Best external hard drive to back up iPhone and iPad?
No more to really add aside ideally it’ll be wireless and automatic back up.
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No more to really add aside ideally it’ll be wireless and automatic back up.
If you want to back up an iOS device to a physical drive, you'll need to use iTunes on your computer. You can't plug a hard drive in to your iOS device and back it up directly. You can back up your device automatically to iCloud.
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
If you want to back up an iOS device to a physical drive, you'll need to use iTunes on your computer. You can't plug a hard drive in to your iOS device and back it up directly. You can back up your device automatically to iCloud.
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
But there are hard drives from the Seagate and WD who do this? I was just hoping some of you out there had experience of these devices plus others to give me advice on the best one.
There are drives the will let you, to a limited extent, transfer files from the iPhone to the drive, using an app. You can't, however, perform a back up.
Best external hard drive to back up iPhone and iPad?