I am using a 2017 12.9 iPad Pro and i am looking to see if I can transfer anything other than photos using the powered camera adapter and a usb drive. is there a app in the App Store that I need to download that will help me in doing this? Pleased help
iPad Pro Wi-Fi, iOS 11.2.6
A bit dated but I think still no:
2012 Discussion about using iPad with USB flash drive. You can't. The best you can do is import photos. - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3684518
2018 Disussion of various third party devices to allow storage of photos and videos both ways - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8301983?answerId=33097167022#33097167022
There are special USB drives that have their own Apps and let you read and write any type of file to and from the drive.
https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/best-external-storage-drives-for-iphon e-ipad-3579792/
You cannot do it from regular USB drives however.
USB file transfer on iPad pro
