Very USEFUL! Any advice on this particular situation I have? I had a refurbished mac and i moved the "photos" app to an ultra wd hard drive. The refurbished mac stop working, so I tried to open it on my old 2011 imac, by opening the external hard-drive and clicking on "photo's library"' icon and then a pop up reads "'Unsupported Library'" The library "Photos Library" is from a newer version of Photos. Please upgrade Photos to open this library. " I did some online research and it seems it's my old imac os(osx el Capitan) 2011 that is the problem? Everything after 2011 should be fine? Your thoughts?
I loved your video, what is that called so I can buy one? I bought an ipad pro, mostly because of the usb-c, I should have known Apple and remembering Steve Jobs not wanting anything non apple to be used
Thanks for the comment! What is it that you are asking about buying? There isn't anything to buy, which is the beautiful thing with this trick. Every other solution involves some expensive wireless hard drive but this will work with any existing USB drive or stick. The only thing you might need is an OTG adapter that goes from USB C to USB A, if your drive only has a USB A connection. As for the drive I used in the video, it's a standard Sandisk Extreme SSD 256GB. But like I said in the video, it shouldn't matter what you use as long as it supports USB 3.0.
Wow! That’s ingenious! I got an iPad Pro mostly for watching tv series on the plane but imagine my disappointment on discovering the impossibility of such thing hahaha
Hi there, I have a question...could I do this in the reverse? Meaning, I am attempting to extract videos/photos from my Ipad Pro onto an external hard drive, but it does not recognize the device. How do I make it "read" the connected usb or external device? Any help is appreciated!
That explain a lot about how I having issue with getting files loaded. I bought the iPad Pro to travel and not carry my bulky laptop. Argggg. PAIN IN THE A…. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, from all the betas we've seen, it is indeed a feature they have added within the files app. iOS13 and iPad OS is promising to the OS we truly need to allow iPads to be a truly viable laptop replacement.
Thank you so much for your video, I’ve tried the method multiple times and the photos app never pops up or indicates that it recognizes the media. I’m using the newest iPad Pro, a Belgian USB-C adapter and a Toshiba hard drive. Is it an issue with my hard drive? I’ve even tried renaming it an an SSD with no luck. Please help
There’s a method of transferring files via iTunes if you have access to your computer. In the field, if you have Internet WiFi, you might be able to save to iCloud via the files option in the share sheet.
Ed Andrade It wouldn’t be so bad with smaller files, but it’s a pain in the neck with big video files. Apple wants us to use the cloud, whether Dropbox, iCloud, or whatever. I get that rationale. But it drives me mad waiting to transfer big files over WiFi.
In the video I used a USB C SSD. But I also explained how an OTG adapter can work as well. I've tested it and as long as the drive you're using is USB 3.0 it will work even if its USB A.
thanks you are cool I'm excited about going to buy a 256 gb IPad Pro today and buying a smaller storage because I do see the possibility of using a SSD external HD in the future with the proper adapter instead of paying so much for 512 gb model
Thanks man! Figuring this out was as simple as starting with the knowledge that camera memory cards were readable. Then I took a memory card from a camcorder and noticed the photos were showing up, but not the videos. So I popped the SD card into my computer and analyzed the file structure of the card. I noticed the layout of the DCIM folder and nested folders and experimented with different naming structures. Then I figured out the strategy that I show in the video always gave me reliable results.
Great tutorial man👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 It Realy works from my note 8 ! I had to change the names with 8 characters and take the micro sd and put it in a USB adapter into a usb-c to usb dongle from my Note 8. Phuf what a fuss 😥😥 Hope that the IOS 13 ( what everyone is waiting for) will make the folder transfer easier 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Many thanks 🙏🏾
The only way to offload pictures and videos to a computer is the plug the iPad into a mac and import them through photos. But with what we've seen with the iOS 13 beta, it seems that might finally change in the fall.
Same question! I’m guessing no, meaning I’ll need to upgrade. 😫 Lets hope ios13 solves this. I’d also like to find a QUICK and reliable solution for getting video off the phone while in the field. I’m looking at the western digital WiFi drives and the RAVpower hubs, but haven’t bought anything yet-after a certain point, I wonder if I wouldn’t be better off buying an iPhone with 256 Gb storage.
@@noonh120 yes there is a way. I export all my notes to itunes. And then transfer the notability files to my pc via lightening cable. It's a very annoying step. Even now the files are embedded in the app itself though I updated my iPad to iPad os public beta
Hi ctuan13, great video indeed, thanks man :). Also can you tell me if .psd file works/transfers on ipad pro? apparently I started some illustrations on my computer and now I want to finish them on my iPad Pro. I don't know how to transfer them to my iPad Pro n rework on them with procreate. :/ pls suggest.
Dude!! It worked! Watched another video that suggested a simular method but the key is changing the file name to the proper structure as you demonstrated!! Love the 2018 Ipad Pro but mad as hell that Apple crippled the USB-C port..Once they've sold enough Ipads they will eventually open it up to external storage, sd cards and the like!!!!
Hey man, that's awesome! I'm glad I could help. And I definitely agree that if Apple is really going to claim this is a "pro" device. Things need to change in iOS 13, starting with the file system and the USB C port functionality.
You are so right. I like apple products but I have noticed that trend. I wait for the next go round and see the things that people have complained about. Then apple will make changes. Then I get the product.
I am student and bought ipad pro for studying my books and found i cannot get my books on ipad pro which i downloaded earlier and saved them in ssd in pdf format...Please help.Thank you bro!!
For sure! It'll even work with an android phone. As long as you can view and edit the filesystem of the SSD or drive and create and name new folders and rename files, you should be good to go!
Dude! Seriously! I've watched so many videos because I am having issues getting my iPad Pro 12.9 2018 to read my pendrive. Not even the import tab would open - only the photos app would open upon connection but nothing. After seeing this and trying it out, it worked 100%. My SD wouldn't read either. I'll see if that works. Annoying tho having to create 2 specified folders just to be read.
