Backup iPad Photos to USB Drive

Gentlefolk,

I have a capacity crunch on my iPad and want to copy files onto a USB drive. My Macbook Pro (2011 High Sierra 10.13.6) doesn’t display the iPad as a disk, so I can’t drag copy to an ext drive that IS visible using the MacBook.

My Windows 10 PC DOES recognize the iPad, but the drag/drop copy process dies after a while with an error saying the USB drive can’t be accessed.

There are around 217 folders of photos with I think about 7,000 images, or thereabouts.

I want to copy the images locally before I trust an iCloud optimization dump.

Near as I can tell, the macOS I have won’t support my iPad as a virtual disk, but my Windows drag copy crashes.

Suggestions? Do I have to copy each folder individually to my ext disk?

Thank you!