How To Connect An External USB SSD Storage Drive To An iPhone & Copy, Move, Backup & Duplicate Files 

Absolutely crystal clear and concise. Production quality 5 stars. Thank you.

The best video I've seen on this topic. I didn't understand why people were having to use a USB hub until now.

David thank you for the detailed instruction and guidance.

At last,after wading through umpteen videos with vital pieces of info missing, a proper explanation! Thank you David Harry!

I found this video so late..... Thank you for this much needed information!!! You are the best thanks!!!!!

Thank you so much for this content David! I was amazed how little instruction there was out there for the iphone to SSD transfer considering the need.

Finally a way to save stuff on my iPad and iPhone without going through a third-party app or the iCloud thank you very much I can’t believe it was this MF hard you would think that this process would be much easier

Exactly what I needed, thanks 🙏

Nice one David, thanks for sharing 👍😃

Thanks for the vid. A few questions: Does the dongle charge the phone? Can this combo be powered by a power brick (I don't see power requirements in the T5 guide...I'd think it would work fine.) Lastly, can you record video straight to the external or does it have to record internally then transfer?

This video right here is exactly what I was wondering last night thank you so much

Luv ur accent mate. Thanks for sharing this. Subscribed!

David is consistently reliable in tackling everyday things no one else bothers to explain clearly and concisely. The more I see him exploring Mac in more recent videos the more convinced I become that Apple makes things unnecessarily complicated -- perhaps because they have a habit of wanting to draw people into their 'eco-universe' -- which is not 'eco' at all. The recent shift to RISC architecture (which some of us remember from the UK in the 1980s) and ARM chips certainly have a positive ecological impact but the corporate thinking is still stuck in luxury thinking and excessive profits. Microsoft is just as bad and late to the party with ARM licence architecture. Both companies really need to innovate on the customer interaction/ease of use front -- or look back to when computing was fun and educational with big business needs having separate divisions. Switch on horrid Windows 11 or lazy Ventura and there is nothing alluring to stimulate young minds to communicate with the world in a linear way as was once the case.We all went on a journey and eventually would encounter tools for business. Now it is straight to the business world with flat graphics, poor colour nuance and accessibility aids are severe and grudging. Those of us who work in the medical and special education fields used to be able to feel assured that there was interest. Now it is missing and might explain why bespoke Linux systems and sub-systems are rapidly filling the yawning chasm.

Best video on this topic!

Thank you for your precious help!

Omg the first video that helped thank you!

This is the best. Do note if you usb c cable with an usb a adapter it won’t work. You do need the usb c to usb a cable. It’s already provided with the T7

I tried this method and it still didn’t work. However, after doing some research what I ended up doing was use a powered usb hub for the power of course, connect the T7 to the usb hub, and then connect the usb hub to the lightning adapter and it worked! This also worked on the SanDisk SSD Hope this helps anyone!

Thank you I needed this

Thank you for sharing this! 🙏🙏🙏

Hi this video is so helpful! I just bought the SSD and the apple adapter. I wanted to ask if there is a way to save all my live photos as both stills and video clips at the same time? I’ve been using an iXpand flash drive before switching to this SSD and saving files on the iXpand keeps both still photo and as a video clip. I was wondering if there was a way to do that here on this SSD. Thank you in advance for the help and tips !!

Great video. Thank you.

Man, it’s really cool thank you,😊

I loved your explanations 💪🏼👍🏼

Very informative thank you

Cool) nice) thanks

1:17 most of us fail to connect it at one try. Impressive mate

Hello! I have a question about copying photos or videos on ssd! Do it save the original date and time the file was taken or only the time when it was copied on the ssd?

I use the dongle for a DAC when I use wired headphone. I like to listen high rez lossless audio file. The dongle had a lighting charge slot . However. Apple is switching to USB- C , when iPhone 15 is released. I have the Samsung SSD external drive, the cable that was in my box was a usb-c with a usb 3.1 adapter.

