How to Access External Storage in File App on iPhone and iPad in iOS 18.1/17.7/14/13.7

How to access external storage in file app on iPhone, iPad in iOS 13 has well explained in this article. In iOS 13, Apple has indirectly expanded the storage of iPad and iPhone, by allowing us to connect External Storage on iPhone and iPad. Also, iDevice doesn’t have an inbuilt facility to expand the storage as Android does. Moving and copying the files from the external drive is really easy. If you own an iPad, then using fingers it allows you to drag and drop multiple files from/to external drive. Previously, we have to download the third party application to use external storage on the iPhone and iPad. But now, iOS 13 is supporting external drive from the File app.

We have tried connecting 1TB External HDD to iPad, and speed was really unbelievable. From the HDD drive, you can copy, move and perform much more actions on iPhone and iPad. No need to connect External Storage into Mac to Copy or Move files to iPhone or iPad. Everything can be done with the help of Files app on an iOS device.

How to Use External Storage on iPhone, iPad

  • Step #1: Connect External HDD to your iPhone or iPad using the connector.
  • Step #2: Then open the “Files” app on iDevice.
  • Step #3: Under Locations, find your external drive and tap on it.
  • Step #4: Now, if you have an iPad then, on the right side, you can see multiple files and folders of your external storage.
  • Step #5: Use your fingers to drag and drop files from iPad to External Drive and vice versa.

There is no exception while connecting External Storage, iPad and iPhone works evenly with SSD, HDD, SD Cards, etc storages. All you need is iPhone and iPad updated with iOS 13 and you are ready to go, with as much storage you want.

I guess you will need an external drive to expand the storage of the iPhone and iPad and to get the most out of iOS 13. We have shortlisted the best External Drives for iPhone and iPad for you. Besides, how do you use this external drive on iPad and iPhone with iOS 13 is clearly explained by appleinsider, which might be helpful for you.

Fortunately, now you can carry as much data with you, without worrying about storage. Simply put the connector in iPhone and then connect external storage in the connector. Within a second it is ready to use. Although, iPadOS 13 lets you connect multiple external storages and works with tremendous speed.

Tell us, after connecting your external storage to the iPad and iPhone, how does it go.

 

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Karly Wood

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