter? If I switch my hard drive into the port, give it power then switch it into my phone?
So annoying that I bought everything and it still doesn’t work for my 13 pro max 😢 I am using a 2T Maxtor hard drive and my phone doesn’t recognise it, although it’s formatted to exFAT. Any ideas will me highly appreciated!
If your USB device is overheating, Samsung OTG connection can fix it, and won’t overheat anymore. Just connect to the OTG cable, then wait till the phone recognize it or not. Then, power the phone to standby. May need 5-10 retries, depending on your USB device. Overheating consumes more batt power, and the device may malfunction.
It's absolutely ridiculous that Apple lightning ports can't even power a simple HDD/SSD. USB-C can do it all without the need for external hubs doing all the work. Man what a bummer for a vastly over priced apple device.
Don't be that ignorant !! The fact that the HDD or SSD is not powered by the lighting, have nothing to do with the cable or the device...the issue is the power that the HDD needs to work and the battery size of the device that you're using. For instance, if you plug the SSD in an ipad the SSD will work without any power supply.
Hi, great video thank you. I do property inspections and have upwards of 50 gigs of photo & video on my phone. I'm required to keep all of it for a number of years. I’m paying for tons of iCloud storage that’s going up each month. I have the same WD 2tb storage that you do but am not skilled enough to make the transfer. I feel like this could be my best long term solution and have ordered the two hubs to make it work. If you could do a short video on how to safely move all of the pictures and videos to the hard drive, then delete completely from the iphone and cloud, you would solve one of my biggest headaches. I appreciate it, thanks for doing this one.
Get all the stuff , once you have it plugged in and working it should be simple , which ever photos or videos you want to save just click the share button and click save to files and choose where you want it to save ! Hope that helps ya
OMGosh! I've been frustrated for sometime on this. I need to clean my phone, with pictures & video's going to icloud, it's been difficult to figure out how to back up photo's. Thank you for explaining and thank you to your follow-ers for the comments.
Hi can you please help me or suggest I got the atolla and apple lighting thr wd is lighting up steady. But nothing pops up on my file from my phone. Am I doing something wrong?
Can you transfer the pictures from your phone to the drive, and back to the phone? I have an iPad that has pictures my iPhone does not have, I would live to finally get them all in one
I realize I am an old fossil, but once I have this all hooked up and my passport appears in my file like in your video, how to I transfer the photos onto the hard drive? I have an iphone 6s
Is there any way to preserve exif data when transferring photos from iPhone to hard drive using this setup? When I transferred photos in this way, all photo info seemed to be lost including the photo shoot date.
Select the video or photo you want to transfer, hit the send button like you would if you were to send it to someone, scroll down until you see the option ‘save to files’, tap that, and if the harddrive shows up as a location to save the item to, tap that.
Show us how to actually get the iPhone to transfer videos photos files to the hard drive It will only allow you to transfer from the hard drive to the iPhone
Hi, with these steps my WD passport is showing on my phone… however I am unable to move any data because it is showing read only. Please suggest a solution.
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Amazing! after viewing a few videos of super annoying people trying to explain the process of direct transfer to a hardddrive I found your post. Your advice and instructions are perfectly clear and to the point. I got the exact hub you said and it works perfectly!!!! THANKS!
Glad I could help ! Enjoy 😊
It also helps if the external hard drive is formatted in "exFAT". If the external hard drive is set to NTFS, or some other format, the iPhone will recognize it, but it will only be in "Read-Only" mode. You can access files, but you can't transfer or copy from the iPhone.
Thank you so much….you have no idea what your comment did for me. I have been up for hours trying to figure this thing out until I saw your comment. I appreciate you a ton 🙏
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It will work with Apple APFS file system, but you will need a Macintosh based computer to format your Hard Disk Drive using this File System.
You just made my day brother. This was the question I had but thank GOD I came across your video , now my questions have been answered
Super big thanks. I so needed this for my yoga recordings. It was not doable to upload hours worth of content through the cloud and this made it possible for me to store the content and then get it off my phone to make space. Also helpful to then use the content in I movie for editing. I am grateful, thanks for sharing.
After endlessly googling on why I could'nt save anything onto the hard drive. Make sure the hard drive is formatted to "exFAT" you can go onto "File Explorer" on your desktop, right click the hard drive and click Format. If its set to NTFS, turns out it will be in "read only" mode. Hence why I couldnt save anything. Everything is working now thank god thank you so much for this video
I don’t have a computer How can I fix read only in my iPad?
@@carlarosadoI had the same problem with read only it was a real pain. I had to copy the files to another drive and than format to exfat
@@IdealBikehelo i want to ask so my usb format is ntfs. I save some video on my usb. If i connect the usb to my will the video come out but can't be saved or not at all?
