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Great video! You actually don’t need the hub tough, you just need to connect the power cable to the OTG and the HDD will have power, there’s no need of an external source.
I just bought a Toshiba external hard disk drive and it’s NTFS. I kind of felt that it’s the issue why I can’t transfer any files. So I did some Google search, and your vide was the first to pop up, and it quite clearly showed the solution. I will go home and reformat the hard drive to exFAT. Thanks for this tutorial!
Awesome! Glad to hear it worked for you Terri. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍
Oh you are a superstar. I never realised why my iPad Pro would not see my LaCie 1Tb hard drive. I purchased a powered 4 port hub and using the Apple powered adapter I can now access it. However, I did have to reformat the hard drive from NTFS to exFAT file system. PLEASE BE WARNED THAT THIS ERASES ALL CONTENT ON THE DRIVE SO BACK EVERYTHING UP FIRST. It really did work sooooo brilliantly thanks pal.
My 265G iphone 12 has been loaded with no memory for over a year and i dont know what to do except for keep deleting photos, now i just added the products from your link, waiting for black friday to purchase them, thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you so much sir! Tech is hard for people like me, but you’re making things easier to understand! I need to plug an external hard drive into my iPad because my laptop is getting old but I want to conveniently watch my anime while I study Japanese
It is definitely a worthwhile investment in your recording setup. Head over here for links to this and al my recommended audio gear studiolivetoday.com/gear
Help! My external hardrive is already connected to the usb hub that has a power source but i still couldn’t move files from ipad to my hardrive. I could view the files in my hardrive but i cannot transfer files from my ipad to it. It says “read only” at the bottom of the screen. Does this mean i need to reformat the hardrive? Tnx
Nice one Pete, cheers. Couldn’t work out why this wasn’t working for me, and stumbled upon this video. Absolute revelation regarding the file formats👍🏻 Sorted me right out! Cheers fella.
I have a seagate 2TB HD for my iPad Pro. So you know you don’t need to power a HD with the iPad Pro as it’s powerful enough to power the HD. Also I just purchased a Sata HD caddy for my iPad Pro that can hold 3.5 or 2.5 HD’s. As I don’t own any form of pc or laptop anymore and have a collection of old HD’s with stuff on them I need to get off/use and then clear space on them for future backups. so I’ll let you know how that turns out when it arrives on Friday.
Nice one! Yes, I had read/heard that some combinations of iPad and drive do work, but wanted I make sure that this works for every iPad and iPhone user; and a powered hub is never a bad idea, especially for audio interfaces and hard drives! Thanks for all your help and advice. You’re my go-to iPad Pro user. 👍
Thanks Pete for this "detailed" video. I am in the process of scanning all of our family pictures to a USB Ext Drive and have 3K+ pictures on a NTFS drive. I was going to back all of them to another Ext Drive so I just formatted that one to exFAT. After I back them up to the exFAT drive I will re-format the NTFS drive and re-format that one to exFAT. My kids all use Apple so I will be good to go with my powered USB Hub. All GREAT stuff and thanks again. You saved our family much grief in the future! !! !!!
Very glad to hear this was able to help. I have so many drives formatted as NTFS because this was “best practice” for Windows machines. Also in the process of converting some of mine for iOS use.
Hi. I just bought a Seagate hard drive and an authentic USB 3 Camera kit on Apple retailer here in my country. It's already in exFAT format out of the box, unfortunately the hard drive is just blinking and my iPad mini 5 doesn't read the drive. UPDATE: I watched some videos here also and the other way for Hard drives to work is to have a powered USB hub in plugged in the adapter and it works. Thank you for your help, Pete.
Thanks so much for the info. I've currently got both iPhone 11 Pro & iPad 11 Pro as I enjoy my photography. Understandably photos use a lot of data and although both devices are 1TB, I've been wanting to transfer simply for safe keeping. Thanks again, and incredibly informative. I'll now make some moves based on your recommendations. Cheers, Justin
Great to hear my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍 More USB info here if you need it - studiolivetoday.com/usb
I bought one of these based off this tutorial ... but I got a bit lost when you brought out the USB port for external power ... the little lightning input on the dongle serves as the power input ... simply plug another iphone charger into it, then into the wall and you eliminate your USB device all together.
@@PeteJohnsMusic have you found that the picture does not show up on the iPad screen with the power hub? I have that exact dongle and WD drive and I plug the lightning charger into the other port in the dongle and it does not show up.
Exactly what I want to do, thanks. Just bought the tosh drive and apple USB connector just waiting on my power supply from Amazon. I did not go off the reservation, exactly the same as yours.
Pete, a USB to Lighting cable would have been much cheaper and simpler than your powered hub. I use one all the time with my 7th Gen iPad, which has a Lightning port. The same Apple adapter you're using, but with my USB to Lightning cable for power. No hubs necessary.
