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can ipad show photos stored on external USB portable hard drive?
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This may not be exactly what you are looking for.
Bit, if I am not mistaken you need to format the usb drive as FAT and put in a folder structure like that found on a Camera card (like the SD cards).
Then you would need the iPad camera connector (need to buy this) and you can "transfer" the photo onto the iPad.
Bit, if I am not mistaken you need to format the usb drive as FAT and put in a folder structure like that found on a Camera card (like the SD cards).
Then you would need the iPad camera connector (need to buy this) and you can "transfer" the photo onto the iPad.
can ipad show photos stored on external USB portable hard drive? (the kind that gets power from the USB port)
Thanks!
No.
Hi, I googled and found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57y_nQ6tJm0
Supposedly this is not exactly what is asked. The main difference being the power supply via the iPad port...
Supposedly this is not exactly what is asked. The main difference being the power supply via the iPad port...
No. A portable hard drive requires much too much power. A recent iPad software update lowered the power the USB adapter can provide, so even many flash thumb drives no longer work.