If you change to exFAT it says all items will be deleted- I have so many photos on there already so what do I do if I don’t want to delete the existing files?
Now that I have all the equipment needed to transfer my pics & videos from my iPhone, I’d love to see a video from you walking us through the process. I’m not tech savvy and could use the help!
agreed. I have an iPhone 7, not a 12 like he does. I have all the other products, its hooked up, but I don't see what if anything is different with my phone.
Agreed….I have an XSMax and I’ve got al the equipment also and not getting it to work through my phone either. Frustrating & ready to empty these pics out of my phone!
Agreed….I have an XSMax and I’ve got al the equipment also and not getting it to work through my phone either. Frustrating & ready to empty these pics out of my phone!
I’m at the same dilemma. I’ve got an iPhone XR; I e purchased all the correct items shown, reformatted my WD Easystore with no luck. To reformat the Easystore required me dumping all of my stuff already stored on it to a computer. Help by finishing or adding another video.
Whew! I'm glad you finally unplugged that lightening power supply cause I was really needing to know that. Thank you. I just ordered your entire set up on Amazon and Apple. Appreciate your efforts!
I think I finally got this to work thanks to your help! Transfer speed is pretty slow, but this is a good test. I only wish that there was some sort of progress bar to indicate how long a transfer will take.
SSD external drive is definitely the way to go - as provides much greater flexibility (and resilience) for travel.
Used the tiny WD ‘My Passport Go’ powered by my lightweight Anker powerbank for years, to edit videos from my iPhone8 when camping or backpacking.
An absolute game changer to not have to rely on electric sockets...👍
In short i can send photos directly from iphone12 with lightning vs usbc cable to SSD incl. All data of the photos ? I do not like to harm my SSD you know 😁
one of the best video i have ever seen on youtube
Anyone else here cause they’re realizing they don’t need a laptop?
🤣🤣🤣 greatest comment ever! That’s exactly why I’m here
Yup
...
F laptops and desktops they are for work not home. Lol. All about cell phones and tablets for home.
Amen!!!!👏🏾😂
Yep, trying to do youtube vids on the go without carrying a laptop
Can you use the powered hub without the extra lightening power - and plug a flash drive directly into the usb hub?
Would’ve been nice to see you backing up data from phone to HD
I purchased everything exactly what you got and it worked!!👍👍👍 thank you
No prob! Enjoy 😉
Brother How much data did you transfer and how much time did it take ?
this is exactly, brand for brand, what I’m trying to do haha. thank you SO MUCH. I’ve been doing research all morning and figured this out but finally a video just literally showing me it will work is so validating I now know the conclusion I came to is correct and I can actually pull the trigger and buy this stuff!
Great addition to my set up 😊
Same lmao, same iPhone and everything
Thank you for this clear and easy to follow video.
does it transfer voice memo files as well?
After watching ur video I got a 2tb ssd for my Samsung Note 10 plus it work great now I have alot of memory
your test is a prayer to my question lol. all other youtube I found says that only Samsung SSD works, not the Sandisk SSD but I wanted a Sandisk SSD for the look :P
Crazy! I happen to have all 3 items shown. Excited!
My phone holds more Memory than my laptop so I was at a loss of how to backup. Looking forward to this Hack
Thanks… you saved my time !!!
Hello enjoy your video can you tell me what is the full name of the white device you are using thanks
where is the amazon link?
Is Apple dongle USB-A the same as Apple dongle USB. (I'm asking because I do not see sny USB-A on amazon). I look forward to your response, thanks🙏🏽
I think it is
Why u not try with otg (on the go) plug? It more simple and smaller
Thanks for sharing, this works, next step is how to transfer my photos and videos to the drive.
Xs suport?
What formatting does the external HD need to be in?
I’ve been trying to download to my computer but the reason I bought the passport was to free up my laptop cause it’s very very slow. Any advice
You can get duel 2 leg usb cables that allow on usb cable to provide the power the other plugs into the hard drive
How do you eject the external hard drive on iPhone because I see nothing that says eject before unplugging?
Hi I bought the same Harddisk and USB hub, Connector. I am able to get my harddisk detect but only read only. I am not able to transfer anyhting. Please help.
I’m not sure , try formatting it to exFat on a computer
Same issue
THANK YOU!!! Perplexity AI recommended your video. You just made my life very easy. I just needed a powered USB hub! Thank you!!!
I have the port usb 3.0 high speed Hub . This is not working at all so do I really need to get the one you use ??
A me funziona senza porta usb Atolla quella che usa in video nero e luce blu mi basta il carica del mio iPhone
Damn I was losing hope but thank god your video popped up in the recommendation!
