How to Backup SD microSD CompactFlash to External SSD with iPhone iPad NO COMPUTER iOS 13

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4 жыл бұрын

Aaron shows you how to back up your SD (Secure Digital) or MicroSD (from GoPro, Osmo, Yi, DJI, drone) or CF (Compact Flash) to an external solid-state drive (SSD) using only an iPhone, USB hub, and a cheap battery pack. This method doesn’t require a laptop, PC, Mac, computer, Macbook, or anything else. You can copy files in the field from your camera to a portable SSD, this case a SanDisk 2TB Extreme Portable External SSD.
Assuming you can charge up your phone, cameras, and the portable battery pack, you can keep filming and photographing in the field until you fill up your cards, chips, and the 2TB backup. This is awesome for filmmakers, travelers, photographers, videographers, vloggers, bloggers, creators, and influencers.
This method will also work copying from the USB port of your camera through the hub using the iPhone to the SSD. Just connect your camera, put it into USB mass storage mode, connect it to the hub, and follow the rest of the instructions in the video. The Sandisk SSD is formatted exFAT.
Aaron also talks about the folder delete but doesn’t totally delete bug in iOS13.
How to copy from an SD card to an external laptop USB hard drive: • How to Copy SD card to...
0:07 Overview
3:54 What you need to make this work
6:11 Connect the camera adapter
6:34 Files app
7:01 Insert SD card into hub
7:35 Connect the battery
7:49 SD card shows up on phone
8:40 Plugin SSD to Hub and shows up on iPhone
9:03 Plugin CF/SD reader
9:46 Add microSD card to the USB hub
10:48 File copy/paste procedure from SD to SSD
11:03 Create a new folder on the SSD
12:18 Copy from microSD to SSD
13:20 Copy from Compact Flash CF to SSD (single file select)
14:39 Delete folder bug in iOS13
16:33 How to connect to a HDD • How to Copy SD card to...
16:44 Ejecting Devices
18:54 Apple 3.5mm adapter
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@asd67lkj 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, the algorithm is presenting all these older videos to my feed, as I am learning to use the USB hub to save files from my Iphone and Ipad to SSD. I did not think of just moving files from one SSD/flash drive to another....Very handy for saving files from my cameras to larger SSD.

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@neelr 2 жыл бұрын

Just what I was looking for. Thanks for this presentation.

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching & subscribing!

@Whatdavedoes53 Жыл бұрын

Aaron thank you so much. Just wanted to let you know that this setup worked first time on 10.5 “ iPad Pro on iOS 16. Fantastic to drag and drop from GoPro card to SSD! Others have mentioned that formatting your SSD to APFS gets rid of a lot of problems. Thanks again!

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Great to know - thanks!

@daenathedreamy9053 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much! This made my travel gear so much lighter! Works with an iPhone SE 2020, the uni USB-C 8 in 1 Hub (bought today) and SanDisk extreme portable 2TB (exFAT). THANK YOU!

@ALinsdau 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@davidbanner2021 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to make this instructional video. My wife and I trek on our vacations and I did not want to take a computer to do my file organizing and editing. This is exactly what we need to handle all of this and keep the weight to a minimum. I purchased everything and it worked great when I used good quality cords.

@ALinsdau 9 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

@DrMei 3 жыл бұрын

So glad that I found this video! I couldn’t get my iPhone to recognize my 1TB Crucial X8 using the Apple adaptor. That’s what everyone recommended. I happened to have a Uni hub exactly like yours and with Uni, the power is finally enough to run Crucial X8 on my iPhone!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. It's the external power on the hub AND the phone that's the magic.

@DrMei 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau Yes, that’s interesting. I read most comments that this setting wouldn’t work by only powering the Uni hub. Somehow it works for me without connecting the apple adaptor to a battery 😁😁😁

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

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@KerryKugelman Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Aaron! Great solution to a vexing problem!

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@roycruzphoto 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful info. Thanks!

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@Mayah428 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you for the video.

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@johnclark333 3 жыл бұрын

Works perfectly, Thanks!

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@barang23 2 жыл бұрын

2022 and your video is just what I need!!!!

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@christiethorold 3 жыл бұрын

Great job , thank you .

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@bjorosenberg Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, very helpful. For the life of me I couldn’t work out why my raw files weren’t transferring using a hub. It never occurred to me to have the iPad on the charger at the same time 🤦🏼‍♂️. Much appreciated, James. Sydney Australia

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@watchmykicksllc 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work dude, keep it up!

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@mamalekimsn Жыл бұрын

Thanks, because of your presentation is found the fancy USB HUB.

