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IOS 13 Hard drive Support

My external hard drive using an Apple usb A to usb C adapter doesn’t show up on my iPad Pro 11 inch. No notifications and isn’t visible in locations section of files app. It is working on my computer so the hard drive and adapter are working fine. So far I’ve just renamed the main folder DCIM and then added sub folder 100APPLE and put my contents within that folder, but still not showing up. Help please

iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi

Posted on Sep 24, 2019 9:14 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 8:36 AM

Hello,


Most likely your drive is formatted in a way that is not compatible with iPad.


iPadOS 13 supports the following disk formats:

  • macOS Extended journaled — YES read and write
  • FAT32 — YES read and write
  • XFAT — YES read and write
  • NTFS — NO
  • APFS — YES


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IOS 13 Hard drive Support

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