It worked 👍🏻
Recording video , editing video on my iPhone, you aren’t lying about storage. I have 200 videos on my 256gb iPhone and I only got 50gb left. I could transfer anything to my ESSD using my laptop , it kept giving me errors. I’m gonna try this out, thanks!!
Hi thank u for your insight. USB powered hub & USB charger are 2 different things!, finally I get it. Please I can not seem to have an option on photo app to download t hard drive, just iCloud Drive. Any more insight?
Idk why but I doesn’t work too well for me.
I Can only save using flash drives.
When I connect a hard drive and go to Files it doesn’t give me a SAVE option (in fact the “save” letters are shown grey color not blue ) so I can’t execute that option.
What can I do.
Please help 😊
What is the format of your Hard drive? If not in Exfat, please copy data and reformat in ExFat.. then it will work😊
Dude. You are a legend. Thank you for this !
Can you go directly from the camera roll to the external hard drive? If not how do you get your photos in the files folders?
Yes you can , click share and then save to files and then choose destination!
@@TechinItOut100 I did that but my external hard drive doesn’t appear.
Liked this persona and nicely competent tech explanation, chime this again next month after I got a powered hub (I got a western digital )
Thank you so much for posting the second video actually showing how to step by step paste and transfer the photos and videos to our Seagate external hard drive . Thanks again and God bless!
Thanks for the video, can you add a link for that USB hub? I can’t find one that has the USB A cord attached.
Hello question: I got the same Atolla USB hub as you, but instead, I tried connecting a lightning-to-USB cable(Amazon Basics) directly from my iPhone to one of the ports on that hub and it’s not working?
Is the trick using that official Apple Lightning/USB adapter?
(BTW I also have mine plugged into the wall and have a working exFAT thumb drive but it’s not recognizing it.)
Would appreciate if you could test/confirm if the Apple dongle is what’s also necessary. I’ve wasted so much money and time trying to figure this 🤬 out. Thank you 🙏
When you say an SSD, do you have a link?
Will a generic adapter work?
Can you copy your data ( pictures etc ) from your iPhone to that ext hdd?
Yes
@@TechinItOut100 thanks
no dangerous if always do like this?? coz i dun want my phone memory full with Work Picture
Is it also applicable on different usb hub ?
So how to do you now back up the photos on your phone to the external hard drive? Need the next step lol
Hey 👋 just click on the photo or where it says share and then save it to the drive it should be there … let me know
It doesn’t say share there.
When you select your photos you will then click the share button and scroll down to the option that says “Save to Files” then you can select your external hard drive.
No working for me. I do that and yes it shows on files my hard drive but when I selected
Okay I got all of that and hooked it up but when I say save; the WD element stays grayed out not blue like the iPhone or iCloud choices
Can it work for newer iphones like iphone 13, 14 pro and so on
Will a portable one of those power hub usb things work? Rather than a plugged in one?
Maybe 🤔 not sure
Is it possible to also transfer music?
It’s crucial to note that: the external SSD /HDD needs to be in exFAT / FAT32 format in order to be usable on iPhones. NTFS (windows format) would make it a read only storage.
How long does it take to transfer 130,000 photos & videos? (About 140G)
I can’t transfer any pictures, the option “save” greys out. What can I do?
Try formatting the drive to exFat first
What was the speed? Can i transfer big prores videos ?
The speed is relatively slow for normal 1080 videos & 4k, not sure about the prores. It should work though just maybe take awhile.
The Lightning to USB3 adapter works kind of like a switch for the USB port, so always connect the Lightning port at last.
USB drives that only blink when connected will sometimes come to life when you reset the whole contraption by pulling the lighting and reconnect it to the device…
I have a WD Elements 2TB hard drive running on an iPad Pro 2nd gen from 2017. Keep in mind that those drives need a little time to provide their TOC to the OS (up to 30 seconds) until they appear in the list of devices in the Files app…
Hi I have an iPhone 13 Pro and a Samsung SSD, will mine work only with the lighting to camera adapter? If I switch my hard drive into the port, give it power then switch it into my phone?
Can you save n print texy messages from there?
What if you plug your phone straight into the hub? Will it work the same ?
So annoying that I bought everything and it still doesn’t work for my 13 pro max 😢 I am using a 2T Maxtor hard drive and my phone doesn’t recognise it, although it’s formatted to exFAT. Any ideas will me highly appreciated!
Could you use this for an iPad?
Can you also download music and movies from your hard drive to the iphone?
Hi thanks for the video can i use a older d link hub to get power
thank you! Worked for me. kind of regretting switching to iphone
Can Support 4TB HDD external?
Great video, just what I was looking for.
Bhai moto g 62 mai kitna spot kr tab. 5tb chalega
I was using a ssd and the folder did show up. However I couldnt transfer photos or videos is there a reason for that?