Hey man, thanks for the solid vid! So say if I wanted to shoot Video on my Canon 5D Mk4 or my 6D Mk2, What do you think would be the best way to get those files into LumaFusion on the iPad Pro. I currently have the newest iPad Pro version. I also have a Samsung XDrive Thunderbolt 3 SSD 1TB 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Well that largely depends on your cameras. If they are supported cameras, you might be able to simply plug them in with a USB C to USB C cable, directly into the iPad. But if they aren't supported models, or dont have that functionally. Your best bet is to import the files to your computer first or use your computer to move the video files over to your SSD, following my video guide for filesystem layout and file naming. Then you should be able to just plug in your drive to your iPad and the import tab in the Photos app should appear. Hope this helps!
I want to copy 4k videos from my iPhone to my windows laptop. Turns out that's really difficult! I have an iPad, so what Im doing is Airdropping the videos to my iPad, then I have an external SSD, just like yours but when I copy them over to my SSD the files get corrupted! How do I get my video files from my iPad to my SSD?? Anyone?
@@billymurphy3 Yeah, rumours have it that am updated Files system allowing external HD support along with mouse support will be announced when iOS13 makes it's debut next month. Also, being able to bypass 'Photos' and directly import images, videos into an editor of your choice will also be announced. If any of these comes to pass, I will be very happy.
No one has answered this for me yet. Maybe One of you can. If I use this method and import some photos. Then edit them. Can I then transfer or export them back to the hard drive as edited photos?
I answered this in a reply to another comment, but no there currently is no way to transfer files off of the iPad onto connected physical media. For that, you’ll have to connect your iPad to a computer.
You can also plug your iPhone directly into the iPad with a lightning to USB-C cable, and import all videos shot (along with pictures) directly without the use of a secondary drive.
That's true. But for the tons of people who dont shoot their video or take their pictures on an iPhone, this strategy is still the best virtually free solution.
Asinine arbitrary file restrictions. At least we can use the files app to connect to a network drive and transfer files that way. That's one thing I love about Android. Your phone is an external hard drive, and the music and photo apps, just recognize files dumped onto it.
Can somebody confirm can I record the video directly onto this external drive instead of internal memory? Reason of asking is that I would like to record video of my gigs which are like 4 hours long and I don't have enough of storage on my ipad to do that. Thank you
So basically it's the same as the previous 9.7 pro issues with the memory card reader. I had to do the exact same thing for it to actually read anything of an sd card.
Would this also work with my new IPad (not Pro), but if I used a USB-C to lightning adapter? That way I could go from my Sandisk Extreme SSD to the lightning connection on my IPad? My primary concern is that there may be something funky with the USB-C to lightning adapter that may cause me some issues. Thanks!
Hi, thx for the smart trick, really loved your video! I understand I can now transfer photos and videos from my external SSD to my iPad Pro but I wonder if it works also on the other way around and if i can also transfer photos and video files from the iPad Pro to the external SSD drive, because actually I'm already able to transfer photos from my SD card to iPad Pro to use them with editing programs but after that I'd like to be able to make a backup copy of these same photo files on my external SSD HD. Thx for your time!
Hey thanks for watching! I'm glad you found the video helpful! Unfortunately, there is currently no way to transfer photos, videos or any file type directly from the iPad to an external storage device. That still requires either a computer or uploading to cloud storage. And that wont change until Apple makes much needed changes to iOS. Hope this helps!
On the iPads and iPhones with lightning connectors there’s ways to back up to SD cards and specialized thumb drives (ex. Sandisk iXpand) or using WiFi (western digital has WiFi SSD drives for the photography market and RAVpower makes a WiFi hub into which you can plug in a USB drive. None of this is smooth or simple and they all require you to install wonky apps, then using the share sheet to move your files, usually a few at a time. I love my iPad and my iPhone, but these workflows are killing me!
I am using the iPad OS and I have an ssd from my macbook, which I was able to connect and read from. So, maybe this issue is resolved finally in iPad OS. Give it a try.
All drive manufacturers have always provided their own drivers to install on your computer so you can use their drives. Today I use an iExpand usb flash drive with a lightning connector to both backup files on my IOS devices and on my computers. It is false to say that IOS devices don’t recognize external drives. The devices need to have their own drivers (known as apps from the App Store) to make this work. This is the way computers have worked for the 30 years I have been using Apple hardware and software. SanDisk, PNY, and others make combo USB/Lightning drives that enable files of all types to be transferred back and forth. Initially I blamed Apple until I remembered the simple history mentioned. Note: Apple does not control the file systems on external devices, the manufacturer does and it is the manufacturers responsibility to make it work. There are many devices now available for moving files in both directions.
While I understand what you are saying, it is quite an apple-biased excuse based perspective. The reality is I can take a flash drive with a word document, an mp4 video, a JPG and an MP3 on it and plug it into my Mac and using the finder filesystem open the drive, see all the files, interact them and transfer them however I please to the locations I specify without needing a single app. I can plug this same drive into my windows machine and use file explorer to view the files, transfer the files, rename the files and everything I could do on the Mac also without a single app. This simply isnt possible on the iPad. In addition, yes it is true that apple isnt in control of the filesystem of other manufacturers' devices. But that's not the limiting factor. In fact it is only because we can control and manipulate the filesystem of our external drives that this trick even works. The limit is in apple's filesystem format requirements that only allow for photos and videos and no other file types being accepted. Nevertheless, if you everything you are looking for on your iPad, than I'm sincerely happy for you. But regardless, this is a huge deal breaker for most buyers, on top of the high price.
ctuan13 Your bias is showing! IOS has its own rules, which obviously aren’t ours. Each application has its own ‘desktop’, for instance my FileMaker Go files are only discoverable inside the FieMaker Go application and I can save pictures, PDFs, etc into that ‘desktop’. The same thing happens with iZip, Pages, Word, etc. This is of course on the iPad. As I said, you’ve made a mistake. IExpand, for just one flash drive, has an app that can be used for files of all types. And Files and Air Drop, to name a few, can discover this USB/Lightning drive. And, it will accept long file names contrary to your 8 character limits. THe 8 Character limit has nothing to do with Apple, USB, etc. but is a limit placed on the DCMIM folder storage by camera manufacturers, etc. and is a carry over from 8 bit systems and DOS of many years ago. Your problem is that you are trying to do something that doesn’t fit the DCIM specs and Apple works just fine with those specs. Your mistakes here are the problem, not Apple. 9 to 5 has a very up to date listing of USB-C hubs, etc that work with the iPad Pro g3 and you should check out their articles for more information on how to make this port work for you instead of trying to make DCIM folders do something they weren’t designed to do.
