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Looking at what’s on a SD card without downloading

I just bought a new IPad Pro and was wondering if it was possible to read from a SD Card without downloading? On my Mac I have the option of looking a large pictures directly from the SD Card then picking the pictures I want to download. I my have 2000 pictures on each SD card

Posted on Feb 3, 2021 10:14 AM

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Posted on Feb 3, 2021 10:17 AM

The iPad will show thumbnails of the photos you can look at without downloading them. It will only download them if you choose to.


You can also use the Files App, to access the card, like you would on Finder on a Mac.


See here: link-> Connect external devices or servers with Files on iPad - Apple Support

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Feb 3, 2021 10:17 AM in response to Willstapleton

The iPad will show thumbnails of the photos you can look at without downloading them. It will only download them if you choose to.


You can also use the Files App, to access the card, like you would on Finder on a Mac.


See here: link-> Connect external devices or servers with Files on iPad - Apple Support

Looking at what’s on a SD card without downloading

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