@mamalekimsn Жыл бұрын

Transfer photos and video on external drive. Had no experience with and you know, days is working to get success because there is the recycle bin, and when connected to Windows 7 the annoying double (white coloured) jpg or other. When clicking to it, any white icon shows same information. At first they where not possible to delete. Have copied the clearly visible maps etc and transfer to other harddisk. The hard disk used was not SSD, it is formatted again to EXFAT. Need to say it wasn’t done with the new UNI HUB. Yours will arrive soon, the second new HUB, the ATOLLA is just now afternoon arrived and directly used. There is a difference into the first HUB ORICO and the ATOLLA. With ORICO was there no power enough and was lightning support needed to recognise the HDD on iPhone. The ATOLLA has more power, there isn’t needed to connect the lightning cable. But after all I connected the lightning also cause it must be better on this way. As is struggling to transfer properly the whole content from iPhone to the HDD, is for sure before deleting the data on iPhone used 3UTOOLS, the downside, 3UTOOLS download really everything and by this almost double via camera roll, compressed photos etc. Normally was the content such as 70 GB and after transfer the photos and video from iPhone to PC via 3UTOOLS was the full content 160 GB, really strange and to know why, very difficult. In case you know, is there an APP on iTunes to find double photo or video? SSD, I think as you have spoken about it will be an better solution to order an SSD hard drive. As I’m on the run for it, I look forward and hope by falling and stand up find best results.

@saralbudhiraja 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Amazing hack. Thanks for sharing.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@sabarkonga 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much you help me a lot with this info, :-)

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@jasonfeazel3806 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video it was very helpful.

@ALinsdau 2 ай бұрын

Great!

@chrisbbill 4 жыл бұрын

Trying to go iPad only on my travels and leave my MacBook Pro at home. This helps a lot! Thank you, just ordered myself a complete set up for my next trip. Thank you!

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I look forward to hearing how it works for you.

@chrisbbill 4 жыл бұрын

Did a test run and works like a charm. Works perfectly with my Anker 10,000 mA battery! Also bought a 6 foot cable for power so I can also hook it up to a charger at home

@WhoFlungPoo2024 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The "secret" was to press and hold! Watched several KZfaq's on the physical connection process, but they failed to detail the idiosyncrasies of using the Files app. You saved my day!

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BarryMaskell 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing - One thing in regards to sound mp3 files if your using an external recorder to micro sd card you can now just use the file app and the Apple SD card adaptor to copy - previously the only way you could do this was via a computer - Cheers

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

You sure can - thank you for pointing that out.

@angelazanga2426 2 жыл бұрын

Hoping that uni hub is the last piece I need for my crazy camera set up! (cries) Thank you so much!

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching & subscribing!

@omsqirt 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot to demonstrate copying or moving a pic from iPhone to the external drives... But i guess it will work. This is just what i need to know and will buy the uni hub. Thanks! Very informative

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

The file system works quite well for all copy direction.

@billdillon8139 2 жыл бұрын

I have a similar setup to copy to/from my iPad Mini 5 and a Samsung T7 SSD. Works great. I don't need the hub in my circumstance though. Just the Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, the iPad Mini 5, the Samsung T7 and an external power bank.

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@TaniaJohnson 4 жыл бұрын

Which iPhone and which file manager app are you using? Great solution. Found the video very informative.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Use the File App. It's relatively new.

@uniaccessories 2 жыл бұрын

uni smooth work journey, more than an accessory.🎉

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed

@HelloHopia 4 жыл бұрын

Please do this also in ipad pro!!

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

If I get one, I will.

@abchappell01 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video presentation, thank you. However, can you copy photos and videos from the IPhone onto the Sandisk SSD drive?

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

If you can connect and power it, you should be able to.

@evyf857 4 жыл бұрын

great demo! thank you! I tried on iPhone 11external hard drive WD Passport but didn't work, I need to get the SSD Sandisk instead, thanks

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Make sure you have power connected to the phone and to the hub. It needs both.

@erinvz3270 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!! I’ll get my Uni hub this week. Do you know if 360 footage can be downloaded directly and edited though a software from the external drive? Or does that have to be downloaded directly to an iPhone or iPad?

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

You can copy the files as long as you see them on iOS.

@MarcosElMalo2 4 жыл бұрын

Have you tried working on the phone (or iPad) with media on the SSD? I understand this is possible with the Gnarbox.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. The media is viewable and plays fine. I didn't want to get the Gnarbox - it's just more gear, though if you look at this octopus, maybe it's better in the end.

@tomlucas4788 Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but it was super useful for planning a trip and storage of videos. Do you have another recommendation for a hub or any hub that is powered should work?

