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USB3 Flash Drive Adaptor.

Hi, I have an iPad 5th generation 13.3.1 and want to use a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB USB Flash Drive USB 3.0 with it. 

Is there an device/adapter to allow me to do this. 

Thanks for your help. 

Best Regards 

Peter Wilson

iPad, iPadOS 13

Posted on May 11, 2020 4:48 AM

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Posted on May 11, 2020 12:43 PM

Hello,


You will need Apple’s Lightning to USB 3 Adapter.



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

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


*iPadOS 13 supports solid state devices formatted as FAT32 such as a SD card. iPadOS 13 does not supports mechanical hard disks formatted as FAT32.

** iPadOS 13 supports disks formatted as exFAT as long as it was formatted with Disk Utility on a Macintosh. The disk cannot be formatted by Windows.

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May 11, 2020 12:43 PM in response to Phw2626

Hello,


You will need Apple’s Lightning to USB 3 Adapter.



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

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


*iPadOS 13 supports solid state devices formatted as FAT32 such as a SD card. iPadOS 13 does not supports mechanical hard disks formatted as FAT32.

** iPadOS 13 supports disks formatted as exFAT as long as it was formatted with Disk Utility on a Macintosh. The disk cannot be formatted by Windows.

USB3 Flash Drive Adaptor.

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