I'm hardly biased. I use OSX and windows, iOS and Android. The reality is the filesystem is cumbersome and nonexistent in the efficient desktop manner. Of course "there's an app for that", but when it comes to easy file transfer, that simply isnt possible. Not every professional wants to have to go into one app to retrieve files to send to another. Because of a lack of a true filesystem, quick desktop tasks take much longer on iOS. And yes I understand the concept of the DCIM requirements not being set by apple. What is set by apple is iOS's complete inability recognize any photo or video file without the exact correct filename format in the correct folder arrangement. Like I said, I can plug in a drive with a picture or video file, named whatever I want, right into my mac, see those files and choose which one I want on my mac and drag it over. That's just not possible on iOS yet. If you can conduct all the work and tasks you need on iOS then I will be the first to tell you that's awesome. But for most it's just not up to supporting the productivity tasks and workflow they need. Don't accuse others of bias when they simply have different needs and workflows than yourself. I use both sides of the computing spectrum. Both have their strengths and weakness. This is one of iOS' greatest weaknesses.
ctuan13 Like I tried to explain, Think Different. And do go to 9 to 5 Mac and do some reading especially on USB Hubs $10-$20. There is also iTunes but then it is a pain. The IOS file system is different and like I said, Files let’s me read my usb flash drives. IT IS NOT TRUE THAT ONLY DCIM FOLDERS CAN BE READ BY IOS...
Great video and tip! I'm considering a iPad Pro. Are you aware of a similar process that would allow one to copy documents to an external HD? Admittedly, Apple's iCloud will backup my documents but I prefer my own process and copy.
Thank you for the video, a base question what format is your SSD, is it the Toshiba proprietary format that works with everything (a forced work around of EXT 2, thanks to Apple) I CANNOT believe APPLE STILL GETS AWAY with this BS. yet another good reason to stuff iPads now for ANYTHING ELSE Tablets. (in the early 90's as a consultant I wrote an OS for UPS's DIAD, we called it FLOS (Fundamentally Limited Operating System) because it used the same ISAM/VSAM ( READ iPAD) as its "storage system" That is almost identical to the ipad's. It's a toy excuse to "be flexible and lock us into Apple. Apple has had a 2 decade "Commitment Issue" that we as consumers don't push back on.. "The new IPAD a "computer" like no other..." Because other computers HAVE FILE SYSTEMS... The iPAD has used 1990's ISAM/VSAM castrated/nueterted TOY tech since birth to be 'flexible' or 'useless' forcing users to 'offload' and creating an entire 3rd party industry OR pay outrageous $$ to APPLE for 512GB or more of NVRAM. I cannot believe they still get away with that BS. I bought and returned in 15 minutes the 11" IPAD Pro last week, NO SD CARD??? WHAT? Here is your toy now give me my $1,000 back now. $800 for 64GB of useless clutter, that's what maybe 250 RAW format photos, and STUCK using Apple "PHOTOS as a catalog basically. Thank heaven the industry has finally seen fit to ditch PHOTOS. I really wanted to give the "iPUD" Pro a try as really quick preview & remote for photo shoots, no built in SD CARD, nope. Switched to Samsung phones 2 years ago, maybe tablets now.... Thx for the VIDEO, sorry for the rant but Apple is killing a market not filling a void. Cheers BTW I wrote this on a new 11” iPad Pro, picked it up last night after my “soap box” speech, All day long and 76% battery left damn good, but where the frack is “forward delete” on Apple’s folio keyboard cover.(CTRL, OPT, CMD) none delete a single char forward, I found out how to delete a LOT backwards (thanks for the UNDO button on screen) and while they wisely added arrow keys even Apple Pencil GEN 2 can’t pinpoint a char in a sentence you have to hover over the fracking thing like the iPhone. I figured if I was going to beat up Apple again maybe I should actually use one for awhile.
I definitely feel your frustration, man. If apple doesn't change, they're not going to make it long as a company. To answer your question, I've found that FAT format seems to work best.
ctuan13 Thank you, sorry about the “soapbox rant”, I thought it might be FAT32, burned by the 2GB sector/file size again of MS’s FAT32 FS. The DCIM (Digital Camera IMages) “industry standard” (as much as that even exists anywhere) popped up in 1998 or 1999 as the part of the (LOL) DCF, Digital Camera FILE SYSTEM by the Japanese Electronics and Information Technology and ‘something something’ I don’t remember (and am too lazy to look up JEITA I think was/is the acronym) The bummer, to me, if Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG everyone only uses this for MEDIA, which, okay, it was what it was intended for but makes it ‘limited’ if you want to load documents or ANY other kind of “file” into your system, here we go off to the wars and a new 3rd party money-making industry of external devices and “trials” of “do it all” with this “dongle” thing that hangs off the very nicely packaged small form factor easy in/out of use (I really do like the new form factor, much better than all the previous decades worth, IMO of course) So Apple is calling this “generation” the “Computer like no other” (or whatever the “tag line” is) BUT if you do need to and can’t get all the things that’s you use a computer for, (not just like emails, writing, yes pictures, but a LOT more than, at least for me) so what else is out there that is secure, doesn’t REQUIRE WiFi or Cellular, I may be alone there but I find myself on my MacBooK Pro “unplugged” a lot and while I love it (on my 4th gen of MBPro’ (now up to 32GB, 4TB SSD and a 6 core i7) running. VMWARE mostly so I can play in all the arenas but a lot of the time, I wish I had something less beefy and not as $$ just in case.... and didn’t have a USB-C SSD drive hanging off it to move things on and off or to STORE permanently without spending the cost of a MacBook Air or a 12” MacBook (I have a pristine 2016 12 MacBook still in the original box used twice if anyone wants one :-) $800 for a 54GB base WiFi model is expensive compared to a $400 Chromebook or a $500 Android Tablet that has TWO sdcard slots, two USB-C ports and a display that frankly looks as good as a 15” retina. I WAS all Apple all the time but they have the gun not just pointed at their foot anymore, imo, it’s been fired now and with billions going to their iCar, I’m beginning to wonder where this part of Apple is going.... (BTW, the car, was Steve’ns idea, back when I worked for him at Next decades ago, I had a hand in the MACH kernel when I was attended Carnegie Mellon a few lifetimes ago, got a call out of the blue one day from this guy who’d just gotten the boot from Apple, asking me if I’d consider a job at Next working on NextOS, Uhh gee let me think on that one, OK. My opinion but I think Jobs will go down in history as the greatest entrepreneur in modern times, he was brilliant, had a way of making a pie in the sky idea real Unfortunately, he and my wife were at the same PanCan facility, she passed away a year+ later, but one day, I was sitting with her (getting my Chemo too, for Leukemia but I wanted to be at the same infusion center and my oncologist arranged it) and she says, there’s an old friend of yours who wants to say hello, a “Gibbs-like” slap on the back of my head I recognized instantly without even turning around, I stood up and tears were pouting out of me in milliseconds, I have a picture of the two of us talking “a walk” right next to my wife’s “Prayer card” from her memorial service. Now I’m that 131lb, guy, after 12 years of Chemo & CLL & SLL Leukemias and I’m looking at that photo right now, thankfully... Sorry this doesn’t belong here but “I’m still too lazy to delete it.. Keep the vid’s coming and feel free to delete this comment, or part of it anyway. Another novelette and not a soap box but a trip down “memory” or file system lane... Cheers...