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Any powered hub should work.

@Whatdavedoes53 Жыл бұрын

Not my experience. Before I watched your video, I bought a Mtakya 5 in one hub on Amazon. It would not read the micro SD but would recognize the SSD. Stick with the Uni.

@pastelli13 4 жыл бұрын

Have you added the links yet you mentioned so that we can purchase these other items to enable us to do what you suggest??

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Sure thing. The links are in the description below the video. Here they are for your convenience: Required components Get the Sandisk 2TB Solid state drive (SDD) at Amazon: amzn.to/2NSvo3V Get the Uni USB-C hub on Amazon: amzn.to/2NOvIAU Get the PNY T2200 2200mAh 1 Amp PowerPack on Amazon: amzn.to/2A53idR Apple Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter: amzn.to/2NUlsXY Get additional USB-C to USB-3 cables from the video: amzn.to/2Q13Ko7

@NightKidBrandon 4 жыл бұрын

Can you plug in the usb hub into a fast charger (usb-c to usb-c) and see if it works with an HDD? I really like this hub but not if it can’t power my HDD. Thanks in advance!

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

You have to power the hub separately.

@澳洲程序员大卫 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it doesn't work on me. I tried my iphone8, 10, and iPad. Even I don't use the hub, I am not able to use camera adaptor with my SSD external drive. Not sure it is bcoz the latest OS.

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

You must have a powered hub and add power to the hub. That is the -only- way this works.

@wordgiesworld5483 2 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for recommended videos! I was searching this topic and got very little useful info in one video. I had to watch multiple videos and do some Googling then patchwork all that info. Question, though. It seems logical, but can you copy directly from the GoPro by connecting the data cord from that to the hub?

@Whatdavedoes53 Жыл бұрын

My experience is the Photos app on my iPad recognizes the GoPro. The Files app does not. So I remove the card from the GoPro and plug it into the Uni hub. Works fine that way.

@kakegarcia8056 4 жыл бұрын

HI and thanks for the video. After see you video a couple days ago, I found the best hub for my iPhone 8Plus and iPad Pro 10.5 and I have a question: can you connect the power bank to power the hub (as you show on the video) and the lightning cable to the Apple Camera Connector to power the iPhone/iPad at the same time?. Thanks in advance!

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I tried it and the phone/hub didn't act totally right. However, I was using a BETA of iOS13. It might be fixed by now.

@kakegarcia8056 4 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau Thanks a lot my friend. If you get to do it, please let me know (mine is on the way)

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

My setup is a power bank to the USB hub and then a power brick connected to the Apple USB 3 lightning adapter. It seems to require power from 2 sources, depending on the drive you use.

@cristibaluta 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you try connecting the ssd to the apple adaptor and put some power? I have 2 ssd and only one from seagate works, the sandisk that you also have doesn't work and don't know why, i don't know if it worths spending more money to get to your setup. In the field the sandisk would be safer than the seagate.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely more confident with the Sandisk SSD. I've had a few Seagates fail. You have to add power to the hub - that's the key. It worked with a USB HDD just fine, too. It does take some time for the drive to come up sometimes.

@KimwellH 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@almaq2078 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and more importantly thanks Apple for making our lives significantly more complicated.

@arbidans_lv 4 жыл бұрын

I am interesting about sd card transfer Speed to iPhone 11 pro via apple lightning sd card reader. How speed is it for example 128gb full card with photos. Or transfer will hapen when iPhone is in sleep mode?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

The speed on the lightning port is slow, sadly Apple hasn't updated this to USB 3.

@GroggyHorse 4 жыл бұрын

Can also use a Ravpower FileHub and cut out the need for the iPhone.

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Too true.

@Ravedaze. 4 жыл бұрын

Will this work for mp3 on a sandisk thumb drive to copy to iPhone pro max?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Should work. I haven't had too many issues with the thumb drives I've tested.

@M3SH4L121 4 жыл бұрын

I followed what you did but at the end only one input will work at a time, if i plugged a usb drive and micro sd. It will only read and show the first one i plugged. I have ipad air 3

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have power into the hub and phone? That's critical.

@hirakhawaja156 2 жыл бұрын

Trying to get a sandisk portable ssd 500GB as well as 1TB to work on iPhone 12 with a 24w power hub, it reads the ssd but as soon as I try and click on a photo folder in the ssd it disconnects. Is there a specific recommended power for the power hub that we need to keep in mind because your hub isn’t available near me?

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta have a powers hub to make it work.

@jpbrochu12345 4 жыл бұрын

Did you get a speed improvement with the new cable or version 13.2 ? Thanks!

