SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Go for iPhone and iPad

SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Go for iPhone and iPad - DEMO & REVIEW

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iCloud is a great way to mirror the contents of your Apple iPhone or iPad, but what happens when your device starts to fill up? For that matter, what if you want to share multi-gigabyte files between your iOS device and your Mac or Windows computer? In both cases, the SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Go is a fantastic solution with its dual USB-3.0 and Lightning connectors. You can back up everything from your iPad or iPhone and share it with friends. You can even copy movies onto the drive and watch them on your iPad without needing to copy the files onto the device!
But there are some things you'll want to know about before you make a purchase decision, even for a product at this low price point. Tech expert Dave Taylor of www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ runs through a variety of demos, showing how photo backup to the SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Go works, and then showing on a MacOS X system how everything's easily accessible.
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@julieelfrink8625 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice. Because of your video, I bought one of these. I needed to get my pictures off my phone before I took any summer trips and filled it up with new memories.

@nick_fox 2 жыл бұрын

Your the first one that explained this properly I thank you very very much god bless

@jeananderson1598 Жыл бұрын

Great video and easy to understand! I ran out of Cloud space and do not want to pay for additional space. This is a great alternative. Just found your channel and subscribed. Thank you!

@camillapascarella7318 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining this 🙏❤️

@MaheshYadav-zf4sc 3 жыл бұрын

You covered everything needed to know. Thank you:)

@ExTaiga 3 жыл бұрын

Very Helpful, thank you for the demonstration and review!

@rollacoaster421 3 жыл бұрын

I don't usually comment on videos, but this was VERY well done. Great information and everything I wanted to know.

@AskDaveTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Marcus. I appreciate the feedback!

@themagnificiantmagnus 4 жыл бұрын

Great review. Clear and helpful!

@cottagekeeper 4 жыл бұрын

I subscribed! Thanks for a very informative video, grateful for your insight, and for you!

@jeejay98 2 жыл бұрын

Great review David. I was looking for a USB that could back-up our iPhones without the hassle of another software.

@apanda 4 жыл бұрын

What a great review! Thanks dave

@toja8229 3 жыл бұрын

Very well described. Awesome presentation. Cheers!

@nick_fox 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much you are the only one that explained it so much

@ramgopal.sharma 3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely explanation and review!

@PapasAnimals 3 жыл бұрын

I'm about as technically Inclined as a friggin' CARROT, but your excellent lesson made this really EASY for me. Thank you!

@saraf9883 Жыл бұрын

MUCH better than other brand I bought at first, great video, thanks! Mine was very fast, too, couple of minutes to get all( > 1000) my photos

@Tracks777 4 жыл бұрын

nice video

@micky1594 4 жыл бұрын

Wicked.. many thanks and will purchase ASAP as I'm running out of space for my iphone 64gb storage.. :) have a good day

@vasilisnikitaras 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Nice explanation!

@cathys.5699 2 жыл бұрын

A fair, candid, and great review of SanDisk iXpand. You can trust the review by Dave Taylor!!! Subscribed! 👍

@AskDaveTaylor 2 жыл бұрын

You're very kind. Thanks, Cathy!

@christiandeguzman8607 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this review sir. Nice review!

@dankelley9361 2 жыл бұрын

Great YT video, I have the IXpand Flash Drive Luxe, has lightning & USB C connector, Xfer rate for me was really fast.

@bculli7 4 жыл бұрын

This review was really helpful! I just ordered one for myself. I recently had a baby and have COMPLETELY filled my phone with photos and videos of her! My windows computer hasn’t been letting me upload them, I’m thinking because there are too many.. So I’m hoping and praying this works for me!!

@amam007 3 жыл бұрын

Hi the same thing happened with my son... i filled my phone with pictures of him and when I used the regular lightning cord to transfer to my pc it would disconnect. Please share if it worked for you. Thank you 😊

@av733 3 жыл бұрын

same happened to me, can't transfer from iphone to mac because too many items, so I hope this works, at that speed it could take weeks though, hopefully it's faster.

@octaviotapatio2026 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative!! Thanks

@davidnewman690 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Dave! I have been trying to find a way of playing many of my Bowie, Beatles, Stones and Cure bootleg concerts without having to listen to them through an external drive on my computer. Really appreciate your advice. 👍

@sandrasnyder9198 2 жыл бұрын

WOW ANSWERED EVERYTHING

@DidzYbanez 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@celsorezende7541 10 ай бұрын

very good explanation.