So complicated! If you have a Mac you can just use airdrop to transfer photos and videos, so easy! The real issue is document files and pdfs etc for me. Like, the freedom to just plug in and scroll through tons of docs to pick the ones you need to work with.
Given the filesystem and naming requirements, I haven't seen any video that explains those other areas in detail. And more importantly this is FREE. Doesnt require you buy anything if you already have a USB C drive. Sure the ravpower unit is nice, but it is also very expensive for the fundamentally basic purpose it serves. To most people, a wireless harddrive should not be required to transfer files off of a computing device.
ctuan13 is funny you say expensive, when you spend money on iPad Pro I’m dam sure you can get ravpower file hub. 😂 your technique is cool and all you have change this and that, people just like it simple plug and play.
@@jayvoltron83 So your only reasoning is that the iPad is expensive so you should be able to afford some elaborate work around? If someone spends such a premium for one of the best tablets around, why on earth is it reasonable to expect them to then spend even more money just to be able to transfer files? That's ludicrous.
Very USEFUL! Any advice on this particular situation I have? I had a refurbished mac and i moved the "photos" app to an ultra wd hard drive. The refurbished mac stop working, so I tried to open it on my old 2011 imac, by opening the external hard-drive and clicking on "photo's library"' icon and then a pop up reads "'Unsupported Library'" The library "Photos Library" is from a newer version of Photos. Please upgrade Photos to open this library. " I did some online research and it seems it's my old imac os(osx el Capitan) 2011 that is the problem? Everything after 2011 should be fine? Your thoughts?
I loved your video, what is that called so I can buy one? I bought an ipad pro, mostly because of the usb-c, I should have known Apple and remembering Steve Jobs not wanting anything non apple to be used
Thanks for the comment! What is it that you are asking about buying? There isn't anything to buy, which is the beautiful thing with this trick. Every other solution involves some expensive wireless hard drive but this will work with any existing USB drive or stick. The only thing you might need is an OTG adapter that goes from USB C to USB A, if your drive only has a USB A connection.
As for the drive I used in the video, it's a standard Sandisk Extreme SSD 256GB. But like I said in the video, it shouldn't matter what you use as long as it supports USB 3.0.
Wow! That’s ingenious! I got an iPad Pro mostly for watching tv series on the plane but imagine my disappointment on discovering the impossibility of such thing hahaha
Try VLC app on iOS, it have the option to transfer the files throught Wi-fi (My favorite option) or iTunes, and it plays any video format.
How I take videos from my iPhone 11 to my SanDisk pro???
Great! How about Photoshop files?
Does this work for older iPads? I've got a 2017 pro with a lightning port. Thanks.
WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE
CAN YOU SEND FROM YOUR IPAD TO THE SSD YET?
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NICE! So could I use the Pro as a transfer hub (eg plug in a multi reader dongle tethering both an SDcard and SSD) and move files that way?
Hi there, I have a question...could I do this in the reverse? Meaning, I am attempting to extract videos/photos from my Ipad Pro onto an external hard drive, but it does not recognize the device. How do I make it "read" the connected usb or external device? Any help is appreciated!
Hey just out of curiosity do you think this can be done for the "music app" so it will recognize & play music from an external hard drive?
Amazing! Thanks for sharing
Gold, brother........thank you
You save my day man... thanks for the tips!!
Great information
Can it copy document files rather than photos and videos?
How to use it with iphoneX directly? Whithout laptop !?
That explain a lot about how I having issue with getting files loaded. I bought the iPad Pro to travel and not carry my bulky laptop. Argggg. PAIN IN THE A…. Thanks for sharing.
Will Apple change its file system with Ipad OS?
Yes, from all the betas we've seen, it is indeed a feature they have added within the files app. iOS13 and iPad OS is promising to the OS we truly need to allow iPads to be a truly viable laptop replacement.
This is amaizingly wonderful. Can i do the same for pdf docs or any document i might want to edit on ipad?
Download "Documents" by Readdle app.
what about the reverse? move all data from IPAD to external?
Unfortunately that currently isn't possible directly, only indirectly through cloud storage. But iOS 13 and iPad OS beta do allow this.
Thank you so much for your video, I’ve tried the method multiple times and the photos app never pops up or indicates that it recognizes the media. I’m using the newest iPad Pro, a Belgian USB-C adapter and a Toshiba hard drive. Is it an issue with my hard drive? I’ve even tried renaming it an an SSD with no luck. Please help
Wgat about transferring files to ipad.?
Do you know anything about transferring XAVC-S files to iPad?
