OT , Saving photos from an I pad.

If you have your iCloud set up for backing up photos then all your photos are available online. The death of an iPad doesn’t have to mean the loss of your photos.

Go to

and log in with your icloud account details.

Tim

I think unless I purchase more storage the iCloud account is full. Rather put money on something I can keep in my possession.

GH

Is there not a Finder type app for IOS? On my Android tablet I have a file explorer that just connects to my LAN and I can copy files over, can't remember its name I'm away from my tablet!

As you have used a flash drive before, why not do the same again? You can hedge your bets by copying the photos onto two separate flash drives.

Install the LocalSend app on the iPad (works back to iOS 12 at least) and on your Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/whatever.

The two apps find each other automatically if they're on the same wifi network, showing up as a random name like <adjective> <fruit> to identify them.

In iOS, you say 'Send media' and select the photos you want to sent. Select the machine it wants to go to. On that machine there's a popup to authorise, click OK and the photos are sent over the wifi network.

It works similar to AirDrop but works across lots of platforms. You can configure where the received files are stored to be a USB drive on your PC if you want to have them on removable storage.

Theo

Connecting Storage to Compatible iPads and iPhones

You can access, share, and copy files between external storage devices and compatible:

iPads running iPadOS 16 or later iPhones running iOS 17 and later

The iPad and/or iPhone must have a USB-C port to connect the external storage device, including:

iPad Pro third generation and later iPad Air fourth generation and later iPad mini sixth generation and later iPad tenth generation and later* iPhone 15 / 15 Plus and later* iPhone 15 Pro / Pro Max and later

"...folder in the Files app to easily view and copy content..." ^^^^^^^^^

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There are a few USB sticks that have both connector types on them. You can connect the device to a USB-C, and then unplug from one computer and connect to a second computer that only has USB-A. These devices use NAND flash and are more shock-resistant than the hard drives below.

The electricity to run that drive, comes from the iPad. And you would not attempt to run a thing that draws too much power.

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This is a 2.5" hard drive in an enclosure. Up to 5V @ 1A is required of the USB port, to spin up the drive.

I didn't even notice when I picked this out, that it was Mac compatible. That means, it comes with some cables :-)

"The My Passport for Mac Drive includes USB-C and USB-A cables, so you can save tomorrow's content with the Mac computers of both today and yesterday."

A lot of these adverts don't show what connectors the products use, but if I had to guess...

Some sort of micro-USB B on Passport end, USB-C on the other end [for your Apple device] Some sort of micro-USB B on Passport end, USB-A on the other end [for an older PC perhaps]

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The 3.5" hard drives, come with an external power source of their own. The purpose of getting a 4TB, 6TB or 8TB one, is those are air-breather drives and not Helium-filled drives. You can store an air breather drive in a cupboard for

20 years, and it's still going to work.

Digital storage capacity 4 TB

Hard disk interface USB 3.0

Connectivity technology Wired Micro-USB B

# If the wall adapter supply were ever to break, it's a 12V 2A adapter, and # that is a "standard value" for materials such as this. Large drives have # slow acceleration, which helps keep within the limited power footprint of the adapter. # The above link, comes with its own wall adapter.

You would have to pick up a separate Micro-USB to USB-C to prepare it for direct use with the iPad. You don't want to have to string too many other adapters together to make something that works.

Summary: A USB stick is a relatively small solution for this. One with connectors on either end, makes the stick a "transport agent" between different generations of computers. (You can use any USB stick instead... if you have the adapter cables for it.)

"iPad Storage Full? Transfer Files to an External Drive"

# USB sticks are for transfer between computers. They are NOT # archival quality, and if stuck in a drawer for ten years the # files could be bit-rotted. At least some of the hard drives, have # excellent properties for not losing files (just don't drop them). # Store hard drives in a cool dry place (some older drives, the platter # plating is not moisture resistant and high humidity is not good for them). # For example, you won't find my hard drives, in my shed. Too damp.

Paul

It's called X-plore:

Must be something similar for IOS?

Assuming a Lightning connector socket on the iPad, a Lightning to USB2 or USB-C cable will allow any desktop or laptop computer to recognise an iPad (or iPhone) as an external drive, though only giving access to the pictures directories.

It's the normal way to back up pictures from a phone or tablet.