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

The biggest problem is the Lightning connector is USB 2.0. www.apple.com/shop/question/answers/readonly/tag/iphone/does-the-lightning-cable-use-usb-3-or-usb-2/QUHT2UUPCDUAC4UPT www.businessinsider.com/apple-lightning-cable-wrong-issues-tech-untangled-2019-7

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau But even USB 2.0 should be giving much faster speeds than you're reporting. I got the Apple USB adapter today, haven't received the hub you recommended yet but I'm having second thoughts on it. I was able to get much faster copy speeds just connecting the Sandisk to the Apple USB adapter with nothing else in between, but obviously that doesn't help me copy a card. But I was able to copy 150 megabytes in under 5 seconds, and confirmed the speed on a 600MB file in 17 seconds (35 MB/sec). That's quite a bit faster than what you reported. However, I just tried with a cheap old SD card reader I had lying around and it was about half the speed. Based on that, it should take considerably less time to copy the whole card to the iPhone, then from the iPhone to the SSD in two discrete steps, than to copy it directly using the setup you have here - so something is not right. Could also be, though, that the whole process is much faster on an iPhone 12 than on an iPhone XS. Next I will test it on my iPad Mini 5.

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

23 seconds to copy 300 mb to the iPad Mini 5 with the cheap SD card reader, so the iPad Mini 5 (released last fall) is about 2/3 of the speed of the iPhone 12 Mini with the SD card reader. Gotta do more copy tests to determine my ultimate solution. My iPhone and iPad are both 256 gb, so not really enough to ingest the whole trip worth of videos and photos on the Grand Canyon kayak trip, but it seems like offloading to the SSD should be viable; just not sure how much battery power it'll waste. I'll be replenishing when I can via solar, but power is not unlimited in the backcountry.

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

I ran some more speed tests copying a folder back and forth off and on the SSD on the iPad Mini 5 and the iPhone 12 Mini. The iPhone is basically twice as fast, accomplishing the copy in as little as 11 seconds (400 megabyte folder) from SSD to iPhone, which took 24 seconds on the iPad, but the copy back to the SSD is less than half that speed, taking 28 seconds. The card reader I have is significantly slower than the SSD for reading. I'm gonna go ahead and get the hub you recommended and test it out in several permutations to see whether the bottleneck you're experiencing has anything to do with the "older" phone, although I doubt it - I suspect it's the combination of multiple devices running over the Lightning port. I think the winning answer is going to be just getting the fastest SD card reader I can get, whether that's the Uni hub or the Apple device, and copying to my phone first and then to the SSD.

@911davicin 2 жыл бұрын

Sandisk SSD works on iphone with otg adapter??? Great video

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

So far everything still seems to work with iOS 15.

@uwu_vine4138 4 жыл бұрын

Hi really like ur content keep up the good work I have a question will the hdmi port work if u connect to a monitor using the uni hud

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Ooh, that's a great question! I'll have to try it.

@alexandrekassuga9058 4 жыл бұрын

Did you manage to try it? Really looking for that information before i buy this hub. I intend to use in class mirroring the presentation on a flash drive

@rnajlis 4 жыл бұрын

I am wondering about this as well.

@TomTheAustrian 4 жыл бұрын

The lightning to usb c, not automatically 3, might support power only.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Correct - the side USB C is only for power.

@sonuramgadiya 3 жыл бұрын

Wow its very useful video, Sir its same work with android phone?

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but easlier.

@condorX2 4 жыл бұрын

That look like a lot of work and clutter of equipments just to bypass using a laptop. I like it.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...it's pretty crazy. A lot of people are having trouble, so I'll have to make another video explaining the pitfalls.

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

The issue is even with all these pieces it's a lot easier to carry in some settings than a laptop. I'm doing a Grand Canyon kayaking trip next month and the iPad Mini is the largest device I can feasibly bring with me; the laptop is too big and too power hungry (electricity). It's three weeks on the river so I really don't want to just rely on not losing or damaging any SD cards. I will be bringing a battery pack anyway to recharge other things so that's not something extra to carry, just the actual adapters and cables. The one saving grace of this setup is that basically all of the involved cables have multiple uses between other cameras and devices that'll be on the trip anyway.

@clydet9169 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same hook up but for some reason my WD is showing up Grayed out! My IPhone and the ICloud is blue to save stuff on them! Can you explain that because I don’t know what else to do

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Make sure there's power to the hub.

@samiulkarim2995 4 жыл бұрын

Can I connect uni hub to lightning port of ipad by using a type c Otg ?

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

It appears to work, please comment otherwise.

