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How to transfer iPad files to external hard drive

Is it possible to transfer files FROM the iPad Air 3 to an external hard drive directly without using iCloud ? I have the camera/ usb dongle but the external hard drive is not showing up, even if I power it. My sad card reader is transferring files ONTO the iPad Air 3 just fine.

iPad Air, iOS 11

Posted on Oct 26, 2019 12:33 PM

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Oct 26, 2019 1:42 PM in response to s6global

Hello,

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

iPadOS 13 supports the following disk formats with a GUID partition scheme:

macOS Extended journaled — YES Read and Write
APFS - YES Read and Write
FAT32 — NO
exFAT — NO
NTFS — NO

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s6global Author

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Oct 26, 2019 5:03 PM in response to QuickPost

Thanks but the drive is properly formatted to Mac OS extended. I use it daily with my MacBook Pro.

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