Yeah. If you’re using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter you can just plug the lightning port in to power. I recommend a hub because you can then hook up an interface , keyboard etc as well. But you’re spot on. Many drives work with just the adapter as long as you have power. studiolivetoday.com/usb
FYI You don’t need a powered usb hub. The adapter has pass through charging ability via the lightning port to charge your i(device) as well as the ability to power the usb port. 😉 If you plug in a drive, the i(device) will say “cannot use accessory - this accessory uses too much power”. Then simply plug your i(device) charger into the wall and into the adapter’s lightning port. The drive will be powered through the usb port.
Nice one. Yes, some devices will work with just device power and others with a power pass-through if you're using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter. I still prefer a powered hub for convenience and multiple devices personally. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Ordering Tendak USB Hub and Apple Lightening USB3 camera adapter so I can transfer all photos from iPhone to external drive. I don't want to load all the photos on my work computer. Praying this works. Great video.
I successfully moved a lot of pictures from my iphone to my external hardrive. But when I plug my hardrive into my mac, the files are "greyed" out and I can't open them. Any idea why?
These days I would use iCloud Drive or AirDrop. Sometimes copying files will send the native “HEIC” format photos which can be hard to use in other platforms.
This definitely worked for me I am not sure how to copy multiple files or multiple pictures from either the hard drive or the iPad to one of the other, can anyone help me
Great video sir. I followed instructions and worked great. My drive was fat32 but still worked. Took a while for my iPad to recognize the drive I kept plugging and unplugging thinking something was wrong but I just needed to wait.
not to brag or anything, but get this - my phone from 2016 has usb-c and it can power hdd's without external power. phone is made from aluminum, 7mm thin(no cam bump), 18W fast charging, dual sim, 3.5mm jack - marvelous thing! iphone 15 going to be released in 2023 Q3 and it will finally have usb-c. adorable, what can i say😁👌
Pete, your video was very helpful, but did not answer one question. I need to move photos from my older laptop using NTFS file system to my I pad. How do I move to an external hard drive using NTFS, then get them to load on my iPad as exFAT?
Hi, very helpful video. But I have one question. Could you just connect the hard drive and a lightning cable to the camera adapter? Because it would power the hard drive too, right?
I think I’m doing something wrong. I have everything except the power supply and it’s not working. I did the reformat and I have a normal iPhone charging device that is plugged into my wall instead of the power device you’re using. Does that not work and I need the power device or do you think it might be something else? I’m using a Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD - USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, PS4, & Xbox. Thank you fir any info you can provide!
You’ll definitely need a genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter and a powered USB hub. This page has some links that have more info. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Pete Johns I like your video it seem that everyone using external hard drive for video and pictures.. maybe you could help me how transfer data (Files) and Remote Files folder 7.45Gb left on iPad (256 GB) thank to COVID-19. Can’t go store…
Like most "how to" videos you start at step 2 or 3 and not 1. You need to explain how you access files from the hardrive on your ipad. What program are you running?
Hi! I have an ipad 9.7 sixth generation and a external storage WD elements, and I made everything you made in the video, but the ipad not recognize the external storage. If I conect the external storage without the HUB USB, the ipad recognize the external storage, but just for one or two seconds, then is disconect. Why this happens? How can I fix it? Thanks for the video, it was a good clue for start.
Hi Pete .. Ive got the problem man of having Apps for my music making taking up 43GB of my 64GB iPad Pro 2017 Is there a way (in simple terms ha) to get them apps out the iPad onto a external drive so I can get that GB usage down in the memory ... I’m addicted to buying apps after seeing channels like yours ...thanks man ...as ever great channel 👌 respect ! And if it is possible to shift it all to a external hard drive which would you recommend in conjunction with iOS Cheers man
Hey there. So you can use iCloud Drive or an external drive to store data files but not apps. You’ll have to juggle and work out what you really need or perhaps consider an upgrade in the future for more storage.
@@PeteJohnsMusic Iphones do have the ability to temporarily un-download an app, while leaving it on the home screen. think its under the storage settings. Dont know if this applies
I was able to connect my external hard drive to my iPhone XS Max (running IOS 14.0.1) using the Apple Lightning USB Camera Adapter and HooToo USB Hub. I am able to view the contents using the Files app. Thank you for the info! 😁
You covered the physical connection only. Why can't you expand on the idiosyncrasies of actually transferring files, to and from the iPhone/external drive, and showing the actual process on the Files app screen? Apple has not made the GUI interaction particularly easy, given the additional commands that are hidden behind their tiny icons and not readily apparent.
Howdy. I’ve shows this on more recent videos. Plenty of info at different levels of depth on the channel that should help. Start here and you’ll find what you need. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Thank you, but the problem is that in order to change file system into exFAT through format, all of the files in my hard drive are gonna be deleted - so I have to save them somewhere else first and then re-import them after I complete the format?
