Is it possible to connect a hard drive to iPad

How to connect a hard drive to iPad?

Connect external hard drives, flash drives, SD cards and other accumulation devices to the iPhone and iPad using an adapter-access to files on the media will appear in the “Files” application. We tell you how to connect and select an adapter for access to drives with iOS or iPados devices.

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Principle of operation

First of all, let’s talk about the principle of operation of these devices. It is common for all three drives involved in our testing.

First of all, it is necessary to copy the files that we plan to open on iPhone/iPod/iPad, to the external drive. Of course, the files should be in the formats supported by iOS. Over, in the case of documents, it is not necessary that programs are installed to process them. All those formats of documents that can be opened from postal investments are supported for reading. That is, say, the absence of Pages will not allow you to edit.DOC file, but it does not hurt to read it. However, even if you have Pages and you opened.DOC file with the drive, you will not be able to edit and save it on the drive, because to edit you need to import it into Pages, but it will not work to export it back.

On the drive you can sort out files in any way-no one forbids creating folders with any names (including written Cyrillic), write down files of different types, etc. P.

After all the necessary files are transferred to the drive, we turn it off from the computer. The next step is to install an appendix on iOS device. There is nothing to comment here, applications are available in the App Store. After both of these steps are taken, we will no longer need a computer and the Internet. But further. The most interesting.

Turn on the drive (for all three there is a button or a Power lever). After that, on the iOS device, open the settings / Wi-Fi. Among the available Wi-Fi networks, we are looking for the one that is created by our drive (working in this case according to the principle of access point).

We find a network, connect to it. Next, start the installed application. In it we see all those files that we rewritten from the computer. Thus, the iOS application in this case acts as a file manager for a remote drive.

Then everything is clear: select the desired file. And it opens (if it is a document or photo) or begins to play (if this is a video or audio file).

At the same time, you need to understand that the media files will not be added to your media text on the device. However, if you want to watch the file locally, not via a Wi-Fi connection with the drive, then it can be downloaded in memory of your iOS device-at the same time, the file will be visible only through the application, of course.

Several devices can be connected to drives at the same time. In the case of KingSton and Seagate, this amount is limited by three devices (although Seagate should grow up to eight after the release of the new firmware). Pqi has five connections.

Thus, one of the options for using such drives is joint work with documents at meetings. Say, before the meeting, documents that need to be discussed are recorded on the drive, and during the meeting, all participants open them on their tablets and smartphones. Quite convenient. The only problem is that for full convenience, everyone should have an application of this drive. But if such meetings are held regularly, it is quite possible to go to this.

Of course, all of the above schemes and minuses have. The main of them is the significant consumption of the iOS device battery charge (during the playback of media files). Simply put, the battery will not be discharged as when simple viewing the film from the media text, but as when streaming the video from the Internet. Another minus is the need to disconnect from the Internet (which is inconvenient in the event of a scenario with a meeting): you cannot just interrupt the viewing of the document and check the mail. Precisely, you can, but you will have to disconnect from the network created by the drive, connect to the Internet network, and only after that it will be possible to check the mail. And then. A reverse sequence of actions is ahead.

But even despite these inconvenience, an external drive for iOS devices is a very necessary and useful thing. It is not a fact that it will come in handy for every user. But for some, this decision may be really indispensable. Let’s see what is the difference between the drives of different manufacturers and what model should you pay attention to first of all, if you understand that such a thing in your farm will come in handy.

The second path: Jeilbreak and Camera Connection Kit

I already told how to use the outer flash drive using this exceptional accessory. Since the time of the iPad 2, this method has not changed on an iot, except perhaps the emergence of new problems. After installing a jailbreak, iFile and connecting a USB flash drive, you must go to /var/mnt/mount1. Location of your flash drive/hard disk. Then use it for health. The requirement is only one. The connected drive must be formatted into the HFS file system.

Pros:
• The ability to connect any volume to the iPhone or iPad;
• The possibility of actual substitution with a virtual folder of the local folder of documents of any application is working with files without copying;
• The ability to install iOS applications on an external drive.

Minuses:
• Jeilbreik and Camera Connection Kit are needed;
• Music cannot be used in a standard application of music. Only in other players;
• External “heating” is necessary for hard drives requiring more power than the device can provide them.