Unfortunately I don't. But I can tell you, at least for now, it isnt possible using this method.
I can transfer xavc s files from a Sony A7 just fine with plugging the camera to the iPad as MTC protocol in the camera settings.
@@toocoolforu it doesn't let me do anything over 6-7 minutes. What are your settings?
Thanks for the video. But why nobody talks about transfering documents and spreadsheets? Is it possible?
Using this method? No it's not possible to transfer other files. This currently only works with pictures and videos.
@@ctuan13 Thanks for answering! So no way it can be a replacement for a laptop, at least for me. 😉
There’s a method of transferring files via iTunes if you have access to your computer. In the field, if you have Internet WiFi, you might be able to save to iCloud via the files option in the share sheet.
@@MarcosElMalo2 Thanks for the reply! It's still too complicated... iPad isn't a replacement for a laptop yet... At least for me. 😉
Ed Andrade It wouldn’t be so bad with smaller files, but it’s a pain in the neck with big video files.
Apple wants us to use the cloud, whether Dropbox, iCloud, or whatever. I get that rationale. But it drives me mad waiting to transfer big files over WiFi.
Are you using a USB-C SSD drive ?
I didn't see an adapter and saw you plug it in
If I buy an USB-C to USB-A Adapter from Apple will it work ?
In the video I used a USB C SSD. But I also explained how an OTG adapter can work as well. I've tested it and as long as the drive you're using is USB 3.0 it will work even if its USB A.
thanks you are cool
I'm excited about going to buy a 256 gb IPad Pro
today and buying a smaller storage because I do see the possibility of using a SSD external HD in the future with the proper adapter instead of paying so much for 512 gb model
It is saying about setup , what to do
This is genius. How did you figure this out?
Thanks man! Figuring this out was as simple as starting with the knowledge that camera memory cards were readable. Then I took a memory card from a camcorder and noticed the photos were showing up, but not the videos. So I popped the SD card into my computer and analyzed the file structure of the card. I noticed the layout of the DCIM folder and nested folders and experimented with different naming structures. Then I figured out the strategy that I show in the video always gave me reliable results.
@@ctuan13 We need more posters like you. Thanks
Great! It only works for JPGEs and videos or there is a way to transfer PSD files?
Hello bro I can connect I phone 8 plus on that hard drive sandisk ??
Great tutorial man👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
It Realy works from my note 8 ! I had to change the names with 8 characters and take the micro sd and put it in a USB adapter into a usb-c to usb dongle from my Note 8.
Phuf what a fuss 😥😥
Hope that the IOS 13 ( what everyone is waiting for) will make the folder transfer easier 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Many thanks 🙏🏾
Can you do reverse? I mean backup from iPad to hd, please?
Are you using the iPad or computer to transfer I think I missed something…btw I have rewatched this eight times at this point already lol.
Can you transfer from Ipad to a PC?
The only way to offload pictures and videos to a computer is the plug the iPad into a mac and import them through photos. But with what we've seen with the iOS 13 beta, it seems that might finally change in the fall.
Great Video! Can i use something similar with Lightning port Ipad pro
Same question!
I’m guessing no, meaning I’ll need to upgrade. 😫 Lets hope ios13 solves this. I’d also like to find a QUICK and reliable solution for getting video off the phone while in the field. I’m looking at the western digital WiFi drives and the RAVpower hubs, but haven’t bought anything yet-after a certain point, I wonder if I wouldn’t be better off buying an iPhone with 256 Gb storage.
Can you connect your iPhone to an iPad Pro and backup all that I’ve gut from iTunes?
I'm not exactly what you're asking, but if you're asking if you can back up your iPhone on your iPad, unfortunately no, you can't.
ctuan13 you gut my question answer thanks
How can i connect HD webcam to Ipad pro 2018 11 inches please help me out.
Can you transfer anything other than video and photos. Like notability files to hard drive
elvis martis did you find away to transfer notability files?
@@noonh120 yes there is a way. I export all my notes to itunes. And then transfer the notability files to my pc via lightening cable. It's a very annoying step. Even now the files are embedded in the app itself though I updated my iPad to iPad os public beta
Thanks!
Can I do it from my iPhone XS Max to ssd
Hi ctuan13, great video indeed, thanks man :). Also can you tell me if .psd file works/transfers on ipad pro? apparently I started some illustrations on my computer and now I want to finish them on my iPad Pro. I don't know how to transfer them to my iPad Pro n rework on them with procreate. :/ pls suggest.
Will something like this work on iPhones?
Dude!! It worked! Watched another video that suggested a simular method but the key is changing the file name to the proper structure as you demonstrated!! Love the 2018 Ipad Pro but mad as hell that Apple crippled the USB-C port..Once they've sold enough Ipads they will eventually open it up to external storage, sd cards and the like!!!!
Hey man, that's awesome! I'm glad I could help.
And I definitely agree that if Apple is really going to claim this is a "pro" device. Things need to change in iOS 13, starting with the file system and the USB C port functionality.
You are so right. I like apple products but I have noticed that trend. I wait for the next go round and see the things that people have complained about. Then apple will make changes. Then I get the product.
So i also need a Mac to do this.
I will be back thank you!
Psd?
I'm sorry, what?
I am student and bought ipad pro for studying my books and found i cannot get my books on ipad pro which i downloaded earlier and saved them in ssd in pdf format...Please help.Thank you bro!!
Good work
Great idea and very useful trick. Thank you for the video! Think this may actually be very useful in my everyday workflow.
Can you help me figure out why I can't transfer my RAW files to an external hard drive from my iPad Pro?
The iPad Pro running iOS 12 doesnt allow external file transfer. That seems to be finally changing with iOS 13, but not yet.
thanks a million!!!!!
does this work with a windows pc ?
For sure! It'll even work with an android phone. As long as you can view and edit the filesystem of the SSD or drive and create and name new folders and rename files, you should be good to go!
Great that it works, but unfortunately it doesnt make it any easier. Thank you for your work, anyways.
Usefull
Thank you so much for this info.
Job done!
Awesome!