Hey Pete so I went out bought the apple dongle bought the usb hub actually the same one in your video and a WD my passport HD unfortunately seems like the HD is defective since it’s not coming out on my files but flash drives are
Hey Hector. Is the WD hard drive formatted as a FAT file structure? If you've used it with Windows and its NTFS, it won't work. Check this vidoe for more information. th-cam.com/video/3B7VPYe5rZc/w-d-xo.html
In this video you are speaking for PC users using PC formatted drives. I guess for Mac users it should be no problem to use HFS+ (aka Mac OS Extended) as well as the new APFS file system for SSD drives, right?
Very good point, which I will add at the top of the comment and description, as this was very focused on PC drives and file systems. But yes, HFS and APFS are supported as long as the drives are not encrypted.,
Pete thx for the video. I am considering buying an iPad Air 3 instead of a laptop as I am now retired. I will be putting 365 on it. My question is, will I be able to transfer my small Excel & Word files over using your method? Thank you!
I followed your instructions and my ipad recognized the hard drive to begin with but now would bring it up, also when I connect to my laptop to add more files the hp won’t recognize the new hard drive and asks me to format. Help
OK, but several years later... and we’ve got iOS 14 and how can one make a complete backup of an iPad Pro to an external drive WITHOUT the use of a computer of any kind? No iTunes. No Mac. Is it possible?
Great aid. I have a lightning cable, powered USB hub, Seagate hard drive with files I want to move to my iPad. Although the light blinks on the hard drive, and the USB hub is fully charged, the drive does not pop up under locations. What am I doing wrong?
Hi there. Do you have a genuine Apple Lightning to USB adapter? Not having this is the most coming cause of issues with this sort of setup. th-cam.com/video/qt6ZczdUdV4/w-d-xo.html
Hey Pete, thanks for the informative video. Just purchased my first iPad and plan to dump several files onto it from an external My Passport drive that I've had for a while. Unfortunately, I already had about 72GB of data on the drive and its formated as NTFS. I have already backed up the 72GB of data onto another drive so that it won't be erased when I re-format the drive. My question: When I go to re-format the drive to exFAT there are several options that pop up for "allocation unit size", the default is 256 kilobytes but it ranges from 64 to 32758, is it best to leave this on the 256 default setting or is there a better selection I should choose? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Such great explanation. I googled the title in a question and was scared by all the articles on this topic but your video made it super easy to understand and know exactly what and how to do it. Many thanks
Thanks for the kind words my friend. Here’s another video that’s more of a quick reference and troubleshooting guide which you may want to bookmark for future reference - th-cam.com/video/3B7VPYe5rZc/w-d-xo.html
I have a Toshiba Canvio external hard drive with a micro USB 3.0 cord that comes with it , I’m trying to take photos off my iPad, seven , can I just get the white Apple adapter? Do I really need to get the hub?
Most of the drives and adapters need either a powered USB hub or the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter with the Lightning power port plugged in.
Please How I can change the format of the hard drive to use it on IPad without deleting my data??? I try just how you did It’s not connecting I would like to transfer some data like photos videos PDFs Hope any document can be transfer thru the adapter not only pics? Thanks for any help
Hey my friend. You would need to reformat the drive unfortunately. And this requires a Mac or PC, so you can backup the files and then format and transfer back.
Hi. Thanks for the video. Question: I have my external hard drive set up with a password on my laptop. But as my laptop screen is broken I was hoping to connect to my iPad. Will my external be able to setup the necessary drivers and what have you on the iPad? If I plug in will I be asked for a password as normal? It’s a WD elements hard drive. Thanks
Hi Pete, have you figured out how to utilize the hard drive as well as charging the device while it’s being used? I have the dongle you have and many other cables but nothing I seem to plug in of any combination charges the iPad while the dongle is plugged into the iPad.
Hey there. If you’re using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter you should be all good to charge and connect at the same time. Otherwise, pick up a powered USB hub to use. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Hey there Eden. Check out this video for some more information and advice. th-cam.com/video/3B7VPYe5rZc/w-d-xo.html. The most common causes of issues are not having a genuine Apple adapter, not having power, and having a drive formatted in the Windows NTFS format.
🎹 For MAC users, drives formatted in HFS and APFS will also work, as long as they are not encrypted.
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I Use a G Drive will it work as well?
Great video! You actually don’t need the hub tough, you just need to connect the power cable to the OTG and the HDD will have power, there’s no need of an external source.
Depends on your iPhone/iPad. Some need more power and at least the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter
I just bought a Toshiba external hard disk drive and it’s NTFS. I kind of felt that it’s the issue why I can’t transfer any files. So I did some Google search, and your vide was the first to pop up, and it quite clearly showed the solution. I will go home and reformat the hard drive to exFAT. Thanks for this tutorial!
