Using the USB-C to USB Adapter

[mwhite]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, as it applies to iPhone (and iPad), and not sure if the adapter is considered an "accessory."

My question is: I have a lot of standard USB-A flash drives. If I plug the USB-C to USB adapter into my iPhone 17, and then a USB-A flash drive into the adapter, will the Files app on my iPhone 17 (and any current iPad, for that matter) recognize the flash drive as an external drive, and it will show up in the Files app, and I can move files off the drive to the files app or move files off the files app onto the drive? I believe that the files app on the latest version of iOS/iPad OS does that now?

Thanks!

 

[jaytv111]

Yes, the Files app lets you view and write files to a flash drive, and USB-C to USB-A lets you connect to any regular old flash drive, or connect a USB-C flash drive or SSD or HDD if you want. You're limited by the filesystems supported but they support most common ones, they support Apple and Microsoft filesystems.

 

[chown33]

You may be limited by the amount of power the drive needs. Here's a similar thread about an SD card reader plugged into an iPad:

Won't read my card reader.

My 6th generation iPad won't read my Lenovo card reader? I can charge the iPAD with the same connector as I do my MacBook Air and the Air reads the card reader perfectly well. Any suggestions please as to why this would be? Many thanks.

forums.macrumors.com

I mention a 100 mA limit in my experience with an iPad mini 5.

I don't know what limits an iPhone might have.

AFAIK, one way to avoid device power limits is to use a powered USB hub between the iPhone and the drive.