Check if file format is exfat on your hard drive
Thank you. This is exactly what I needed.
pls share usb hub other than atolla which ll support transfer files...since atolla is not deliverable to my place
Good video, and information, but aren't new iPhones USB C?
Is this method working on iPhone xsmax ?
how to unmount? thank you for the video. have the same device
If your USB device is overheating, Samsung OTG connection can fix it, and won’t overheat anymore. Just connect to the OTG cable, then wait till the phone recognize it or not. Then, power the phone to standby. May need 5-10 retries, depending on your USB device. Overheating consumes more batt power, and the device may malfunction.
can i use the atolla 3.0 (7usb slots) ‘cause the 4usb like yours isnt available to our country. thx you!
THAAAAANK YOU SOOOO MUCHH I really needed this video !!!! so do i still have to buy also the apple camera dapter or with a usb hub i'm good to go ?
if i transfer all of my videos and pics like 128gb is it take time to transfer?
It's absolutely ridiculous that Apple lightning ports can't even power a simple HDD/SSD. USB-C can do it all without the need for external hubs doing all the work. Man what a bummer for a vastly over priced apple device.
Most cheap android phones are capable of powering hdd without using external power through usb c alone!
Don't be that ignorant !! The fact that the HDD or SSD is not powered by the lighting, have nothing to do with the cable or the device...the issue is the power that the HDD needs to work and the battery size of the device that you're using. For instance, if you plug the SSD in an ipad the SSD will work without any power supply.
@@junito1008doesn’t work with an iPad pro with lightning port, so yeah, type c does work well and lightning does not!
Very helpful and informative! Thank you :D
would the hdd drive be recognized if it's protected with a password?
Will this work with a My Passport for Mac?
Hi, great video thank you. I do property inspections and have upwards of 50 gigs of photo & video on my phone. I'm required to keep all of it for a number of years. I’m paying for tons of iCloud storage that’s going up each month. I have the same WD 2tb storage that you do but am not skilled enough to make the transfer. I feel like this could be my best long term solution and have ordered the two hubs to make it work. If you could do a short video on how to safely move all of the pictures and videos to the hard drive, then delete completely from the iphone and cloud, you would solve one of my biggest headaches. I appreciate it, thanks for doing this one.
Get all the stuff , once you have it plugged in and working it should be simple , which ever photos or videos you want to save just click the share button and click save to files and choose where you want it to save ! Hope that helps ya
@@TechinItOut100 it didn’t worked out for me. The save button was not hilighted
@@itsekka Same here. The hard drive showed up but the save button was greyed
wow, wow and wow you save my life, time and money...Thank you so much
OMGosh! I've been frustrated for sometime on this. I need to clean my phone, with pictures & video's going to icloud, it's been difficult to figure out how to back up photo's. Thank you for explaining and thank you to your follow-ers for the comments.
Hi can you please help me or suggest I got the atolla and apple lighting thr wd is lighting up steady. But nothing pops up on my file from my phone. Am I doing something wrong?
Can you transfer the pictures from your phone to the drive, and back to the phone? I have an iPad that has pictures my iPhone does not have, I would live to finally get them all in one
thank you so much!! your video helped us a lot 🤗🥰
I realize I am an old fossil, but once I have this all hooked up and my passport appears in my file like in your video, how to I transfer the photos onto the hard drive? I have an iphone 6s
Click share then save to files and then simply choose the destination you’d like it saved to
Eureka ! Lots of thanks.
Is there any way to preserve exif data when transferring photos from iPhone to hard drive using this setup? When I transferred photos in this way, all photo info seemed to be lost including the photo shoot date.
Can you put a usb stick in the usb hub charger to transfer to usb stick?
Thanks so much , help me a lot , I bought the same hub and working great .
Thank you for that troubleshooting!!!!!
How do you transfer your iPhone videos to the external hd after that?
Select the video or photo you want to transfer, hit the send button like you would if you were to send it to someone, scroll down until you see the option ‘save to files’, tap that, and if the harddrive shows up as a location to save the item to, tap that.
Thanks 🙏🏾
What he said was right , click share then save to files then save to the destination you’d like
Excellent video. Is there a way to transfer images found in iMessages to an external drive?
Save the photo then use the method
@@parmajomm8459 Thanks for your response. Is there a way to select all images?
This totally worked thank you very much!
Thank YOU 🙏🏾! Enjoy !
Show us how to actually get the iPhone to transfer videos photos files to the hard drive
It will only allow you to transfer from the hard drive to the iPhone
A sei riuscito?
Hi, with these steps my WD passport is showing on my phone… however I am unable to move any data because it is showing read only. Please suggest a solution.
Try formatting to exFat on a computer first , that should do it
What external drive you would recommend for reasonable price ?