@juicebox8322 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid my guy🔥🤝

@lsandoval8850 7 ай бұрын

Okay Dave. Details provided. Thanks

@meinemeinung2626 4 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks so much! I really don‘t mind this takes some time and I don‘t see the point why things have to get faster and faster.

@Larissambravo Жыл бұрын

Good to learn these informations. I’m from Brazil 🇧🇷 and just bought it. Tks

@fufu500 4 жыл бұрын

You speak so clearly and good tone of voice. So easy to understand. Thank you

@fufu500 4 жыл бұрын

I have a question when i want to open the pictures on my laptop there are icons among pictures there that don’t open. What are those? Is it possible these are pictures ? If yes then if i delete pics from my iPhone, i can loose the pictures which i cannot open on my computer

@taniaortiz9264 4 жыл бұрын

I really like the way you speak, tone of voice and pace. Easy to understand!! Gracias

@AskDaveTaylor 4 жыл бұрын

¡de nada!

@eXeCubee Жыл бұрын

I was trying to find out for about an hour if I can play .mkv from this flash drive directly, finally this video gave me the answer, thanks! My main problem is that HD movies won't fit on my iPad storage, this drive will hopefully help me watch HD movies on my iPad on the plane.

@1998Inuyasha 4 жыл бұрын

Great info

@TheProductCritiques 7 ай бұрын

Hey there, Thanks for sharing your review of the SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Go. It's great to see a detailed overview of its features and capabilities. I'm considering getting one for myself, especially since I have an iPhone with limited storage space. Your explanation of how it works with backups and file transfers is really helpful. I do have a couple of questions before I make a decision: 1. You mentioned that the device's performance wasn't as fast as you expected. Can you provide more details about the backup speed? Did it improve with subsequent backups, or did it consistently take a while? 2. How is the build quality of the flash drive? Does it feel durable and reliable for everyday use? I appreciate your insights, and I'm looking forward to hearing more about your experience with it.

@gsevolved 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect. My wife and I are going on a trip through Spain/France/Italy in the spring. I was thinking about picking something like this up for the trip. Now I will. Thanks Dave!

@braydanleal5463 4 жыл бұрын

oop. hope youre doing fine since the worlds kinda ending.

@DEEJAYNH10 3 жыл бұрын

did you try it out?

@pollyfoofoo8703 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u! I have ancient ipad. Will see if this works

@Smokdeel 2 жыл бұрын

Good review.Thank you!

@AskDaveTaylor 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@nvrlndJay 3 жыл бұрын

If only I had found out about this before my old phone stopped working with all my graduation and concert videos :( Super informative video, I'm gonna try this out because my pc hasn't been letting me transfer photos from my phone.

@AskDaveTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, that stinks. Do you still have your old phone? Even if the screen is dark it might still be accessible when plugged in. There are a variety of devices on the market for backups now too, and, of course, software programs too. Good luck!

@mariopuebla7909 2 жыл бұрын

THANKS

@eduardocardenas5695 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente reseña, saludos desde México compadre

@AskDaveTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

¡gracias, amigo!

@KenKen-zm3gy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@prouddaddyofdos 3 жыл бұрын

Got mine today & it backed up 54GB of photos & videos in less than a hour. Love this tiny device! :)

@TheHollywoodList 2 жыл бұрын

REALLY???!!!!

@tia4680 2 жыл бұрын

are you able to Load them back onto the phone ? Possibly when posting on social media ? Also did it take the media off of the phone , or just copy ?

@zaiodi100 10 ай бұрын

How please??

@prouddaddyofdos 10 ай бұрын

@@TheHollywoodList yes!

@prouddaddyofdos 10 ай бұрын

@@tia4680 it will give u the option to “delete all”, “select” & I think to leave as is…I can’t remember the last option tho, but it does let u move files back & forth.

@TeresaDLeecomedy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank the you for your informative video. I liked the feature description and mention that you can record video straight to the ixpand drive. I watched this because I was looking for a comparison between this drive and the other Sandisk ixpand drive that doesn't have an adapter and looks like a straight stick. I wonder which is older, if there is a different version of USB, if the menu to manage features is the same, and what the switch looking indentation on the side is. There's also a curved designed one that seems to stack the lightning connector on top of the usb connector and I wonder if it is as tedious and uncomfortable as it looks to me?