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

Any thoughts on why it is so slow even with all high-speed accessories? I found it painfully slow copying from my old Lightning card reader, but testing directly from the Sandisk SSD to my iPhone, it's very fast, about 3 seconds on my test copy of a 160 MB video - which is 20 times faster than the speed you reported in this video. I just ordered the Uni hub you recommended, but I am wondering whether that is actually the fastest product to use or if it may be creating a bottleneck. I wonder, with whatever the botttleneck is that you're experiencing, might it be faster to go from the SD card to the phone first, and then from the phone to the SSD, versus going direct? Could be something about doing simultaneous transfers.

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

The Apple Lightning connector is still an abysmal USB 2.0.

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau not entirely. It appears to give me 3.0 speeds with the 3.0 adapter. I may do my own video going through all the speed tests. I’m waiting for my Sandisk 3.0 card reader to arrive so I can fully test everything.

@jayratch 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau My Sandisk USB 3.0 card reader arrived in today’s mail so I was able to do some additional testing with a 256gb Sandisk Ultra micro SD card and footage from my VIRB 360. In hindsight, I had access to a faster card, and maybe later I’ll test that to verify that the card is the bottleneck. Copying files off and on the card to the phone’s internal storage, and again this is my iPhone 12 Mini, it took as little as 10 seconds to copy a 400 MB file from the SD card to the phone, but four times that long to move it back to the card. A 5.6gb movie took over 7 minutes to copy from the phone to the card and I didn’t test copying the same file back; maybe later, if I decide to do a video on it. Anyway, my ultimate point is that I was able to get upwards of 40 megabytes per second directly from the SD card to my phone - tens of times faster than what you were getting between external devices. I think, ultimately, copying first to the phone and then to the external device, with no hub and only one device connected at a time, is going to end up being much faster than going directly between devices, because of how the iPhone functions when passing data between multiple devices. One other thing to consider is the cables. When I bought the Uni hub and a cable to go with it, I almost didn’t realize the cable I got was only USB 2.0. So that would’ve limited my speeds as well. I don’t know whether I’m really getting USB 3.0 speeds on these devices or not. I can tell you that I’m getting about double the speed on my 2020 iPhone versus my 2019 iPad, using the same adapters, and this USB adapter from Apple is a 3.0 port. I can tell you that things appear to be faster when all the devices and cables I’m using are USB 3.0. It seems writing to the card is definitely bottlenecked by the card’s write speed; reading, I’m not sure I’m hitting peak speeds.

@rwang101 Жыл бұрын

Do you have an updated version for this setup? The uni USB-C Hub is no longer available in Amazon. Thanks.

@tomlucas4788 Жыл бұрын

I just asked the same question. I wonder if any powered hub would work?

@rwang101 Жыл бұрын

@@tomlucas4788 My Apple USB Adapter for camera does work anymore with the latest OS update. Powered hub does not do anything.

@Whatdavedoes53 Жыл бұрын

I just bought the UNI 8 in one on Amazon Canada. Works exactly as Aaron describes. Drag and drop files from micro SD to SSD. No problem! Using older iPad iOS 16 and Apple Lightning camera adapter.

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Any powered hub should work.

@teftagjini3438 Жыл бұрын

@@rwang101 I just bought uni hub and my sandisk ssd the same of the video is not working.. do u have any advice?

@josewantland 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Aaron, I saw this video a while ago , got all the items and it did work exactly like you said for months, but for some odd reason it doesn't detect the SanDisk SSD or any Hard Disk Drive anymore, however it still detects SD cards and USB flash drives. UNI sent me a new hub unit with cable, but still no good. Have you tried your setup lately ? I'm wondering if the lates iPad software update eliminated that capability.

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

So far the setup still works for me. You have to make sure to power the hub and phone separately. This is the number one cause of problems.

@josewantland 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau Hi Aaron, Thank you for responding, I finally figure out the problem, no to long ago I wanted to add passwords to my external portable HD and SSD, and to accomplish that I needed to format them, by doing so I changed the original FAT configuration and that is why my iPad and iPhone wasn’t detecting them. I still want to add security or passwords to my items but I’m sure if I can. Thank you again. Jose W.

@josewantland 3 жыл бұрын

Good news, The latest software update on iPads and iPhones lets you use an external HD or SSD formatted as APFS Encrypted, This means I have my portable storage devices protected with a passwords. Thank you again for the initial video, I always backup my images when I travel.

@_Per_Aspera_Ad_Astra_ 4 жыл бұрын

why not keep it short ? but great INFO, thank you.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I had a need to blab on about it. :)

@MassimilianoCarrozzo 2 жыл бұрын

I can use my iPhone 11 Pro with uni hub 8in1 commcected by usbc lightning cable?

