Flash drive to back up iPad docs (not just photos)

[Duckyduckbumps]

I was disappointed to find that the SanDisk iXpand can only copy photos and videos from the iPad. I’m hoping that this isn’t a limitation imposed by Apple.

I’m a creative pro and need to back up large Procreate and Affinity Photo docs.

Yes, I can back up to the cloud, but upload is slow over wifi.

iTunes is a dog, but I do plug in and backup regularly.

Ideally I would like a flash drive that backs up everything. There are 256GB drives available so this is theoretically possible. At least it should be compatible with Files.

 

[007p]

Can’t you just use a different app that supports iXpand to write the file? The api is public after all.

I’m not 100% sure what apps support iXpand, but I know a lot of them do now, File apps as well, e.g. filebrowser for business. If they allow write, I see no reason why it would be limited to photos/video in those types of apps.

From my work on using the iXpand api, it just writes nsdata, there’s no limitation on what the type of file has to be - I believe what you are experiencing is a limitation with the Sandisk app rather than the hardware/api.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Apple continues to restrict the iPad's abilities and always will.

I keep most my files on Dropbox but still use the iCloud backup with iTunes backup once ever few weeks or so.

 

[Duckyduckbumps]

Thanks for your reply. Can you suggest another app that supports iXpand? (Apart from FileBrowser)

Can’t you just use a different app that supports iXpand to write the file? The api is public after all.

I’m not 100% sure what apps support iXpand, but I know a lot of them do now, File apps as well, e.g. filebrowser for business. If they allow write, I see no reason why it would be limited to photos/video in those types of apps.

From my work on using the iXpand api, it just writes nsdata, there’s no limitation on what the type of file has to be - I believe what you are experiencing is a limitation with the Sandisk app rather than the hardware/api.

[doublepost=1516275760][/doublepost]My preference is OneDrive, as I have an Office 365 subscription with 1TB of storage. But uploads are very slow.

Apple continues to restrict the iPad's abilities and always will.

I keep most my files on Dropbox but still use the iCloud backup with iTunes backup once ever few weeks or so.