I need it for my world trip ! But Does it work with iPhone 8 système ?? Thank for your video :)

Thanks to you I knew the exact products I needed to buy, and I now have a simple way to move media off my phone, something that would take me multiple steps and too often wasted time & annoyance at download mishaps. And no icloud or pc or internet access needed, love that. Just for others to know as I was wondering and hoping it would work the same, but I purchased the newer 2022 rugged T7 shield and it works just the same as the 2020 t7 shield you have in your video. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise as I can now have peace of mind & efficiency instead of dread every time I need to move media.

Awesome

You mentioned a very important detail that nobody mentions the port connection that made actually worked on my iPad, thank you very appreciated

iPhones at Amazon geni.us/iPhonesAtAmazon iPads at Amazon geni.us/iPadsAtAmazon Apple Store at Amazon geni.us/AppleStoreAtAmazon Samsung T7 geni.us/Samsung-T7-SSD In this video I show how to connect an external USB SSD drive to an iPhone. This method will also work for connecting other types of USB storage devices to an iPhone, such as thumb drives and USB SD card readers. For this example I'm using an iPhone 13 Mini with the Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter. This adapter is very important as it allows the connection of the iPhone charger via its Lightning port so extra power can be used to power the external USB SSD. And the external USB SSD that I'm using is the Samsung T7, this one being the 1TB version. I also show how simple it is to copy and paste a video file from the external SSD to the internal storage of the iPhone. You could of course go the other way and backup files from your iPhone to the external storage. Basically this video shows you How to use a USB hard drive with an iPad/iPhone when using Lightning. iPhone 13 Mini geni.us/iPhone13MINI Samsung T7 geni.us/Samsung-T7-SSD Apple Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter geni.us/AppleUSB3CameraAdapter iPhones and peripherals. iPhone 13 Pro Max geni.us/iPhone13ProMax iPhone 13 Pro geni.us/iPhone13Pro iPhone 13 geni.us/iPhone13 iPhone 13 Mini geni.us/iPhone13Mini iPads and Apple peripherals. iPad Pro M1 (2021) 11 inch geni.us/M1iPadPro2021-11-Inch iPad Pro M1 (2021) 12.9 inch geni.us/M1iPadPro2021 iPad Mini 6 (2021) geni.us/iPadMini2021 iPad Air 4 (2020) geni.us/iPadAir4-2020 iPad 9 (2021) geni.us/iPad9 Magic Keyboard 11 inch geni.us/MagicKeyboard11inch Magic Keyboard 5th Gen 12.9 inch geni.us/MagicKeyboard5thGen Pencil 2 geni.us/PencilGen2 USB C to headphone adapter geni.us/Apple-USBC-Headphone Lightning to headphone adapter geni.us/LightningToHeadphone Mac computers and peripherals. Mac Mini M1 (2020) geni.us/MacMiniM1 MacBook Pro M1 (2020) geni.us/MacBookProM1-2020 MacBook Air M1 (2020) geni.us/MacBookAirM1-2020 iMac M1 (2021) geni.us/iMacM1-2021 Apple TV & other Apple products. Apple TV 4K (2021) geni.us/AppleTV-2021 Air Pods Max geni.us/AirPods-Max Please give a thumbs and a sub to my channel bit.ly/Subscribe_To_My_RU-vid_Channel and click the bell for notifications My RU-vid equipment & recommendations. Amazon USA amzn.to/3g2Oi3i Amazon UK amzn.to/2ZR6IOV As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Use of my Amazon links helps to support my channel, thank you. You can also use PayPal to support my channel www.paypal.me/DavidHarry My Amazon Shop links. Amazon USA www.amazon.com/shop/davidharry Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk/shop/davidharry Amazon global links. Amazon USA: geni.us/Amazon-USA Amazon UK: geni.us/Amazon-UK Amazon Deutschland: geni.us/Amazon-Deutschland Amazon France: geni.us/Amazon-France Amazon España: geni.us/Amazon-Espana Amazon Italia: geni.us/Amazon-Italia Amazon Canada: geni.us/Amazon-Canada Contact me for product reviews. RU-vid@DavidHarry.com My web links and other channels. David Harry http//www.DavidHarry.com The Game Thing (game stuff): www.TheGameThing.com My Edius tutorials: www.Edius.co.uk DJI camera stuff: www.DJIOsmoAction.com GoPro camera stuff: www.GoPro9.com Sony ZV-1 www.SonyZV1.com I’m David Harry, thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now. Cheers, Dave.

