Why is it that my phone is not allowing me to connect to the SanDisk fresh

Why is it that my phone when I insert in the sanDisk flash disk is not being seen and it cannot allow share files to the flash disk

Posted on Aug 24, 2022 2:10 PM

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sberman

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Aug 24, 2022 2:22 PM in response to jingo257

You cannot send files from an iPhone to an external disk. Files can be received by an iPhone from an external disk.

Connect external storage devices to iPhone - Apple Support

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