Brilliant! Very glad this was helpful for you.
I purchased the Tendak USB Hub and already had the Apple lighting card reader and it worked to transfer photos from my WD passport. Thank you
Awesome! Glad to hear it worked for you Terri. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍
Oh you are a superstar.
I never realised why my iPad Pro would not see my LaCie 1Tb hard drive. I purchased a powered 4 port hub and using the Apple powered adapter I can now access it.
However, I did have to reformat the hard drive from NTFS to exFAT file system.
PLEASE BE WARNED THAT THIS ERASES ALL CONTENT ON THE DRIVE SO BACK EVERYTHING UP FIRST.
It really did work sooooo brilliantly thanks pal.
Yup, great additional tips here. 👍
By the way, I don’t actually need the powered hub for the hard drive to work the Apple powered accessory was enough.
My 265G iphone 12 has been loaded with no memory for over a year and i dont know what to do except for keep deleting photos, now i just added the products from your link, waiting for black friday to purchase them, thanks for the tutorial!
Awesome! Very glad to hear. This video may also help. th-cam.com/video/MVp-AxhZkao/w-d-xo.html
Good..the information is very useful, it works well, the point is USB HUB and format the Hard Disk to exFAT
You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍
Thank you so much sir! Tech is hard for people like me, but you’re making things easier to understand! I need to plug an external hard drive into my iPad because my laptop is getting old but I want to conveniently watch my anime while I study Japanese
TattooedGaijin nice one my friend! Juts make sure the drive is not formatted as NTFS and you will be fine. 👍
Helpful response. Lightening cable is not a genuine Apple so I will get one.
It is definitely a worthwhile investment in your recording setup. Head over here for links to this and al my recommended audio gear studiolivetoday.com/gear
Help! My external hardrive is already connected to the usb hub that has a power source but i still couldn’t move files from ipad to my hardrive. I could view the files in my hardrive but i cannot transfer files from my ipad to it. It says “read only” at the bottom of the screen. Does this mean i need to reformat the hardrive? Tnx
Possibly. Perhaps the drive is not in a supported format like FAT. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Thank you so much for this. Had to reformat 2 hard drives, but now, I can back up my 32gb iPad locally on a 1TB HD!
Nice!! I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍
Nice one Pete, cheers. Couldn’t work out why this wasn’t working for me, and stumbled upon this video. Absolute revelation regarding the file formats👍🏻 Sorted me right out! Cheers fella.
Awesome! Very glad to hear my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍
Pete Johns Cheers, already subscribed 🙂 Your videos on GarageBand helped me out a lot 👍🏻. Have a great day.
I have a seagate 2TB HD for my iPad Pro. So you know you don’t need to power a HD with the iPad Pro as it’s powerful enough to power the HD. Also I just purchased a Sata HD caddy for my iPad Pro that can hold 3.5 or 2.5 HD’s. As I don’t own any form of pc or laptop anymore and have a collection of old HD’s with stuff on them I need to get off/use and then clear space on them for future backups.
so I’ll let you know how that turns out when it arrives on Friday.
Nice one! Yes, I had read/heard that some combinations of iPad and drive do work, but wanted I make sure that this works for every iPad and iPhone user; and a powered hub is never a bad idea, especially for audio interfaces and hard drives!
Thanks for all your help and advice. You’re my go-to iPad Pro user. 👍
Thanks Pete for this "detailed" video. I am in the process of scanning all of our family pictures to a USB Ext Drive and have 3K+ pictures on a NTFS drive. I was going to back all of them to another Ext Drive so I just formatted that one to exFAT. After I back them up to the exFAT drive I will re-format the NTFS drive and re-format that one to exFAT. My kids all use Apple so I will be good to go with my powered USB Hub. All GREAT stuff and thanks again. You saved our family much grief in the future! !! !!!
Very glad to hear this was able to help. I have so many drives formatted as NTFS because this was “best practice” for Windows machines. Also in the process of converting some of mine for iOS use.
Hi. I just bought a Seagate hard drive and an authentic USB 3 Camera kit on Apple retailer here in my country. It's already in exFAT format out of the box, unfortunately the hard drive is just blinking and my iPad mini 5 doesn't read the drive.
UPDATE: I watched some videos here also and the other way for Hard drives to work is to have a powered USB hub in plugged in the adapter and it works. Thank you for your help, Pete.
Hey there. Yes, you’ll need a genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter with a Lightning port or a powered USB hub.
