In short, most storage devices should work. IOS 13 can read any standard USB storage device as long as it has been formatted with a compatible file system and has sufficient power provided (see the next two points). What types of storage devices can iOS 13 read? Here are answers to common questions I’ve received, and to other questions I expect many users to have.Ĭan I use external USB drives with an iPhone, or does the feature work only on the iPad?Īlthough Apple has marketed this feature primarily in relation to the iPad-specifically the iPad Pro-it works just the same in iOS 13 on an iPhone as it does in iPadOS. Of all the email I’ve received about iOS 13 from readers of Take Control of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, questions about using external USB drives with the Files app have been the most frequent.
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