Feel like this is a no brainer but cannot for the life of me find out how to check the disk space of the USB device using the Files app on either iPhone or iPad. Surely they wouldn't make an app for managing files on USB devices without the ability to see how much free space there is on it?!
iPad Pro, iPadOS 13
The native Files App doesn’t expose this information - however, some third-party utility Apps do provide additional information about mounted volumes and their used/free space.
One such example is System Status Pro: hw monitor:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/system-status-pro-hw-monitor/id401457165
I hope you find this insight and information to be helpful in resolving your immediate need.
The native Files App doesn’t expose this information - however, some third-party utility Apps do provide additional information about mounted volumes and their used/free space.
One such example is System Status Pro: hw monitor:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/system-status-pro-hw-monitor/id401457165
I hope you find this insight and information to be helpful in resolving your immediate need.
Thank you for you answer. At least I can stop searching for a solution it doesn't have now. Seems crazy that it doesn't have this ability built in and although £3.99 won't break the bank I'm not sure it's worth it just to check the disk space.
I have started using "File Browser" which is worlds better than Files with lots of functionality but even that doesn't seem to have a way to check free space so maybe it's not as easy to implement as it should be.
Does anyone know of a free app capable of checking free space on a USB drive?
Is there a way to check USB drive space using iOS files app?
