Comments on: How to backup your iPhone or iPad photos to an external drive with iOS 13 and iPadOS https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/ Tools and Fixes for Mac, iPad, iPhone & iWatch Sun, 22 May 2022 13:27:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Laura https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1592122 Sun, 22 May 2022 13:27:52 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1592122 Hi There

I was wondering if there is a way to transfer pictures and videos from iMessages onto my usb stick? I tried and it was just mentioning save to iCloud.
Thanks
Laura

]]> By: Wesley Carnicle https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1591355 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 03:58:20 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1591355 I have a WD My book and it has tons of storage i am wondering can i backup my iphone photos and videos and the ablums to it. I have a usb dongle but when i connected it didn’t show up

]]> By: Marcie https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1589743 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 08:10:13 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1589743 In reply to C Genert.

I have same problem as you do. Same phone with 7K pictures I want to have on a flash drive. See many on Amazon but buyer reviews not always very positive; ie. the purchased flash drive took all pictures off the phone but can’t open flash drive onto computer. Sounds like a nightmare! I have read all I can but still don’t understand the process. Afraid to buy incorrect type of flash drive or one that doesn’t work after taking my pictures! Also have a 6s (need new phone) but want to save my pictures. I just have regular family type photos too, but they are important to me! Also need to learn how to download other old cell phone pictures and don’t know how!

Please somebody, please help us!

]]> By: Deanna https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1588404 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:46:50 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1588404 I can easily move videos from the iMovie app on my iPad to the WD My Passport as shown, however, the same is not true for moving videos or photos out of the Photo App. In the Photo App, when I try to save to file, the external drive does not appear as an option, only the iPad storage is an option (and that is full!).

]]> By: M. https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1576708 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:43:12 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1576708 Hi, how can I transfer photos from iPad to USB without losing “live” option?

]]> By: C Genert https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1575330 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:03:56 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1575330 Supposedly I can now export photos from my ipad to a flash drive or an external drive. Where does your article explain how to export to a flash drive? Which connector do I need? TY

]]> By: clive https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1541687 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:43:54 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1541687 Very clear & easy to follow. Excellent pictures of dialogue boxes too. Managed to copy photos off my iPhone to an SSD first time, without any problems. If only the rest of my life was that easy!!

]]> By: Yves Dierickx https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1540316 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 13:32:01 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1540316 To move a few pictures, it works, but ….
I want to move 5400 pictures from my iPad Pro 9.7 and that seems impossible!!!
Can you give the good way to do that !
10 by 10 pictures or a bit more is not feasible.
I try with 2000 photos at a time and it does not work !
Can you help me.

]]> By: Christen https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1488778 Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:31:58 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1488778 Thanks for all the info. I’m a busy working mom so I don’t really have time for figuring out the best way to store and organize our memories. But, I know I need to. I don’t want to keep paying for cloud storage and I’m out of google storage. But I’m overwhelmed by all the choices. I’m not a professional photographer so it’s just photos I’ve taken from my phone. Any advice on what external storage to buy would be greatly appreciated. I have an iPhone 6S with the latest OS. I also have a Mac book but it’s old and slow.

]]> By: Elizabeth Jones https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1480040 Wed, 20 May 2020 14:21:42 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1480040 In reply to Nick.

Hi Nick,

The brand shouldn’t matter. What does matter is the format! Make sure it is a supported format (ExFAT, FAT32, HSF+, and APFS)–we recommend HSF+ if staying in the Apple ecosystem or ExFat if using the drive with Apple and Windows.

Ideally, the drive should also be self-powered. These appear to work more consistently versus drives that require power sent via the connecting cable.

Good luck and keep us posted!

Liz

]]> By: Nick https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1479982 Wed, 20 May 2020 00:26:40 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1479982 In reply to Elizabeth Jones.

Can any brand of external drive work with the iPhone 8 plus as long as I have the lightning to USB adapter connected to it? Or does it have to be an external drive purchased through Apple?

]]> By: Keith https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1464709 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:01:03 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1464709 Great article and works like a charm.

I am a traveling photographer and I have needed this functionality for a LONG time.

I am using a PINYUAN card reader connected to an Apple Card reader and it works great without external power.

I use this and an adapter to move things from my phone and to other devices.

Keith

]]> By: Héctor Alvarez https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1428387 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:08:07 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1428387 I tried this method to backup photos from my mobile Iphone SE running Ios 13.1.
Previously you must format the USB stick using the format as MS-DOS (FAT).

]]> By: Elizabeth Jones https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1402437 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:42:17 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1402437 In reply to Melissa.

Hi Melissa,

You can get drives like this at Amazon, Other World Computing, B&H Photo, Best Buy, or any electronics store. You want to get an external portable drive–these almost always have external power support.

Liz

]]> By: Melissa https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1402118 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:05:21 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1402118 Wondering where to get an external hard drive like the one in the picture? They can also plug in to the wall outlet

]]> By: Dan https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1401513 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:54:11 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1401513 Not all videos play off the drive, testing indicated MKV won’t work unless copied to an app like VLC.

]]> By: Peter https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1399734 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:29:59 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1399734 My experience in writing to external devices is not the same as yours. In a number of tests using iOS Beta 6, writing files to some external devices fails with “Input/Output Error”.

It appears that writing to devices that are formatted Fat32 will succeed – but VERY slow to write. However, devices with newer file formats (exFat or NTFS) always fail. A number of other Beta testers have found the same issues.

Perhaps this will be corrected before the final release.

Peter

]]> By: sabby https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-backup-your-iphone-or-ipad-photos-to-an-external-drive-with-ios-13-and-ipados/#comment-1399710 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 14:27:36 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=77708#comment-1399710 thanks for info. Looking forward to testing this out when iOS releases this year

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