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Easier way of transferring Photos from External Hard Drive to Photos app.

I have an external hard drive that is keeping some older photos of mine from my MacBook, which was sadly dead as of last week. I would like to plug it in to my iPad and transfer the photos to my Photos app, but I noticed all of my photos are in a bunch of little photos.


right now, it seems as if I have to go in and individually save each photo to my Photos app, which may take forever. Is there any easier way from the photos app to find all the photos on my hard drive and transfer them all over to the photos app? If this isn’t a feature, they should add it in the future to make it easier to sync files over.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 14

Posted on Mar 31, 2021 8:58 AM

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Posted on Mar 31, 2021 9:10 AM

Here you will find Apple’s guidance for importing photos from external storage devices:

Import photos and videos to iPad - Apple Support


You may find that using a third-party File Manager App will provide greater control over bulk import from external storage devices. There are many such Apps from which to choose in the Apple Apple Store, some better than others. Two particular Apps have good reputation and following - each being available in versions with differing capabilities.


FileBrowser - Document Manager / FileBrowser Professional

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/filebrowser-document-manager/id364738545

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/filebrowser-professional/id854618029


FE File Explorer: File Manager / FE File Explorer Pro

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fe-file-explorer-file-manager/id510282524

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fe-file-explorer-pro/id499470113

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Mar 31, 2021 9:10 AM in response to sk8ercorey

Here you will find Apple’s guidance for importing photos from external storage devices:

Import photos and videos to iPad - Apple Support


You may find that using a third-party File Manager App will provide greater control over bulk import from external storage devices. There are many such Apps from which to choose in the Apple Apple Store, some better than others. Two particular Apps have good reputation and following - each being available in versions with differing capabilities.


FileBrowser - Document Manager / FileBrowser Professional

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/filebrowser-document-manager/id364738545

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/filebrowser-professional/id854618029


FE File Explorer: File Manager / FE File Explorer Pro

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fe-file-explorer-file-manager/id510282524

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fe-file-explorer-pro/id499470113

Easier way of transferring Photos from External Hard Drive to Photos app.

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