How to use iKlips Drives to free-up critical device storage without losing any photos nor any music of mine?

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How to use iKlips Drives to free-up critical device storage without losing any photos nor any music of mine?

All of us are critically hampered with any Apple device - because you CANNOT REMOVE NOR DELETE ANY PHOTO FROM THE DEVICE OR FROM iCLOUD AND THUS NOT ELIMINATE EITHER PHOTOS NOR MUSIC FOREVER!!!!!

Read that again.

Now that third parties, like iKlips, offer external storage area for safe keeping (or transfer/move from iOS devices to any USB drive retrievable by any computer), the question is EXACTLY HOW TO GUARANTEE OURSELVES that our precious photos and music are not eliminated forever when deleting these files from our iCloud Photo Library and from our iTunes Music Library AND from our iOS 10 devices - in order to free-up storage amounts on our portable iOS devices!!!!!

I was forced to get rid of my 64GB iPad 4 because you actually require MORE THAN 25% blank space or it will constantly reboot itself and becomes useless so be aware.

PLEASE HELP US WITH EXACT STEPS TO FREE-UP PRECIOUS SPACE USING iKLIPS OR ANY EXTERNAL THUMB DRIVE THAT CAN CONNECT TO THE LIGHTNING CONNECTION.

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 10.0.2, Also, iPad PRO 9.7" 256GB - iOS 10

Posted on Oct 21, 2016 11:06 PM

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Answer 1

MichelPM

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Oct 21, 2016 11:39 PM in response to lwhamilton

I have 3 older 64 GB iDevices and your 25% free storage space theory is completely wrong.

An iDevice will still function normally with only an absolute minimum of 3-4 GBs of remaining free data storage space.

Ideally, if you maintain an working minimum of 5-6 GBs of free data storage space, that is only 10%-12% of a 64 GB storage iDevice's total available free data storage space. NOT 25% aa you claim.

On a 16 GB storage device, unfortunately, this percent DOES go up to between 25% and 33% (3-4 GBs minimum free storage space) which is why Apple is discontinuing all iDevices with 16 GBs of storage and will no longer be producing these low storage devices, any longer, in favor of base storage sizes of 32 GBs of storage from here on out.

But a 64 GBs storage model can be used when only 10% to 12% of free storage space is left.

There was absolutely no reason for you to get rid of your iPad 4th generation.

FYI,

You are not addressing Apple here.

We are all users here, like yourself.

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Answer 2

MichelPM

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Oct 21, 2016 11:54 PM in response to lwhamilton

You will have to redownload eveything you have in iCloud back to your iDevice before you can transfer the data to the flash drive.

Also, the iKlips drive should have its own app to be able to transfer data back and forth between the iPad and the flash drive.

If you need further assitance and instructions, you should be perusing, searching and contacting the iKlips website instead of asking Apple how to operate a storage device that is not made or directly supported by Apple.

http://www.adamelements.com/iKlips/iklips.html

You could have bought far cheaper mobile flash drives here.

https://www.sandisk.com/home/mobile-device-storage/ixpand

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EINJUQ4?tag=price301-20&ascsubtag=171995662&m=ATVPD KIKX0DER

Good Luck to you!

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