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connecting hard drive to apple ipad

I want to connect a 2tb hard drive to a apple ipad, but its not letting me watch my movies, any suggestion, thanks

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 8:33 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 8:55 PM

Hello,


Most likely your drive is formatted in a way that is not compatible with iPad.


iPadOS 13 supports the following disk formats:

  • macOS Extended journaled — YES read and write
  • FAT32 — YES read and write
  • XFAT — YES read and write
  • NTFS — NO
  • APFS — YES


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Sep 25, 2019 8:55 PM in response to tatsth

Hello,


Most likely your drive is formatted in a way that is not compatible with iPad.


iPadOS 13 supports the following disk formats:

  • macOS Extended journaled — YES read and write
  • FAT32 — YES read and write
  • XFAT — YES read and write
  • NTFS — NO
  • APFS — YES


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