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@FrankPhillips1952 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this BUT a complaint I have is that drag and drop does not work. YOU MUST USE COPY AND PASTE!

@ALinsdau 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update!

@dbdors Жыл бұрын

Could this be done with an iPad Air, it has a Usb c port

@ALinsdau 2 ай бұрын

Yes...

@Gadgetdad007 4 жыл бұрын

If you have an up to date camera you can just transfer the footage via Wi-fi to the iPhone and then connect the Sandisk to the iPhone and then drag & drop.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to try that.

@TheWheel4 3 жыл бұрын

You can but it’s super slow over Wi-Fi and drains phone and camera battery quickly if you’re doing it constantly throughout a shoot or big back up’s. Great for sending a few images from camera without removing SD card but in my experience not practical for bulk transfers.

@HDMOVIECREATOR2012 4 жыл бұрын

Man, you need to go straight to the point... taking so long

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Haha - I've gotten better, I think.

@cosmicsprings8690 4 жыл бұрын

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@josecamacho191 3 жыл бұрын

What if you disconnect everything but the SD card and SSD would that increase speeds??

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

You need the power on the phone and the hub, so not that I could tell.

@cedrixtay6962 4 жыл бұрын

Does high capacity hard drive works?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

This drive is a 2TB drive. There aren't too many SSDs bigger than that (yet!).

@jotaserpa 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there. Great tutorial. I just got my setup like you did. I tried with some raw files, will try again with jpgs. But did anyone find a way to fast the copy speed? Thank you all

@neoxiao9451 3 жыл бұрын

As I know iPhone lighting port is running usb2.0 speed

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly the lightning port is still USB 2, even with a $1500USD iPhone 12. It's insane.

@czondag 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau maybe lightning-usb stick directly is very fast?

@alovi 2 жыл бұрын

@@czondag Nop, it is slow too

@rdsimmons01 3 жыл бұрын

So it would take 17.78 hours to transfer a 128 GB Micro SD card to the hard drive (128 MB/min)....or almost 9 hours for a 64 GB SC card? Do I have that right?

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

It's very slow due to Apple's insistence on staying with the slow Lightning Connector.

@teckannong9538 Жыл бұрын

Is it must use the hub? Cannot use charger to provide electricity

@ALinsdau 3 ай бұрын

Must be a powered hub.

@joelflorez6004 3 жыл бұрын

After copying to the ssd do you delete the files from the sd card?

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on your backup system. Make more copies to save yourself later.

@chosenideahandle 4 жыл бұрын

Just a PSA. For $55USD you can just buy a RAVPower FileHub. It's an interface between you portable drive and SD card. No adapters, phone or hub required. A lot less money and far more reliable. The RAVPower FileHub is also a battery pack for charging your devices on the road as well as a Wi-Fi router. If you'd like to make certain your files are on your drive you can preview them using the free phone app (Android or iOS).

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I looked at that device as an option some time ago. The negative user reviews somewhat turned me off, especially the ones that said their SD card was erased. I'll have to take another look.

@aquiconfeya Жыл бұрын

Do u know how to transfer from ssd to my android?

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

There's a file system for transfers.

@valeriecollado5935 4 жыл бұрын

Hi does can you do this with raw files?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can do this with any files on your SD card.

@darkphotographer 2 ай бұрын

some company sould come up with divice like that that will actualy work with just one cable ,battery bank /flash storage/card reader but is a nich market only photographer and videographer need it ,

@ALinsdau 2 ай бұрын

There have been devices, I owned one over a decade ago, but it died. :(

@wonggiantian 4 жыл бұрын

Work on iPhone 11 pro max?i bought the adapter and it doesn’t work for me

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Which adapter isn't working?

@wonggiantian 4 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau lightnint to usb 3 camera adapter just like urs.does it still work for you with ssd?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

@@wonggiantian Yes, the setup works, but you need to add a power bank to the USB hub and also add power to the Apple USB 3. I use a power adapter. I don't know why you need 2 power sources but that's how mine works.

@roberthardman3684 2 жыл бұрын

@alinsdau Any performance updates or a simplified option of doing this now compared to a couple of years ago?

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

No unfortunately.

@gphillips2542 Жыл бұрын

Solution works and understand video is dated Sept/10/2019 but was looking for a solution to copy a 160GB Card to an external drive like the San Disk Extreme Pro. To transfer 160GB using this method it would take over a day - but it would in theory work. This being said is there another solution using USB 3.1 or maybe another updated Hub? I am certain Aaron that you have upgraded your SD Cards to a larger capacity and was wondering if you have a newer solution that you are now using. My files are 50MB per image (Sony Alpha A1) filling a 160GB card is easy to do in four hours so that is about 3,200 images and as such this method could take a long long time. Is there any newer updates Aaron that you have made and would like to share?