And what if external hard drive isn't showing on iphone 7 plus? What do I need to turn on inside my iphone 7+ to ensure it recognizes the external hard drive?

Pretty good way to free up space on the iPhone!

I was wondering what power the charger serves, because some people say you need at least a 12 watt charger, is that true?

Great Video Thanks. Hey do you know how to copy the FILE from the SSD drive BACK to the Photos APP> I cant find the Photos App anywhere- Thanks . So for example as you showed . If you open you photos app on the iPhone now. it wont have that video clip you pated in it. It will just be in the folders app under my iphone.- Cheers for any help

So elegant

Would a Apple usb Type C Digital A/V multiport adapter work?

Mine seemed stable with 1A powerbank outputs, but with higher it cut out after a couple of minutes, but now they seem ok

Do i still need extra power for normal small usb-sticks through this adapter?? Best regards

This method will work with Kingston xs2000? Thank you for answer

Does the port of the phone that you use is the same port one uses to charge your phone?

David can this SSD also be used on an iPhone 6 or do I need to get an app installed

What is the SSD format? If NTFS SSD format, can it write file from iphone to the SSD or it can read only?

Without additional power source SSD will not work on IPhone? On Android phone with only OTG adapter it can.

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omg finally! Thought I bought a defective dongle, it was opened, off ebay. But I think before I watched this I had it wired up wrong. This video told me the lightning in is for the power bank. The other thing was USB lead. My T7 is USB-C. I have three USB A to C leads, but the first one I tried doesn't work. The others do!! Also you have to give it a minute til the light on the T7 starts flashing. Data coming through!!

Great video! Do you need to have a lightning power cable attached to the camera 3 Adapter for you to use the external hard drive on your phone? Seems a little pointless if you still have to be connected to a wall…let me know tho! Thanks!

What about iphone 15 (if it comes with usb c) will work a ssd connected directly?

is the power for the lead apple lighting ? cable as i just tried that with adapter in uk plug and t7 drive and opened up file and its not showing up ? I phone is charging

Will this give me more I phone storage tho like rn I have 64gbs so will I have more if i do this?

Question…… I need to factory re-set my iPhone 12 as I have some issues. Will this SSD allow me to back up all the apps I have downloaded, my contacts, music, photos/videos, etc. once I reset my phone I want to bring it back to where it was. Thank you.

Is there a way for me to back up my Iphone to iCloud then from iCloud to an external hard drive?

This is why Apple needs to add USB-C to the iPhone. I find it ridiculous that you have to buy a dongle to use an external SSD. In addition, a power source is required since the SSD requires too much power.

I connected a Sandisk SSD extreme pro to my iPhone 14 pro max, exactly in the method as shown in your video, and it doesn't work, the SSD Extreme pro external drive doesn't show up in the iPhone Files. Any clue?

hwat about a regular HDD? must it be a SSD?

On 13 pro not working what i should do?

Can I run an app using ssd external on my iphone?

Благодарю!

does it work for phone 12? I need to transfer images from iPhone 12 to external drive to work on my Windows PC

Ig you could charge with MagSafe? Edit: Straightforward video, liked

Portable ssd is read only. How to make it write too? So that I can move my phone’s stuff on the ssd or hdd too

Can we edit photos from the SSD without pasting them in iPhone storage?

Hello, thnx for the video. I have 2 questions : 1. is it possible to play music files directly from the SSD without first importing the file into the iPhone 13? 2. is it possible to connect the Samsung SSD X5 to the iPhone 13 and play the music files immediately from the SSR without first importing the music file ( car 1). Thnx.

I have a question: If I transfer the phone back to an iPhone, will the date and time be restored to its original settings? Thank you.

is it have to plug in the supply power?

