Connect Seagate 5TB HD IPhone 13 Pro Max together

I got a seagate 5TB HD Iphone 13 pro max Apple camera adapter and a powered hub with usb3 but phone still cant see the hd

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Jul 30, 2025 8:13 PM

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Bob Timmons

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Posted on Jul 30, 2025 9:33 PM

Here is a summary from Apple's support document on attaching a HD to an iPhone:

An external storage device must have only a single data partition, and it must be formatted as APFS, APFS (encrypted), macOS Extended (HFS+), exFAT (FAT64), FAT32, or FAT.

Is the HD set up as a single partition?

How is the HD formatted?

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Bob Timmons

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Jul 30, 2025 9:33 PM in response to Redbird9wbr

Here is a summary from Apple's support document on attaching a HD to an iPhone:

An external storage device must have only a single data partition, and it must be formatted as APFS, APFS (encrypted), macOS Extended (HFS+), exFAT (FAT64), FAT32, or FAT.

Is the HD set up as a single partition?

How is the HD formatted?

g_wolfman

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Aug 11, 2025 5:50 PM in response to Bob Timmons

A Seagate 5TB drive out of the box is almost certainly NTFS and needs reformatting - nice catch.

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