Thanks so much for the info. I've currently got both iPhone 11 Pro & iPad 11 Pro as I enjoy my photography. Understandably photos use a lot of data and although both devices are 1TB, I've been wanting to transfer simply for safe keeping. Thanks again, and incredibly informative. I'll now make some moves based on your recommendations. Cheers, Justin
Great to hear my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍 More USB info here if you need it - studiolivetoday.com/usb
I bought one of these based off this tutorial ... but I got a bit lost when you brought out the USB port for external power ... the little lightning input on the dongle serves as the power input ... simply plug another iphone charger into it, then into the wall and you eliminate your USB device all together.
Okay. Not quite sure what you’re doing here but glad it’s working. studiolivetoday.com/usb
So I’m doing exactly that but it’s still not showing up on the screen.
@@PeteJohnsMusic have you found that the picture does not show up on the iPad screen with the power hub? I have that exact dongle and WD drive and I plug the lightning charger into the other port in the dongle and it does not show up.
Huge help for this old lady! Thanks so much!
Very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to let me know. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Exactly what I want to do, thanks. Just bought the tosh drive and apple USB connector just waiting on my power supply from Amazon. I did not go off the reservation, exactly the same as yours.
Nice one. Hopefully it works as elk for you as it does for me. 👍🙏
@@PeteJohnsMusic Amazon brought me a prezzy today! Good to go!
Pete, a USB to Lighting cable would have been much cheaper and simpler than your powered hub. I use one all the time with my 7th Gen iPad, which has a Lightning port. The same Apple adapter you're using, but with my USB to Lightning cable for power. No hubs necessary.
Yeah. If you’re using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter you can just plug the lightning port in to power. I recommend a hub because you can then hook up an interface , keyboard etc as well. But you’re spot on. Many drives work with just the adapter as long as you have power. studiolivetoday.com/usb
FYI You don’t need a powered usb hub. The adapter has pass through charging ability via the lightning port to charge your i(device) as well as the ability to power the usb port. 😉
If you plug in a drive, the i(device) will say “cannot use accessory - this accessory uses too much power”. Then simply plug your i(device) charger into the wall and into the adapter’s lightning port.
The drive will be powered through the usb port.
Nice one. Yes, some devices will work with just device power and others with a power pass-through if you're using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter. I still prefer a powered hub for convenience and multiple devices personally. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Ordering Tendak USB Hub and Apple Lightening USB3 camera adapter so I can transfer all photos from iPhone to external drive. I don't want to load all the photos on my work computer. Praying this works. Great video.
Good luck my friend. studiolivetoday.com/gear
I successfully moved a lot of pictures from my iphone to my external hardrive. But when I plug my hardrive into my mac, the files are "greyed" out and I can't open them. Any idea why?
These days I would use iCloud Drive or AirDrop. Sometimes copying files will send the native “HEIC” format photos which can be hard to use in other platforms.
Hi pete thanks for the info. I also found out that if you use 15w power brake it works,
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Thank you so much. Described everything i need in the first 2 min
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you are the only answer! subscribed
Thanks my friend. Appreciate your support.
Thank you so much! It’s such a helpful video and super easy!
You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍
Does this work with iPad 8th too?
btw great video Thank you so much
Yup 100%. studiolivetoday.com/usb
This definitely worked for me I am not sure how to copy multiple files or multiple pictures from either the hard drive or the iPad to one of the other, can anyone help me
These days I would use something like this. th-cam.com/video/FVWVlGtK4rY/w-d-xo.html
Great video sir. I followed instructions and worked great. My drive was fat32 but still worked. Took a while for my iPad to recognize the drive I kept plugging and unplugging thinking something was wrong but I just needed to wait.
Nice one. Very glad to hear my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing.
So I have it all setup but I’m having difficulties trying to transfer files from iPad to the hard drive.Any idea how to do this?
Hey there. This video has some additional tips. th-cam.com/video/MTvvLDS1ZXg/w-d-xo.html
I also have a guide here / studiolivetoday.com/usb
I regretted buying iPad Air at first but this solve all the problems ..thanks for the solution
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Peter thanks for this great video, I don't know any of these existed it so handy for transfer and the powered hub brilliant
Nice one! Glad to hear. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍
not to brag or anything, but get this - my phone from 2016 has usb-c and it can power hdd's without external power.
phone is made from aluminum, 7mm thin(no cam bump), 18W fast charging, dual sim, 3.5mm jack - marvelous thing!
iphone 15 going to be released in 2023 Q3 and it will finally have usb-c. adorable, what can i say😁👌
Sounds like you’ve found what works for you and that’s why choice is a wonderful thing. Kudos.
Great video
I change the format to exFAT but I still can’t see my movie I transferred… am I missing something else?
Make sure you’re using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter and have enough power. studiolivetoday.com/usb
@@PeteJohnsMusic yes sir I got everything that was in the link… I got one to play but I’m working on it thank you
Pete, your video was very helpful, but did not answer one question. I need to move photos from my older laptop using NTFS file system to my I pad. How do I move to an external hard drive using NTFS, then get them to load on my iPad as exFAT?