@MasterChief-sl9ro 3 жыл бұрын

It's slow on some devices. As it depends on the amount of files that you have. As it has to scan the whole library. Then index them. And as you said. It's looks to see how much power the device is at.. It will work slower as to not deplete your battery. As the last thing you want. Is for the thing to shut down in the middle of a Backup...

@MrOldPal 3 жыл бұрын

"Or teen son its okay"

@the3idiots14 Жыл бұрын

What does he even mean by that?

@av733 3 жыл бұрын

great video. this sounds awesome, I hope it works for tens of thousands of items. I tried using usb cable to mac from iphone, doesn't work, too much data to transfer, so this could be the solution.

@jira6077 Жыл бұрын

tnks👏👏👏

@victorm6176 2 жыл бұрын

The otherone before this one is better in quality and look better for me but both are excellent.

@Triestini 3 жыл бұрын

Nice channel. Nicely presented. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@AskDaveTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@thedivachannel3790 Жыл бұрын

So I watched another review of this product where the guy only demonstrated transferring files when all we really want to know is if our 64 GB iPads can finally play lots of movies from this. Thank you for answering that part.

@randpeterson4229 Жыл бұрын

Hey David, great video!! I have a question that would be much appreciated if you were able to help me out. My question is - are you able to select what gets uploaded onto the drive from your iPhone or does it just grab every single bit of data and stores it on there immediately? This is a main concern for me because although I would want everything backed up, because of my occupation I need to only have hi-res videos on the drive in order to free up space on my I phone

@akaRadar 2 жыл бұрын

TYSM!!! i ordered and have been confused for Days!!! i thought after backups i had to use the transfer photos to drive too! (i have Thousands!!) 😱.. can U demonstrate how to view files on phone after deleting from phone?

@ysk249 3 жыл бұрын

Great instructional video. I also bought the iXpand Flash Drive for my IPad Pro but it is painfully slow to transfer large files from the iPad to the flash drive. I wanted to free up some space on my iPad but copying movies or videos is extremely slow and difficult.

@maybeiam3367 2 жыл бұрын

Blame apple, lighting is limited to usb 2 speeds

@spanoramic3605 2 жыл бұрын

Hi dave great video! Are you forced to use this app, or does the device show up in the locations section of your files app - in the same way it would if you were using a sd card in a dongle? Thankyou :)

@TheIntuitiveBodyFoodieNetwork 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you or anyone else can help me but ... can I upload from this flash drive directly onto my external hard drive without a computer and just a hub port? I'm doing a wilderness hike for 50 days; vlogging the whole thing. I have no access to internet or wifi, and no computer, ipad, or cellular data on my iphone. This device certainly helps get videos off my camera, but I doubt it will hold 50 days worth of vlogging. Any help from anyone is greatly appreciated; thanks in advance!!

@christineconlon153 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave - so pleased I found your site. I am trying to download my entire icloud photo backup- 40000 photos.Crazy i know! I just want to sort them out and store them on a HDD. So far, I've got 12000 copied. Just needing to know if I can I delete these from the flash drive AND the icloud before reconnecting to copy more. How do I go about deleting cloud photos - do I have to do that from the phone?? Greatly appreciate your assistance.

@MichelleMitchellgreen-mr9by Жыл бұрын

My phone is a iPhone 11 and I need a good computer for my iPhone. That was the best one to get.

@SuperfanzX Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review. I'm at 98% capacity like many people on my iPhone. Will this allow me to move my photos and videos from my phone?

@artonthecreek Жыл бұрын

So glad I found you! I have a question & hope you can help me. I just bought the iXpand SanDisk Flash Drive Luxe 256 gig and love it. Got all the photos & videos backed up from my iPhone 13 Pro. I’ve never used a MacBook but my daughter has one so I plugged the flash drive in to her Mac. All the photos are there & easy to open. Problem is I can’t figure out how to open the video files on the Mac. I can see that they are there, but they are in faint text and I can’t click on them. Any idea how to open these? They are all .mov files made on my phone, so should be iOS compatible. Thanks- Ann

@u208839 4 жыл бұрын

Dave, are you going to talk about how the drive rename your file to some funky naming convention? I find it irritating because I no longer know what files is what. Is there a way to get around this?

@TracyAllenVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah… I’m going to get one and I’m certain it’s gonna take me around 24 hours to upload all of my photos and videos 😆

@lisawilkinson8612 2 жыл бұрын

Hi thank you for the video as looking to purchase. My iPhone has set my photos to low resolution with iCloud will that still allow me to transfer my photos still on to the drive. Have over 9000 photos.