Pwntunes and Jailbreak

It would be strange if the solution to this problem did not find Homebrew developers. It is at Cydia at a price of 13 in the main repository and this is a tweak of Pwntunes. It allows you to connect the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch as an ordinary flash drive with the usual use of the conductor integust. Pwntunes hides all subsections from you unnecessary systems, so you will never accidentally “break” iOS.

Pros:
• Ease of “reset” files into the program;
• “Protection from a fool”. There is no need to understand the iOS file system;
• The simplicity and understandability of the integration (where it is already easier and more familiar);
• The ability to load music into a standard iOS player without iTunes;
• Additional software is not required on computers and it is possible to launch Portable programs.

Minuses:
• A cable is required;
• Jabelreik is needed.

If you like to carry piles of small files, then the feasibility of using iPhone, iPad like flash drives. Zero. It is easier to use cloud services, such as Dropbox or Google Drive. If you have the need to store and transfer large files on the device, then doCumbs or any alternative iOS application is suitable. Lovers of “finished” solutions can only advise PWNTUNES.

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How to connect iPhone to a flash drive?

Downloading films, documents, photos and other files to the iPhone or iPad is very simple. It is enough to download them on Jetdrive GO 300 from a computer, and then insert a USB flash drive into the Lightning connector.

For example, now in the “Files” application on the iPhone and iPad, external drives are fully supported now even to the iPhone you can connect the most standard USB flash drive and work with it without any restrictions.

Is it possible to connect a flash drive to the iPad Pro?

You can not take a USB flash drive or external HDD and connect it to the iPad Pro to copy files for this you will need to open the photo application, connect an external drive and select “import”. And you can also connect cameras and import photos directly from them. Apple even has a special adapter for SD cards.

How to connect an external hard drive to a tablet

We take a regular USB USB USB micro, connect one end to the outer disk, and the other to the tablet and wait from one to two minutes. Wait until there is a notification indicating that the gadget is preparing a storage device for work.

We charge the iPhone from the iPad Pro

Lightning-Lightning cable does not exist in nature, otherwise the thoughts of charging the iPhone from the iPad would have been materialized for a long time, but on the last iPad Pro 2018 there is USB-C, and there are already a huge number of solutions on this score. Buy a USB-C-Lightning lace and, using it, feed the exhausted iPhone energy.

If you have two iPad Pro models with USB-C ports, you can connect them directly using the USB-C cable. One iPad Pro will be recharged from another. To recharge another iPad Pro, disconnect the USB-C cable and connect again.

To charge the Apple Watch, connect the charging cable with a magnetic mount from the watch set to the iPad Pro using the Apple USB-C/USB adapter. If you have a USB-C cable with a magnetic mount for the charge of Apple Watch, it can be connected to the iPad Pro directly.

The computer does not see the iPhone as a removable disk

The reasons why the computer may not recognize or read the device is only four:

• Defective USB port to which the smartphone is connected;
• The USB cable itself;
• Software conflict;
• The smartphone is faulty.

The check should be started with the most likely and simple problem in the order of complication.

First you should retake iPhone to another USB port. It is worth checking all the ports and best with another device (smartphone, digital camera and the like gadgets). If after that the smartphone still does not want to determine, they move on to the next step.

It is necessary to replace the cable with a deliberately working. It is checked by charging (by the way, in the same way you can check the suspicious connecting cord itself) or connecting another device to the computer.

The cable is completely operational? Then they start a software environment. First, ITUNES should be updated to the latest version. Perhaps the smartphone is blocked by antivirus or firewall. They need to be disabled. It will also be useful to restart AMDS (Apple Mobile Device Service). Each operation with programs requires a computer restart.

Finally, after all operations, it is concluded that the problem is in the iPhone itself. Before sounding the alarm, you should restart the gadget, perhaps the case is in a system failure. If no changes have occurred after that, then the device requires repair. You need to contact the nearest service.

Note! The computer does not see the iPhone as a removable disk or as a flash drive due to the closeness of the iOS operating system itself. Regardless of the model, it will be displayed in the conductor as a “portable device”.

In the dispute of “Yablons” and “robots” you can put a bold point. Despite the absence of slots and ports, the iPhone can also increase its own memory or transfer files to a removable medium of information. The only thing is that this will need additional expenses and certain manipulations with your own device.