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Not at the moment until Apple upgrades its cables. But Apple is committed to wireless so there's not much help on the horizon.

@gphillips2542 Жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau thank you very much for replying. Using your theory this is what I came up with: iPad Mini 6 (I already had) that has the USB-C fast port connected to an Anker 655 Hub that supports an inbound USB-C Power up to 100/w that I can connect to a wall socket using USB-C cable or get a battery like you did. Next I connected to the Anker Hub using their two USB 3.1 ports in-bound ports I connected a Sony cfExpress Card Reader and Samsung T7 2tb SSD. I should note the Card Reader and T7 require power from the wall or a strong enough battery as the iPad will not have enough power. Hooked all this together. Next, I put a full 160GB cfExpress Card (2,800 pictures each averaging 50mb each) into the Sony Reader. After doing this I go to the iPad Files like you showed me and the iPad sees the Sony Reader and the Samsung T7 - sweet. I can now copy from the Sony Reader and paste to the Samsung T7 just like you did. For the full 161GB it took me about 18-minutes. You inspired me sir. I just used newer products to support the ability to transfer large files from the cfExpress Cards but the logic is all yours. I will look for a portable battery as I have a shoot coming up in Florida to take pictures of the Ospreys so I will be in the wild without power. Thanks again!

@TheChunkymuffin 4 жыл бұрын

i’m also running the apple 3.0 with external power and i can’t get my sandisk to show up in the files app, i’ve tried multiple configurations. no luck at all.

@NightKidBrandon 4 жыл бұрын

justin clark did you reformat

@TheChunkymuffin 4 жыл бұрын

yes. multiple configurations.. i ordered a hub.

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have the hub powered?

@CiaranWhelan 4 жыл бұрын

The only problem with this option is th hat copying from SD fo SSD, it first copies to phone then moves to the SSD from the phone. Unfortunately there is no direct connection. It is like this on Android as well. However there is an app that sorts this all out.

@rmkchan 4 жыл бұрын

hi, what is the name of the app that could speed up the process?

@Madrrrrrrrrrrr 3 жыл бұрын

@@rmkchan none he full of bs.Also lightning is usb 2 not 3. That's why it's slow it needs back and forth so double the time also.

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

I hope there will be one day.

@FRIENDS-FAMILY972 2 жыл бұрын

Sandisk ssd 2tb is not working on my iPhone 13 why is that can you help me out with that

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

A powered hub is required.

@andreimaly 3 жыл бұрын

what is the transfer rate from ssd to iPhone via adapter?

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Slow, the lightning connector is still USB 2.0 last time I checked.

@andreimaly 3 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau I am interested in the transfer rate mb / s?

@jxrxch 3 жыл бұрын

Just found this and so wanted it to work for me but at 120mb per minute that’s a deal breaker as I would be copying like 28gb a day sometimes which would take 4 hours!!!! 😒so will stick to the WD wireless elements drive with the SD card reader and auto card backup function for now

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's pretty slow.

@SDADanCars Жыл бұрын

👍

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@angeloairoldi8031 3 жыл бұрын

What is the speed with a ssd hard drive?

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

It's still slow due to the Lightning connector.

@jongrall 2 жыл бұрын

This is a neat solution, but the slow speed is a deal-breaker for me. I’d want to be able to copy my SD card at its rated speed. Looks like we’ll have to wait for Apple to switch over to USB-C or Thunderbolt on the iPhone.

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

It’d be nice if Apple would upgrade to something made in the last decade. Lol

@Whatdavedoes53 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Another viewer mentioned they use an iPad mini that has a thunderbolt connector. Good solution if your in the market for a new iPad.

@Whatdavedoes53 Жыл бұрын

Update: beware which iPad you buy. Apparently the new 10th gen model has USB C but restricted to 480 mg/s. Other models are faster.

@BrendanEvan 4 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating, extremely helpful, and great. But that camcorder autofocus is terrible! Ha!

@BrendanEvan 4 жыл бұрын

Woah 120mb per MINUTE? This is going to take forever

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't easy to film, that's for sure.

@eesarnaulsunny23 3 жыл бұрын

Hi tell me about my delete video recover of my sd card

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Look in the trash on your PC or Mac.