Great tips, thanks for sharing!
awesome - thank you
You just saved me whole of of further effort. Thanks matey. Hopefully they fix this in IOS 13
Thanks
Dude! Seriously! I've watched so many videos because I am having issues getting my iPad Pro 12.9 2018 to read my pendrive. Not even the import tab would open - only the photos app would open upon connection but nothing. After seeing this and trying it out, it worked 100%. My SD wouldn't read either. I'll see if that works. Annoying tho having to create 2 specified folders just to be read.
Ther is no USB C PORT ON MY I PAD
Great video. Thanks.
Hey man, thanks for the solid vid!
So say if I wanted to shoot Video on my Canon 5D Mk4 or my 6D Mk2,
What do you think would be the best way to get those files into LumaFusion on the iPad Pro. I currently have the newest iPad Pro version.
I also have a Samsung XDrive Thunderbolt 3 SSD 1TB 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Well that largely depends on your cameras. If they are supported cameras, you might be able to simply plug them in with a USB C to USB C cable, directly into the iPad.
But if they aren't supported models, or dont have that functionally. Your best bet is to import the files to your computer first or use your computer to move the video files over to your SSD, following my video guide for filesystem layout and file naming. Then you should be able to just plug in your drive to your iPad and the import tab in the Photos app should appear. Hope this helps!
I want to copy 4k videos from my iPhone to my windows laptop. Turns out that's really difficult! I have an iPad, so what Im doing is Airdropping the videos to my iPad, then I have an external SSD, just like yours but when I copy them over to my SSD the files get corrupted! How do I get my video files from my iPad to my SSD?? Anyone?
I really hope Apple fixes this on IOS13 😓
I don’t think that it was an error, bcuz if they allowed people to use external hard disk, people wouldn’t have bought the 512gb or the 1tb iPad
Apple wants to force people to buy the larger storage devices, or buy cloud space, and also not muddy the waters and hurt their MacBook sales.
I was hearing that this is something they were working on. Don't remember where, maybe it was a dream 😂
@@billymurphy3 Yeah, rumours have it that am updated Files system allowing external HD support along with mouse support will be announced when iOS13 makes it's debut next month. Also, being able to bypass 'Photos' and directly import images, videos into an editor of your choice will also be announced. If any of these comes to pass, I will be very happy.
Omg yes please! I would be so salty if they didn’t fix it....
The ravpower device works ? I saw videos but I'm not sure
Yes.
If it does work reliably, how fast are large file transfers?
MarcosElMalo2 just try it. I got access of my drive instantly and saw my movie on the go. You just need the good application.
JND HD thank you for the fast reply!
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No one has answered this for me yet. Maybe One of you can. If I use this method and import some photos. Then edit them. Can I then transfer or export them back to the hard drive as edited photos?
I answered this in a reply to another comment, but no there currently is no way to transfer files off of the iPad onto connected physical media. For that, you’ll have to connect your iPad to a computer.
Actually there is a way, thanks to Henny Tha Bizness, just get the ravpower file hub and boom all problems fixed
@@joshuareveles That is true. It also costs $80+. People watching this are looking for a virtually free solution.
You can also plug your iPhone directly into the iPad with a lightning to USB-C cable, and import all videos shot (along with pictures) directly without the use of a secondary drive.
That's true. But for the tons of people who dont shoot their video or take their pictures on an iPhone, this strategy is still the best virtually free solution.
What to rename for mp4 file?
In the video, I explain to use the same exact format. Same style 8 character name, for example: IMG_1234
Hope this helps!
It could be the bit rate or raw file.
Are you referring to why .mov files don't seem to work? You might be on to something.
Asinine arbitrary file restrictions. At least we can use the files app to connect to a network drive and transfer files that way.
That's one thing I love about Android. Your phone is an external hard drive, and the music and photo apps, just recognize files dumped onto it.
but did you format your SSD to exfat? or just stock?
I'm pretty sure just FAT. I can't be sure exactly, but if you have a flash drive you can experiment.
Thank you, very helpful
Can you Import other data
Like I say I the video, unfortunately, right now this will only work for photos and videos. Thanks for watching!
All Apple store tech employees should be required to watch this video.
Can somebody confirm can I record the video directly onto this external drive instead of internal memory? Reason of asking is that I would like to record video of my gigs which are like 4 hours long and I don't have enough of storage on my ipad to do that. Thank you
Unfortunately the ability to write to external storage without the use of some sort of wireless network drive, isnt possible with iOS 12.
So basically it's the same as the previous 9.7 pro issues with the memory card reader. I had to do the exact same thing for it to actually read anything of an sd card.
You’re awesome. Apple sucks for this.
Would this also work with my new IPad (not Pro), but if I used a USB-C to lightning adapter? That way I could go from my Sandisk Extreme SSD to the lightning connection on my IPad? My primary concern is that there may be something funky with the USB-C to lightning adapter that may cause me some issues. Thanks!
In theory that should work, but I've never tested it myself. Provided the adapter isn't doing anything weird, it should work.
Hi, thx for the smart trick, really loved your video! I understand I can now transfer photos and videos from my external SSD to my iPad Pro but I wonder if it works also on the other way around and if i can also transfer photos and video files from the iPad Pro to the external SSD drive, because actually I'm already able to transfer photos from my SD card to iPad Pro to use them with editing programs but after that I'd like to be able to make a backup copy of these same photo files on my external SSD HD. Thx for your time!
Hey thanks for watching! I'm glad you found the video helpful!
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to transfer photos, videos or any file type directly from the iPad to an external storage device. That still requires either a computer or uploading to cloud storage. And that wont change until Apple makes much needed changes to iOS. Hope this helps!
On the iPads and iPhones with lightning connectors there’s ways to back up to SD cards and specialized thumb drives (ex. Sandisk iXpand) or using WiFi (western digital has WiFi SSD drives for the photography market and RAVpower makes a WiFi hub into which you can plug in a USB drive. None of this is smooth or simple and they all require you to install wonky apps, then using the share sheet to move your files, usually a few at a time.
I love my iPad and my iPhone, but these workflows are killing me!
I am using the iPad OS and I have an ssd from my macbook, which I was able to connect and read from. So, maybe this issue is resolved finally in iPad OS. Give it a try.
Did the same but still not able to read
Thank you. You're an amazing man!