You will need to copy them to an FAT drive first. NTFS is not compatible with iOS at all, at least in the current version of iOS 13.
Hi, very helpful video. But I have one question. Could you just connect the hard drive and a lightning cable to the camera adapter? Because it would power the hard drive too, right?
Most drives require additional power like a powered USB hub or plugging in to the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter .
This was great for the iPad. I wish an iPhone example was also done since it was in the title.
It works exactly the same way for iPhone which is why I didn’t show it.
I think I’m doing something wrong. I have everything except the power supply and it’s not working. I did the reformat and I have a normal iPhone charging device that is plugged into my wall instead of the power device you’re using. Does that not work and I need the power device or do you think it might be something else? I’m using a Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD - USB 3.0 for PC, Mac, PS4, & Xbox. Thank you fir any info you can provide!
You’ll definitely need a genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter and a powered USB hub. This page has some links that have more info. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Hello. Is there any way to do this without using a pc or laptop? Thanks, David
Formatting the drive? Unfortunately not sorry.
Pete Johns I like your video it seem that everyone using external hard drive for video and pictures.. maybe you could help me how transfer data (Files) and Remote Files folder 7.45Gb left on iPad (256 GB) thank to COVID-19. Can’t go store…
Hey there. Nope you can get this sorted. I also use iCloud and things like Google Drive to back up. th-cam.com/video/qMjd6ziU4aY/w-d-xo.html
Like most "how to" videos you start at step 2 or 3 and not 1. You need to explain how you access files from the hardrive on your ipad. What program are you running?
There’s more info and links to updated videos here - Http://studiolivetoday.com/usb
Hi! I have an ipad 9.7 sixth generation and a external storage WD elements, and I made everything you made in the video, but the ipad not recognize the external storage. If I conect the external storage without the HUB USB, the ipad recognize the external storage, but just for one or two seconds, then is disconect. Why this happens? How can I fix it? Thanks for the video, it was a good clue for start.
Hey there. This video has some troubleshooting tips and may help - th-cam.com/video/MTvvLDS1ZXg/w-d-xo.html
Hi Pete ..
Ive got the problem man of having Apps for my music making taking up 43GB of my 64GB iPad Pro 2017
Is there a way (in simple terms ha) to get them apps out the iPad onto a external drive so I can get that GB usage down in the memory ... I’m addicted to buying apps after seeing channels like yours ...thanks man ...as ever great channel 👌 respect !
And if it is possible to shift it all to a external hard drive which would you recommend in conjunction with iOS
Cheers man
Hey there. So you can use iCloud Drive or an external drive to store data files but not apps. You’ll have to juggle and work out what you really need or perhaps consider an upgrade in the future for more storage.
@@PeteJohnsMusic Iphones do have the ability to temporarily un-download an app, while leaving it on the home screen. think its under the storage settings. Dont know if this applies
Hi I was wondering, are you able to move the files in the other direction too? From the ipad to the hard drive to the PC?
Yup. Files can go either way using a USB drive.
@@PeteJohnsMusic oooh thank you!
Thank you! It works insanely good and I do not need laptop at all! Very good!!
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This video makes it all seem so simple but I can't even get to your starting screen on the ipad! I don't have a browse menu to start with...
Download the Files app. th-cam.com/video/bcACnhiUwBc/w-d-xo.html
awesome thanks!
I was able to connect my external hard drive to my iPhone XS Max (running IOS 14.0.1) using the Apple Lightning USB Camera Adapter and HooToo USB Hub. I am able to view the contents using the Files app. Thank you for the info! 😁
Awesome! 😎
Do you need a hdmi ?? Cable
@@Natalua2No. I did not need an HDMI cable.
You covered the physical connection only. Why can't you expand on the idiosyncrasies of actually transferring files, to and from the iPhone/external drive, and showing the actual process on the Files app screen? Apple has not made the GUI interaction particularly easy, given the additional commands that are hidden behind their tiny icons and not readily apparent.
Howdy. I’ve shows this on more recent videos. Plenty of info at different levels of depth on the channel that should help. Start here and you’ll find what you need. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Is 64GB enough data to have on a phone or iPad since you can use external storage.
Not really. If you’re just using a few apps and browsing/watching it’s okay, but if you’re creating you’ll likely need more space.
Thank you, an excellent video and very useful. Your instructions are clear and simple and the links are great
Thanks Colin. Really appreciate your support my friend.
@@PeteJohnsMusic Thank you, i ordered some of the components today so we can use them on my daughters new ipad.
Is there a way to charge the phone or tablet at the same time?
If you use the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter and/or a powered USB hub. studiolivetoday.com/usb.
Thank u dear! If we wanna use flash or usb is there some app to download?