Hi! Can I put pictures from my phone on to this? I can’t figure out a way and I’m nervous I just bought the SSD and dongle for no reason now…

Thank you so much 😊

Sandisk ssd 2tb is not working on my iPhone 13 why is that can you help me out with that?? I have formatted to fat32

This video answered my question and suspicion about the camera adapter. I have the full blown 13 pro max 1 tb, and yet, this $1,600US phone is INCAPABLE of running that exact ssd you have in your video, directly, with a lightning usb-a cable attached to a usb-a -> usb-c adapter which is plugged into said ssd. SOMETHING THAT AN ANCIENT SAMSUNG S9+ DOES ALL DAY LONG!!!! Absolutely unacceptable, Apple.

Can you use the charger now because it’s usb-c to lighting

Hi David Did you have to reconfigure the SSD for it to work or did it work straight out of the box I’m only asking as mine doesn’t seem to be working the only difference is I’ve got the iPhone 11 Great video 👍

Hi, liked your video, just a quick question, what was your USB-C cable attached to?

hi how do you safely eject the samsung t7 from the iphone? i cannot find the "eject" button or icon from the iphone?

nice

Ha Ha….. arghhh. I just upgraded to the iPh 15. And one of the reasons for doing this was to obtain this operability. (I had searched on RU-vid for similar, but your excellent method did not come up…!).

I could not find the original Apple adapter, I had to buy a copy product from Amazon, I did the same connection but my SSD lights at the moment I plug it in and then the light fades away. I don't know if the product I bought is the problem or does my SSD need more power because it's 2 TB?

Hi Sir, do you Know if it is possible to copy an entire folder from the SSD, or it is only possible to copy file by file?

hey guys, looking to purchase the T7. I'm unsure if I should get the touch or without. Besides the difference of the fingerprint security, do the none touch require you to install software if you want to use the none touch on multiple devices? I was told the touch you can use on any device as it gives you access via touch. is this true for the none touch? thanks

Thanks for showing me how to plug adapters into each other.

Will it also work on iphone 14 promax and transcend ssd 1TB?

With this setup can the iPhone comminicate with the ssd if it has multiple partitions? I need my partitions. A direct usb-a to lightening definitely doesn’t work but I don’t want to buy another dongle if it can’t read a partitioned ssd. Great video though

I think my adapter isn't working, my 2TB drive formatted in eXFAT with all my music and a few movies on it for my upcoming road trip isn't showing up at all on the iPhone....It did sorta show up on my wife's new Samsung...But the files are hard to find on that one...I wanted ALL our devices to work with the hard drive!

can you try if for file over 3gb?? i use my 32gb ipad for video editing,, transfering the file to my flash drive and the dongle is soooo hot and the file is broke.. is that just me or,, ???

Can I buy below ones? Samsung T7 1TB Up to 1,050MB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, Type-C) External Solid State Drive (Portable SSD) Red (MU-PC1T0R)

I confirmed I am using a sync cable but I’m still not seeing in in my files browser. I am using a Crucial X9 SSD. Why could this be help? Thank you !

Not able to use Kingston XS2000 2TB on iPhone 14pro max. Any solution?

Can i transfer from iPhone to ssd with this method?

David I have question after using this external device can we use pro res 4k on the handset iphone 14 pro max 128gb since there is a limitations. To use pro res 4k at least it should have 256 gb storage

How do you add the external drive to locations on files?

how do you move photos from your iphone to the drive while its plugged into the phone

I just got my new SSD T7 2TB and I have iphone 13 pro. I have everything plug in. I see the SSD blue light on so it does have power. But I when go in to the location I do not see the location showing the SSD T7 so what should I do?

@1:20 ideas from the gallery on why there’s no power? My T7 works fine, plugged directly into my iPad. But going through this dongle, there is no power. The iPhone is charging, but the T7 looks dead.

Nice video but you did not show how to back up my iPhone 13 Pro to my Samsung SSDT7, that is what I wanted to learn how to do!

How much minimum power does it need?

How do you back up photos from internal storage of iPhone to the external hard drive?

Hi there! I have iphone14 pro and Samsung ssd T3- the ssd keeps blinking blue light and doesn’t get recognized in my phone .. it’s not working for me 😢

does the T7 password security need to be turned off to use it with the iphone? because you cant install any security software on the phone to make it work right???