Thanks for sharing this freakin awesome tip 👌👍
All drive manufacturers have always provided their own drivers to install on your computer so you can use their drives. Today I use an iExpand usb flash drive with a lightning connector to both backup files on my IOS devices and on my computers.
It is false to say that IOS devices don’t recognize external drives. The devices need to have their own drivers (known as apps from the App Store) to make this work. This is the way computers have worked for the 30 years I have been using Apple hardware and software. SanDisk, PNY, and others make combo USB/Lightning drives that enable files of all types to be transferred back and forth. Initially I blamed Apple until I remembered the simple history mentioned.
Note: Apple does not control the file systems on external devices, the manufacturer does and it is the manufacturers responsibility to make it work. There are many devices now available for moving files in both directions.
While I understand what you are saying, it is quite an apple-biased excuse based perspective. The reality is I can take a flash drive with a word document, an mp4 video, a JPG and an MP3 on it and plug it into my Mac and using the finder filesystem open the drive, see all the files, interact them and transfer them however I please to the locations I specify without needing a single app. I can plug this same drive into my windows machine and use file explorer to view the files, transfer the files, rename the files and everything I could do on the Mac also without a single app. This simply isnt possible on the iPad.
In addition, yes it is true that apple isnt in control of the filesystem of other manufacturers' devices. But that's not the limiting factor. In fact it is only because we can control and manipulate the filesystem of our external drives that this trick even works. The limit is in apple's filesystem format requirements that only allow for photos and videos and no other file types being accepted.
Nevertheless, if you everything you are looking for on your iPad, than I'm sincerely happy for you. But regardless, this is a huge deal breaker for most buyers, on top of the high price.
ctuan13 Your bias is showing! IOS has its own rules, which obviously aren’t ours. Each application has its own ‘desktop’, for instance my FileMaker Go files are only discoverable inside the FieMaker Go application and I can save pictures, PDFs, etc into that ‘desktop’. The same thing happens with iZip, Pages, Word, etc. This is of course on the iPad.
As I said, you’ve made a mistake. IExpand, for just one flash drive, has an app that can be used for files of all types. And Files and Air Drop, to name a few, can discover this USB/Lightning drive. And, it will accept long file names contrary to your 8 character limits.
THe 8 Character limit has nothing to do with Apple, USB, etc. but is a limit placed on the DCMIM folder storage by camera manufacturers, etc. and is a carry over from 8 bit systems and DOS of many years ago.
Your problem is that you are trying to do something that doesn’t fit the DCIM specs and Apple works just fine with those specs.
Your mistakes here are the problem, not Apple.
9 to 5 has a very up to date listing of USB-C hubs, etc that work with the iPad Pro g3 and you should check out their articles for more information on how to make this port work for you instead of trying to make DCIM folders do something they weren’t designed to do.
I'm hardly biased. I use OSX and windows, iOS and Android. The reality is the filesystem is cumbersome and nonexistent in the efficient desktop manner.
Of course "there's an app for that", but when it comes to easy file transfer, that simply isnt possible. Not every professional wants to have to go into one app to retrieve files to send to another. Because of a lack of a true filesystem, quick desktop tasks take much longer on iOS.
And yes I understand the concept of the DCIM requirements not being set by apple. What is set by apple is iOS's complete inability recognize any photo or video file without the exact correct filename format in the correct folder arrangement. Like I said, I can plug in a drive with a picture or video file, named whatever I want, right into my mac, see those files and choose which one I want on my mac and drag it over. That's just not possible on iOS yet.
If you can conduct all the work and tasks you need on iOS then I will be the first to tell you that's awesome. But for most it's just not up to supporting the productivity tasks and workflow they need.
Don't accuse others of bias when they simply have different needs and workflows than yourself. I use both sides of the computing spectrum. Both have their strengths and weakness. This is one of iOS' greatest weaknesses.
ctuan13 Like I tried to explain, Think Different. And do go to 9 to 5 Mac and do some reading especially on USB Hubs $10-$20. There is also iTunes but then it is a pain.
The IOS file system is different and like I said, Files let’s me read my usb flash drives.
IT IS NOT TRUE THAT ONLY DCIM FOLDERS CAN BE READ BY IOS...
Have you tried importing ".wav" files?
Great video and tip! I'm considering a iPad Pro. Are you aware of a similar process that would allow one to copy documents to an external HD? Admittedly, Apple's iCloud will backup my documents but I prefer my own process and copy.
Unfortunately, exporting data isnt currently possible to an external drive, without a wifi drive or a computer connection first.
@@ctuan13 Thanks! Are you familiar with wifi drives that would allow one to export data?
Thanks Cutan 👍
Thank you for the video, a base question what format is your SSD, is it the Toshiba proprietary format that works with everything (a forced work around of EXT 2, thanks to Apple)
I CANNOT believe APPLE STILL GETS AWAY with this BS. yet another good reason to stuff iPads now for ANYTHING ELSE Tablets.
(in the early 90's as a consultant I wrote an OS for UPS's DIAD, we called it FLOS (Fundamentally Limited Operating System) because it used the same ISAM/VSAM ( READ iPAD) as its "storage system"
That is almost identical to the ipad's.
It's a toy excuse to "be flexible and lock us into Apple.
Apple has had a 2 decade "Commitment Issue" that we as consumers don't push back on..
"The new IPAD a "computer" like no other..."
Because other computers HAVE FILE SYSTEMS...
The iPAD has used 1990's ISAM/VSAM castrated/nueterted TOY tech since birth to be 'flexible' or 'useless' forcing users to 'offload' and creating an entire 3rd party industry OR pay outrageous $$ to APPLE for 512GB or more of NVRAM.
I cannot believe they still get away with that BS.
I bought and returned in 15 minutes the 11" IPAD Pro last week, NO SD CARD??? WHAT? Here is your toy now give me my $1,000 back now.
$800 for 64GB of useless clutter, that's what maybe 250 RAW format photos, and STUCK using Apple "PHOTOS as a catalog basically.
Thank heaven the industry has finally seen fit to ditch PHOTOS.
I really wanted to give the "iPUD" Pro a try as really quick preview & remote for photo shoots, no built in SD CARD, nope.