@SenyorArvin 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you with iCloud.. I wish there would be an option that will pop up when your deleting something on your iPhone and if you want to save it on your iCloud..

@TeresaDLeecomedy 3 жыл бұрын

I can't find it. It seems like iCloud has some settings that are configurable and I see a message about deleting in icloud but? It feels confusing and I can't reliably see where that happens. Look also on Apple ID settings for iCloud, not just the phone? I backup notes in an email account but I think my phone and iCloud are not totally mirrored. I used up all iCloud space but can't read clearly what is in there or choose what to let go of.

@aaroninclub Жыл бұрын

@@TeresaDLeecomedy all you do is turn on Optimise Storage under iCloud settings for Photos.

@weekendwarrior3420 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video, SanDisk should pay you.

@AskDaveTaylor 2 жыл бұрын

lol, from your words to their accountant :-)

@miked6097 Жыл бұрын

The new luxe version has usb-c as well so it’ll work with my iPad Pro usb-c iPhone 14 pro and future iPhones when they change from the lightning to usb-c like the ipad pros have changed.!!!

@thegeez001 3 жыл бұрын

You can setup the Sandisk Connect Wireless EOL flash drive as a Plex like Web Server. Accessing its videos/audio file links on a Public website which are shareable by anyone on the same wifi. Can anything similar be done with this version? I just posted how I used the Sandisk Connect Wireless.

@bangaliyogi 4 жыл бұрын

Can you transfer the files in Andriod devices ? Or the window desktops ?

@AstralSurfer 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video, fellow David! Few questions. I’m interested in this device solely to transfer music files from my Apple devices, to the flash drive itself. Can such be done? Will it rename the files, or keep the original titles? And lastly, can the flash drive be inserted in to devices such as a home stereo, to play the music? Thank you for your time!

@AskDaveTaylor 2 жыл бұрын

Being able to transfer music onto it is a function of the app that's saved the music. A Spotify offline playlist, for example, is locked up (I believe) so you can't access those files to copy. In terms of plugging it into a stereo, well, if you use the SanDisk backup software it might not be compatible. If you copy files yourself and they're all in .mp3 or .aac (perhaps) format, it should work. Haven't tried what you're suggesting, which is why I can't be definitive with this answer. :-)

@joyregula9602 4 жыл бұрын

Can I transfer just one file to the disk to be inserted later to my embroidery machine? I ordered a 16GB

@user-yv5bx1mp3e 2 жыл бұрын

This pendrive vs sandisk ixpand mini flash drive. Which is best for my iPhone 13 pro? Plz plz reply 🙏

@mirinaxo1663 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave! I have a question since I’m not super tech smart… so I bought that Qubii Duo because I have like 30,000 photos 🤦‍♀️ and I have an iPhone and my mom has an Android … so thanks to you I now understand Qubii but I came across this Sandisk product at the store and now I don’t know which one I should go with? I’m sick of paying iCloud monthly. So in your opinion which product do you think is best? Also I’m still unsure if the phone keeps the photos on the phone (once it’s backed up) until I choose to delete them myself? I just don’t want to back everything up and then go on my phone and have no pictures if that makes sense? Any help would be much appreciated!

@nick_fox 2 жыл бұрын

God bless m8

@jcastro91235 3 ай бұрын

I haas a 128 and that’s the one I lost so sad but I did get another one

@priyamwadabhartiya4243 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Nice information.I just got one,I was curious If I am not saving the whatsapp images in my gallary, whether that can be copied or transferred to my sandisk ixpand too

@rahuldogra 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think so app data can’t be read by any other app! That you would have to use with icloud backup only or select files and share to the sandisk app! Correct me if Im wrong if anybody has a way to do this!

@assassinbeats23 Жыл бұрын

Question: if you back up photo/video and do not delete from your phone and you take more photo/video and then back up again, will it copy everything it already copied and the new content? Or will it auto recognize what it’s already backed up?

@annettenavarrete1250 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good device. Can you delete your Iphone pictures after uploading them to the device? Also can you delete the app and just look at your pictures into another device?

@aracelymoran7501 Жыл бұрын

Does the app save your photos aswell or does it just save on the flash drive??

@wildchildworldinc.1168 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possibly super slow because the photos it is backing up aren’t actually ON your device? Rather, they are streaming from iCloud, via your device, to the drive? iCloud is a time-murderer, and it drives me bananas!

@amalinkama 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I’m confused here. Can i delete all my photos in my iphone once it says it’s fully backed up? And what’s the difference of backing up and copying photos from iphone to ixpand?