As long as you have iOS 13 and the Standard Apple Files app you’ll be fine. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Thank you, but the problem is that in order to change file system into exFAT through format, all of the files in my hard drive are gonna be deleted - so I have to save them somewhere else first and then re-import them after I complete the format?
Yup. You’ll need to transfer the files first. It’s one of the challenges of drives and formatting.
Just the info I needed! Thanks
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Hey Pete so I went out bought the apple dongle bought the usb hub actually the same one in your video and a WD my passport HD unfortunately seems like the HD is defective since it’s not coming out on my files but flash drives are
Hey Hector. Is the WD hard drive formatted as a FAT file structure? If you've used it with Windows and its NTFS, it won't work. Check this vidoe for more information. th-cam.com/video/3B7VPYe5rZc/w-d-xo.html
Can you plug in 2 hard drives and use the phone as a bridge to transfer between the drives?
I don’t believe so. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Super crisp video on this, which camera are you using please?
I think this was my iPhone XS?
@@PeteJohnsMusic Thanks Pete!
Thank you. Thing is i cannot hear any sound on external hard drive files. Why is that? Thank you.
Not sure sorry. This video has troubleshooting tips. th-cam.com/video/WV4E_8UHCjA/w-d-xo.html
In this video you are speaking for PC users using PC formatted drives. I guess for Mac users it should be no problem to use HFS+ (aka Mac OS Extended) as well as the new APFS file system for SSD drives, right?
Very good point, which I will add at the top of the comment and description, as this was very focused on PC drives and file systems. But yes, HFS and APFS are supported as long as the drives are not encrypted.,
Thanks
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Is it only from your photos or can you down load from other Apps like Aloha?
Thanks again 😎
Not familiar with Aloha sorry? But any data files on your iPhone or iPad can generally be copied to an external drive.
Hi Pete...You say transferring from devices to the iPad...What about the opposite? Thanks
Hey there. Pretty much the same process. The Files app is your friend for these - th-cam.com/video/bcACnhiUwBc/w-d-xo.html
Would a usb stick not be needing any '' extra'' power if you used that instead of a harddrive?
It’s pretty much the same. Almost all drives need extra power in my experience. th-cam.com/video/WV4E_8UHCjA/w-d-xo.html
Pete thx for the video. I am considering buying an iPad Air 3 instead of a laptop as I am now retired. I will be putting 365 on it. My question is, will I be able to transfer my small Excel & Word files over using your method? Thank you!
Hey there. You can, but the compatibility with some documents is not perfect to be honest.
Thank you for your quick response!
Can you transfer files or pictures from your phone to the harddrive
Yup, this video shows this - th-cam.com/video/FcwIv7zZ7J8/w-d-xo.html
I need to do this. I have a sandisk flashdrive for mine but things won't transfer. I don't want to get another iPad either.
Hopefully this will help you. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Help my iPad is saying the drive or just the plug in part is taking up too much power
You’ll need the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter and/or a powered USB hub. Http://studiolivetoday.com/usb
I followed your instructions and my ipad recognized the hard drive to begin with but now would bring it up, also when I connect to my laptop to add more files the hp won’t recognize the new hard drive and asks me to format. Help
Might be in an unsupported format. Check the details here. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Pete, what is the app that you show in the video? where there is the "Browse" and all the drives underneath.. Thank you for this amazing video
Hey there. this is the “Files” app in iOS, which you can learn about in this one. th-cam.com/video/bcACnhiUwBc/w-d-xo.html
OK, but several years later... and we’ve got iOS 14 and how can one make a complete backup of an iPad Pro to an external drive WITHOUT the use of a computer of any kind? No iTunes. No Mac.
Is it possible?
iCloud Drive is your best bet for this. To a USB drive? Not in my experience.
Thanks dude you just saved my money
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After following the steps..and double checking..I don't see my Toshiba hdd in the locations...any suggestions ?
Check out some of the videos here - studiolivetoday.com/usb
It’s usually down to power if drive format.
Hey Pete, thanks for the video. We are probably related maybe about 20 generations back lol. Take it easy. :)
😄🤘
Great aid. I have a lightning cable, powered USB hub, Seagate hard drive with files I want to move to my iPad. Although the light blinks on the hard drive, and the USB hub is fully charged, the drive does not pop up under locations. What am I doing wrong?
Hi there. Do you have a genuine Apple Lightning to USB adapter? Not having this is the most coming cause of issues with this sort of setup. th-cam.com/video/qt6ZczdUdV4/w-d-xo.html
@@PeteJohnsMusic you are probably right, I don't have an Apple cable. Thanks!
