Thumb drive seen in Tips on iPad — where to buy?

The Apple images for older iPads with a Lightning connector show the Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter - and a “generic” image of a USB “Thumb Drive”. The generic image is intended to be nothing more than an “unbranded” illustration.

The image that you have just attached to this discussion thread, showing a recent iPad Pro, is believed to be from the Sandisk range of Flash drives - that incorporate a USB-C 3.0/3.1 connector - that allows direct connection to the 2018 and 2020 iPad Pro models.

Most USB Flash drives will work with iPadOS - but they must be formatted and partitioned correctly; you will commonly format as either FAT32 or exFAT, with a single data partition. Most USB Flash drives will be suitably formatted directly from its packaging.

Do you still need help?

You can simply buy an USBC memory stick/thumb drive or a USBC to USBA dongle (which apple sells) so you can use any existing memory stick/thumb drive you have.

Apple even sells a USBC memory stick/thumb drive - https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/HLN92ZM/A/sandisk-64gb-ultra-dual-drive-usb-type-c?fnode=5f&fs=f%3Dflashdrive-portabledrive%26fh%3D3783%252B4623%252B45ec

I am not sure what your asking, as my answer from the first post still answers what you put above.

You would need a USBC to USBA dongle to use USBA thumb drives

Or buy a thumb drive with USBC in it.

I bought a USBC thumb drive from ebay for my MacBook Pro as it doesnt have USBC A port anymore

You would could use a dongle to go from USBC to USBA

Or by a memory stick which has USBC in it.

I am sure if you google it you can find memory stick/thumb drive which will fit the iPad Pro.

What do you need help with?

As I have said you either need a USBC to USBA dongle or USBC memory stick/thumb drive.

Does that answer your questions

Yes, that is a USB-C connector - which connects directly to 2018/2020 models of iPad Pro.

There is as your link is to something which is for lightning, when the iPad Pro uses USBC, these are two different connectors

Funny how you have changed your post to remove the incorrect and misleading parts

LotusPilot - you have posted the wrong information and it's misleading

There is nothing incorrect or misleading at all.

You are quite correct in that Lightning connectors cannot be connected to USB-C. The product images seen in the Tips App sometimes vary between versions of iOS/iPadOS - and online images for both Lightning (with the Adapter) and newer USB-C versions occur in many places. As your question was initially unclear as to which version you were making enquiry, I included explanation of both in my first reply.

Your photograph clearly illustrates a USB-C connector, as such, if you wish to make a direct connection without the need for any adapter, the Flash Drive that you choose will need to incorporate a USB-C connector.

Sandisk are one of the better manufacturers to offer devices with USB-C connectors, however, unless all your computing devices are relatively recent, and incorporate USB-C connections, you will find that using the Flash drive between computers is more difficult. USB Type-A connections remain the more common standard.

I hope this information has been helpful in resolving your question.