Switched to Samsung phones 2 years ago, maybe tablets now....
Thx for the VIDEO, sorry for the rant but Apple is killing a market not filling a void.
Cheers
BTW I wrote this on a new 11” iPad Pro, picked it up last night after my “soap box” speech, All day long and 76% battery left damn good, but where the frack is “forward delete” on Apple’s folio keyboard cover.(CTRL, OPT, CMD) none delete a single char forward, I found out how to delete a LOT backwards (thanks for the UNDO button on screen) and while they wisely added arrow keys even Apple Pencil GEN 2 can’t pinpoint a char in a sentence you have to hover over the fracking thing like the iPhone. I figured if I was going to beat up Apple again maybe I should actually use one for awhile.
I definitely feel your frustration, man. If apple doesn't change, they're not going to make it long as a company.
To answer your question, I've found that FAT format seems to work best.
ctuan13
Thank you, sorry about the “soapbox rant”, I thought it might be FAT32, burned by the 2GB sector/file size again of MS’s FAT32 FS.
The DCIM (Digital Camera IMages) “industry standard” (as much as that even exists anywhere) popped up in 1998 or 1999 as the part of the (LOL) DCF, Digital Camera FILE SYSTEM by the Japanese Electronics and Information Technology and ‘something something’ I don’t remember (and am too lazy to look up JEITA I think was/is the acronym)
The bummer, to me, if Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG everyone only uses this for MEDIA, which, okay, it was what it was intended for but makes it ‘limited’ if you want to load documents or ANY other kind of “file” into your system, here we go off to the wars and a new 3rd party money-making industry of external devices and “trials” of “do it all” with this “dongle” thing that hangs off the very nicely packaged small form factor easy in/out of use (I really do like the new form factor, much better than all the previous decades worth, IMO of course)
So Apple is calling this “generation” the “Computer like no other” (or whatever the “tag line” is) BUT if you do need to and can’t get all the things that’s you use a computer for, (not just like emails, writing, yes pictures, but a LOT more than, at least for me) so what else is out there that is secure, doesn’t REQUIRE WiFi or Cellular, I may be alone there but I find myself on my MacBooK Pro “unplugged” a lot and while I love it (on my 4th gen of MBPro’ (now up to 32GB, 4TB SSD and a 6 core i7) running. VMWARE mostly so I can play in all the arenas but a lot of the time, I wish I had something less beefy and not as $$ just in case.... and didn’t have a USB-C SSD drive hanging off it to move things on and off or to STORE permanently without spending the cost of a MacBook Air or a 12” MacBook (I have a pristine 2016 12 MacBook still in the original box used twice if anyone wants one :-) $800 for a 54GB base WiFi model is expensive compared to a $400 Chromebook or a $500 Android Tablet that has TWO sdcard slots, two USB-C ports and a display that frankly looks as good as a 15” retina.
I WAS all Apple all the time but they have the gun not just pointed at their foot anymore, imo, it’s been fired now and with billions going to their iCar, I’m beginning to wonder where this part of Apple is going....
(BTW, the car, was Steve’ns idea, back when I worked for him at Next decades ago, I had a hand in the MACH kernel when I was attended Carnegie Mellon a few lifetimes ago, got a call out of the blue one day from this guy who’d just gotten the boot from Apple, asking me if I’d consider a job at Next working on NextOS, Uhh gee let me think on that one, OK.
My opinion but I think Jobs will go down in history as the greatest entrepreneur in modern times, he was brilliant, had a way of making a pie in the sky idea real
Unfortunately, he and my wife were at the same PanCan facility, she passed away a year+ later, but one day, I was sitting with her (getting my Chemo too, for Leukemia but I wanted to be at the same infusion center and my oncologist arranged it) and she says, there’s an old friend of yours who wants to say hello, a “Gibbs-like” slap on the back of my head I recognized instantly without even turning around, I stood up and tears were pouting out of me in milliseconds, I have a picture of the two of us talking “a walk” right next to my wife’s “Prayer card” from her memorial service. Now I’m that 131lb, guy, after 12 years of Chemo & CLL & SLL Leukemias and I’m looking at that photo right now, thankfully... Sorry this doesn’t belong here but “I’m still too lazy to delete it..
Keep the vid’s coming and feel free to delete this comment, or part of it anyway. Another novelette and not a soap box but a trip down “memory” or file system lane...
Cheers...
What format is the ssd? Does it matter?
Hey man, as far as I know FAT is the best format right now, but I haven't double checked others. Hope this helps!
Finally❤️
it doesn't work with my SSD Samsung X5
Man, if wasn’t for great apps for musicians, I would totally dump greedy ass apple!........if there was a hack I would love to use it!
So complicated! If you have a Mac you can just use airdrop to transfer photos and videos, so easy! The real issue is document files and pdfs etc for me. Like, the freedom to just plug in and scroll through tons of docs to pick the ones you need to work with.
Thanks trick uploading pics to prologue2go
can you try huawei m5 lite ?
Thanks a lot. I hope I can also do this for .pdf or .docx or .xlsx. Grrr I bought ipad pro because Google Slate is not available here in Dubai.
Easy 7:00 futher
First of All thnx.
But... Yes you can do this.. But as long you cant give back the files to the ssd or sd..
This is nice 2 see but nothing for Pro.
This is an old trick. People get ravpower file hub or get external drive with WiFi included:)
Given the filesystem and naming requirements, I haven't seen any video that explains those other areas in detail.
And more importantly this is FREE. Doesnt require you buy anything if you already have a USB C drive. Sure the ravpower unit is nice, but it is also very expensive for the fundamentally basic purpose it serves. To most people, a wireless harddrive should not be required to transfer files off of a computing device.
ctuan13 is funny you say expensive, when you spend money on iPad Pro I’m dam sure you can get ravpower file hub. 😂 your technique is cool and all you have change this and that, people just like it simple plug and play.
@@jayvoltron83 So your only reasoning is that the iPad is expensive so you should be able to afford some elaborate work around? If someone spends such a premium for one of the best tablets around, why on earth is it reasonable to expect them to then spend even more money just to be able to transfer files? That's ludicrous.