Many happy owners of brand new shiny iPads, bringing their purchase home, are horrified to find that this device does not have an outlet for connecting a regular and so familiar to us USB flash drive. "How so?" - immediately flashes in the head. After all, today we use USB flash drives almost every day, they have managed to replace inconvenient and large disks, allowing you to frequently write and erase information. So, how to connect a flash drive to the iPad? The owners of this modern device quite often ask this question. There are countless answers to it, but we decided to find the most effective of them and present them in this short review article.
Is there a flash drive for the iPad?
At the moment, as you know, such a device has not yet been invented. Although if a flash drive for the iPad appeared, it would be very popular, since every year the number of owners of small convenient tablets is increasing. But for now, we can only hope for its appearance and use various "handy" materials in order for our iPad to work (connectingflash drives can be carried out using adapters).
Connect the flash drive to the iPad to transfer files
Many people buy tablets in order not to get bored on long trips. After all, how convenient it is to get a small gadget on the road and watch movies, listen to music or play games on it. But in order for the same movies to appear on the tablet (if you do not have an Internet connection), you need to transfer them using a USB flash drive. This is where the problems begin. Especially for those who do not know how to connect a flash drive to an iPad without an appropriate output. The solution is quite simple. You need to purchase a special adapter called Camera Apple IPAD Connection Kit.
If you look closer at this adapter, you can see that on the one hand it can be connected to the iPad, and on the other there is a slot for USB. And, it would seem, everything becomes simple and clear, but even here you should know a few important rules.
How to connect a flash drive to an iPad using the Camera Apple IPAD Connection Kit?
- First of all, you need to format your USB stick. This can only be done with a computer. Insert the flash drive into the appropriate slot in the computer (laptop, netbook), go to "My Computer", right-click on the flash drive and select "Format". Be sure to check the box next to the phrase "To FAT format". Wait for the formatting process to finish. Now the flash drive can be used to connect to the tablet.
- Note that formattedthus, the flash drive will be able to read only two formats -j.webp" />
- It is also necessary to create a folder on the flash drive with the name DCIM. Otherwise, your device will not "see" it.
- The final step will be downloading movies or music to a USB flash drive in a readable format, which will later be played on the tablet. You can connect a flash drive, as already mentioned, through the Camera Apple IPAD Connection Kit.
Also remember that it is best to use small flash drives (up to 8 Gb) to connect to the tablet. Of course, larger devices will also work for this purpose, but the iPad battery may not be enough to read them.
How to connect a USB flash drive to iPad: method 2
Another useful adapter in this case is the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter, which helps you connect your digital camera to your device.
The steps for creating files here will be the same as described above, because, of course, you can connect not only a camera, but also a USB flash drive to such an adapter. The main thing is that the device "thinks" that a cable from a digital video camera was connected to it, which is why you need to create a DCIM folder.
By the way, you can connect a keyboard to the iPad in the same way. You just need to ignore the message of the device that "The connected device was notrecognized" and just press the "OK" button. Most likely, the keyboard will work.
If you still don't know how to connect a flash drive to iPad, you should read our short article, in which we tried to briefly and clearly state all the necessary steps.
