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Hello,
I have an external hard drive for my Mac Air that I have a lot of graphics on. Can I use this same external hard drive with my new iPad Air if I get the adapter or do I need to get a new hard drive for just my iPad.
I would hate to buy the adapter and the external hard drive doesn't work on my new iPad.
Thanks
If the hard drive ONLY has one partition and has been formatted as a
Apple Mac computer native drive formats - APFS ( Apple Proprietary File System ) OR Apple HFS+ ( Hierarchical File System+ )
Fat 32
ex fat
It may work.
If this is an “old skool” mechanical spinning hard drive, you may need to use an external power source with this hard drive.
Apple Website external drive help links here.
Tap the links 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
If the hard drive ONLY has one partition and has been formatted as a
Apple Mac computer native drive formats - APFS ( Apple Proprietary File System ) OR Apple HFS+ ( Hierarchical File System+ )
Fat 32
ex fat
It may work.
If this is an “old skool” mechanical spinning hard drive, you may need to use an external power source with this hard drive.
Apple Website external drive help links here.
Tap the links 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
No. That won't work.
Perhaps you could send the graphics to yourself using email.
External Hard Drive for iPad Air