@natashalouis7581 Жыл бұрын

Based on the comments, it seems like android users are saying this process is easier but I'm not understanding how. I finally figured out how to do this process with the Uni but it's very particular where you plug in things and I had to download an app because my file system on my phone wouldn't recognize both SD card and the Sanddisk at the same time. Am I missing something? If anyone can give me specific instructions I'd really appreciate it.

@ALinsdau 2 ай бұрын

You have to add power to the hub.

@yonatanharrison7937 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Amazing hack mate, great video! well done👏🏼👏🏼 Shame the transfer speed is so slow, from my sh!tty math a 32gig will take 4.4 hours?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure there will be a speedup. I did this with the iOS 13 beta, so hopefully it'll improve in the future!

@DiiBee 4 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau improved now?

@abrarrazzaki8605 3 жыл бұрын

Is this possible with iPhone X ? Please do reply!!

@ALinsdau 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can do this with the iPhone X. It's more a function of the iOS than the phone.

@abrarrazzaki8605 3 жыл бұрын

ALinsdau but it not showing up when ever i m following your process its not receiving any signal.

@geddiones479 2 жыл бұрын

Is that working on iphone 8 plus?

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it works.

@elisamatthes9960 4 жыл бұрын

San disk ssd extreme pro doesn’t work is not recognized by iPhone Xr

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Are you using a powered hub?

@Mat_on_Air 2 жыл бұрын

Basically it takes so long to copy, because Lightning uses USB 2. The max theoretical speed would be 480 MBit/s.

@ALinsdau 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the actual clock on USB gives you 480Mbps, however USB has a large amount of overhead, so the real throughput is way lower.

@Mat_on_Air 2 жыл бұрын

@@ALinsdau Exactly. The point I‘m trying to make, it’s unbelievably slow for 2022 and USB-C being widespread

@T-Kristaps Жыл бұрын

way to mass in there, use just one OTG adapter and that's it, and no need for power bank, power supply from phone also works....

@ALinsdau Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the notes!

@theo67644 4 жыл бұрын

Sandisk SSD 1 TB and the Apple Lightning to USB/Power-Adapter works on IPad Pro 2107, but not on Iphone 7+ or IPhone XS MAX!! Sandisk formatted exFAT or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), it doesn't work on both Iphones (IOS 13.2.3). Any idea for the problem? UPDATE: YES, IT WORKS!!! The solution: You need an powered USB-Hub on the Apple USB/Power-adapter! I used a 7 port USB3-hub and connected 7!!! devices on the hub. Different USB-sticks (really old ones, newer ones ...), an old USB2-Cardreader (with CF-card) and differnt harddrives. Use a powered hub and have fun ! :-)))

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

You need a powered hub on Lightning adapter devices. I found that out too after experimenting and put it in the video.

@theo67644 4 жыл бұрын

ALinsdau Thanx, I saw your video last week, but the UNI USB hub was not available in Europe. But since yesterday it is! 😀 Ordered !!To power the hub by a powerbank is fine, so you can work in the field.

@cristibaluta 4 жыл бұрын

What a bummer, i'll have to buy it now too, my other ssd from seagate works directly with the apple adapter

@shawnlee7106 4 жыл бұрын

I have ssd 1tb and iphone 11pro. It does not work but my ipad works. Any solutions?

@wonggiantian 4 жыл бұрын

Does it still works?

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Sure does!

@wonggiantian 4 жыл бұрын

It Works when i formatted the ssd to exfat

@swahilijs 4 жыл бұрын

Liked your presentation, but it sure seems complicated.

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

I'm doing an updated video shortly. Stay tuned. When the feature first came out, it was a bit of a mess.

@JeremyKruis 4 жыл бұрын

So you can’t plug the sandisk extreme directly into the Apple usb/power adapter? It has to go through the hub?

@JeremyKruis 4 жыл бұрын

@Jake it's not working with mine. i have the apple usb + power to lightning adapter. when i plug my exfat formatted 2tb and 1tb sandisk extremes directly into the adapter, nothing shows up. any suggestions?

@JeremyKruis 4 жыл бұрын

Jake the hard reset didn’t work :( I’ll try reformatting the drive w the mac format and see if that works

@JeremyKruis 4 жыл бұрын

@Jake reformatting as mac os journaled didn't work either. i'm using iphone 11 and also tried on my iphone 7 plus. both don't work so far. hmmmm

@TheChunkymuffin 4 жыл бұрын

i’m having the same exact issues. any results ??

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it has to go through the hub because the phone can't deliver enough power to the SSD. It's a thing with the Lightning interface.

@BarryMaskell 4 жыл бұрын

Bug - might be just a refresh error

@ALinsdau 4 жыл бұрын

Probably just that.