Thanks for the heads up” ✔️💯
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Hey Pete, thanks for the informative video. Just purchased my first iPad and plan to dump several files onto it from an external My Passport drive that I've had for a while. Unfortunately, I already had about 72GB of data on the drive and its formated as NTFS. I have already backed up the 72GB of data onto another drive so that it won't be erased when I re-format the drive. My question: When I go to re-format the drive to exFAT there are several options that pop up for "allocation unit size", the default is 256 kilobytes but it ranges from 64 to 32758, is it best to leave this on the 256 default setting or is there a better selection I should choose? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Hopefully you've been able to get this sorted. Sorry I missed the questions at the time. My guide to USB devices is here - studiolivetoday.com/usb
Such great explanation. I googled the title in a question and was scared by all the articles on this topic but your video made it super easy to understand and know exactly what and how to do it. Many thanks
Thanks for the kind words my friend. Here’s another video that’s more of a quick reference and troubleshooting guide which you may want to bookmark for future reference - th-cam.com/video/3B7VPYe5rZc/w-d-xo.html
So I have a question If i download movies on the hard drive can I play them through my phone?
Probably. As long as the USB drive is formatted correctly and the file format is one supported by iOS.
--But how do you "safely remove" the HD from your phone before disconnecting it--? 😬😬
iOS doesn’t have the “safely eject” issue that Mac does. Once a file is finished writing it is done. ✅. studiolivetoday.com/usb
I have a Toshiba Canvio external hard drive with a micro USB 3.0 cord that comes with it , I’m trying to take photos off my iPad, seven , can I just get the white Apple adapter? Do I really need to get the hub?
Most of the drives and adapters need either a powered USB hub or the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter with the Lightning power port plugged in.
Question can’t you jus power it using just the lighting to USB plug ?
Nope. Won’t set up the correct USB host which is why you need the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Thank you very much! Your video helped solve the problem!)
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Please
How I can change the format of the hard drive to use it on IPad without deleting my data???
I try just how you did
It’s not connecting
I would like to transfer some data like photos videos PDFs
Hope any document can be transfer thru the adapter not only pics?
Thanks for any help
Hey my friend. You would need to reformat the drive unfortunately. And this requires a Mac or PC, so you can backup the files and then format and transfer back.
Do you mean the lightning/usb will only work for IOs13?
Yup. Or later.
Thank you so much! This solution was exactly what I was looking for.
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Hi. Thanks for the video. Question: I have my external hard drive set up with a password on my laptop. But as my laptop screen is broken I was hoping to connect to my iPad. Will my external be able to setup the necessary drivers and what have you on the iPad? If I plug in will I be asked for a password as normal? It’s a WD elements hard drive. Thanks
I don’t believe iOS supports password protected drives sorry? I might be wrong but that’s been my experience.
Great explanation. Cheers
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Hi Pete, have you figured out how to utilize the hard drive as well as charging the device while it’s being used? I have the dongle you have and many other cables but nothing I seem to plug in of any combination charges the iPad while the dongle is plugged into the iPad.
Hey there. If you’re using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter you should be all good to charge and connect at the same time. Otherwise, pick up a powered USB hub to use. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Can this be used to back up phone also? thanks
Sort of. iCloud Drive is better. You can copy your data to a USB drive, but not your settings and other phone data.
Can I read books in a external hard drive without copying in my iPad
Books? Probably depending on the software? Most things work better when installed on the actual device.
Hey Pete, thanks for the video! When transferring with adapter, does quality of video and image stay the same when transferring back and forth?
Yup. It's digital so will be an exact copy. If you're around, I'm live in 15 mins - th-cam.com/users/livew5CPJ7wDUAI
Thanks 🎉
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@@PeteJohnsMusic can one only reformat external harddrive on pc or mac
Any updates on this for 2023?
It's all pretty much the same in 2023 actually. studiolivetoday.com/usb
Does this process also work for iPad 9th gen (10.2) ?
Sure does - as long as you have iPAdOS 13 of later on your device.
how do you find your hard drive on the ipad . Icant find browse on my ipad
All my tutorials and info are here. studiolivetoday.com/usb
I’ve reformatted, bought all the cables, tried with 2 separate external hard drives and two iPads. Still not working 😭
Bummer. Definitely using the genuine Apple Lightning to USB 3 adapter and a powered hub? studiolivetoday.com/usb
Hi Pete, have you tried to connect iphone to external SSD using this method?
Cheers..
Yup and it works as long as all the other requirements are met. (Power, formatting). More info is here. studiolivetoday.com/usb
hey brother my passport is on exfat but still won't pop up on my iPad.....any other ideas? thank you.
If the format is right, it’s usually either the adapter of the power. More tips are here. studiolivetoday.com/usb
I bought everything mention in the video but it’s still not working :( i don’t understand why :(
Hey there Eden. Check out this video for some more information and advice. th-cam.com/video/3B7VPYe5rZc/w-d-xo.html. The most common causes of issues are not having a genuine Apple adapter, not having power, and having a drive formatted in the Windows NTFS format.