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LaCie ssd drive compatible to iPad Pro?

Hi, is the LaCie SSD compatible with IPad Pro please?

iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 3rd Gen, Wi-Fi

Posted on May 16, 2021 5:14 AM

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Posted on May 16, 2021 7:29 PM

External drive needs to be formatted into one of these file/data formats.

You must use a Mac computer to do the re-formatting of any external drive to use with iPad/iPhone/iOS/iPadOS.


Apple Mac computer native format ( either APFS or HFS+ )

FAT 32

exFAT


Apple Website external drive help links here.

Tap the linis below.


https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad1c415e32/ipados


https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/external-storage-devices-ipad75b7b23f/14.0/ipados/14.0



Best of Luck to You!


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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

May 16, 2021 7:29 PM in response to chung22

External drive needs to be formatted into one of these file/data formats.

You must use a Mac computer to do the re-formatting of any external drive to use with iPad/iPhone/iOS/iPadOS.


Apple Mac computer native format ( either APFS or HFS+ )

FAT 32

exFAT


Apple Website external drive help links here.

Tap the linis below.


https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad1c415e32/ipados


https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/external-storage-devices-ipad75b7b23f/14.0/ipados/14.0



Best of Luck to You!


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