@spannky88 Жыл бұрын

Hi Dave. Did I understand you correctly when you said that I can actually plug this into my iphone and take pictures directly onto the san disc without using my iphone storage? Going to Disney and I purchased this to download my pictures from my iphone to free up space but if I can just take them while I'm plugged in and they save directly onto the disc then I just may do that. Did I understand this correctly?

@davidmontgomery874 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the review. Can I designate the Sandisk to ONLY backup the folders I want or does it access everything? Thanks David

@AskDaveTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

I would check with SanDisk customer service to find out all the capabilities of their mobile app, David. Let us know what they say!

@dovemfg Жыл бұрын

I notice I don’t get the option to use my 4K when use the camera part of the app

@jcastro91235 3 ай бұрын

Can I put the pictures back on my iPhone from this saver ?😊

@txgg7906 Жыл бұрын

What is the adapter from this ixpand flash drive to a Mac Pro? I need the exact name of what to order. Thanks. I’m old.

@djnoriega Жыл бұрын

Well this work after backing up my iPhone 11 Pro to my MacBook Pro 2010? It’s not usb3.0

@seancollett6 Жыл бұрын

How do I navigate to the Files app in the iPad and transfer those files to the drive? I can't see any way to transfer FILES as in FOLDERS from the iPad to the drive. Please help.

@alinawang3875 2 жыл бұрын

so the sandisk ixpand flash drive comes with some photos, musics and videos , right?

@rumi8388 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. It's very useful. I have a few questions: Is there an option for manual backups? My memory card is only 32GB, and the content in the iphone exceeds 100GB. Is it okay if I just want to backup voice memos and notes? Once backed up, will these two files disappear from my iphone automatically? Can the two files (voice memo and memo) saved in FlashDrive be opened and play on a PC?

@aaroninclub Жыл бұрын

Of course, you can just backup individual items, and when you’re able to utilise the “move function” for data, naturally, it’ll automatically remove it from its point of origin..

@masontalksmovies7356 4 жыл бұрын

Can you put movies and tv shows from iTunes on this?

@MichelleMitchellgreen-mr9by Жыл бұрын

What type of computer do you have? Because I need to get one from my iPhone

@CodeJosh 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious.... will it charge my iPhone if i plug a charger or a power bank to the USB end of the data pen while its connected to the phone from the other end. that would help if we are using the the pen to directly stream a video we are shooting and the batt gets low... just wanna know if that a possibility, pls find out about that and let us know, very helpful review... thank you very much! am planing to buy one, a little expensive than a normal charger, thats y i came finding review about this... and this really helped..

@AskDaveTaylor 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't test that, but I'm about 95% sure that it will not work to plug power into the USB-3 end of the device and then also plug it into your iPhone. For a 100% answer check with SanDisk customer service.

@Highperez76 2 жыл бұрын

Can this back up folders from apps?

@tomatexelon Жыл бұрын

I am using this to backup my ipad photos, I have over 9000 of them. I have a PC, and when I view the the USB directory on my computer, I noticed that its in years and months. Which is good for some but I would like just the photos and NO folders of years and months. Way to much clicking to find a photo! Any idea of how to remove the folder option?

@iagiag77 4 ай бұрын

If I download the lphone pictures on a windows computer, does the pictures remember the original time and date or the date changes with the date I download them? It happened before with other method of backup on Windows.

@noahbweaver0 Жыл бұрын

My works pretty fast, but I also have pretty good Wi-Fi

@miked6097 Жыл бұрын

You can save the photo to files app (in iCloud) and then delete the photo in the photos app which it will delete in the photos in iCloud as well, but it will save in files on iCloud Freeing up the phone space but still able to be downloaded from the cloud. Very easy just select photos or videos then click share button, then save to files, then make a folder and save it to files in ICLOUD and youll be good to go!!! Stay safe hope someone figures it out very easy and it works like you think it would have. Just not through a “backup” It’s a different method.

@AmalSony 4 ай бұрын

hii , I'm about to purchase this , and I have a doubt, if I use it for backup only option for full photos and videos ,and after connecting it on my Mac/windows computer can I view the photos and videos and copy them to Macbook as a normal Pendrive itself??? or its like encrypted like non viewing on computer?? pls reply..and which is the newer version? should I buy flip because its cheaper and also I use 14 pro max and luxe cost more can I use expand flip with org adapter when I upgrade to iPhone 15 ??