Hello, Please can anybody tell me if the Samsung T3 1TB is compatible with the iPad Pro 11” iPad iOS (latest version) and can it be plugged in directly? Thank You.
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Hello,
iPad supports any drive with a USB-C port and iPadOS 13 supports the following disk formats with a GUID partition scheme:
You can try the supplied cable with that drive to see if it will direct connect and be recognized.
The drive will NOT be able to be used if it is formatted in NTFS.
The NTFS format is NOT supported on iPads with iPadOS.
If the drive is formatted in NTFS, it will NOT work with an iPad.
I thank everyone for their helpful replies. I returned to the shop to day and an assistant connected my SSD to the iPad Pro 11. I have FAT32 which is fine but the SSD is USB 3 and not USB C like the iPad. All the files were visible in the iPad File but we didn’t manage to see all of the contents of a very large file we opened. Unlike my laptop downloading was quite slow. As MS Office may not have been installed we were unable to open a word document to see whether it would be possible to work on it. I have to return to the shop on Monday to see the technician who was absent today.
Look on YouTube.
This drive works with old and new iPadOS compatible iPads with a Lightning connector.
Here is one video for an example of the Samsung SSD working on a Lightning connector equipt, 2017, 10.5 inch screen iPad Pro.
If the disk is not in the correct format then it cannot be used on iPad.
zmclearan
many thanks for your rapid reply. I believe the drive is FAT32 but can’t find mention of it in their specs. There are a couple articles in Google which say not to use it and Apple is not on Samsung’s list of compatible devices. I have just ordered this iPad for travel at the beginning of next week and all my documents are on this drive so I hope it is going to work as it does on both my PC and nine month old iMac desktop vis the normal USB 3.0
MichelPM
I use the settings the Samsung SSD came with as it works well on both my pc and iMac. I will have to take the SSD and cables to the vendor tomorrow and ask again as the iPad is no use to me if it can’t access my stored files as claimed in their description.
zmclearan
Thank you for the suggestion but I don’t want to format and risk losing my data as it works well with my other two devices. I would prefer, in that case, to try and cancel my order if it proves unsuitable. i just need a portable device where I can just plug in and access my files and work on Word docs as was advertised.
Hello,
Regardless of the drive’s format you can use Disk Utility on a Macintosh to reformat the drive to the correct format.
Can anybody tell me if the Samsung T3 1TB SSD is compatible with the iPad Pro 11”?
