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IPad air is capabilities

Dies the iPad air have the capability to read and use an external harddrive?

Posted on Feb 17, 2021 6:27 AM

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LotusPilot

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Posted on Feb 17, 2021 6:30 AM

Yes - with caveats.

iPadOS provides limited support for external Hard Disk storage.

An external HDD can be connected to your iPad with the Apple adapter appropriate for your model of iPad - if the HDD is both partitioned and formatted appropriately (i.e., a single partition - formatted as FAT32, exFAT, APFS or HPS+).

You should also note that the iPad is not capable of providing sufficient power to run an HDD. If the HDD does not have its own source of power - then external power must be supplied to the HDD using the connecting adapter (i.e., an Apple Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter and Apple Charger of at least 12W) - or by connecting both the iPad and HDD to a powered USB hub.

Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter

https://store.apple.com/uk/xc/product/MK0W2ZM/A

I hope you find this to be helpful in providing some useful clarity.

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