1) This only works on iPads with USB-C ports (The CCK is necessary for Lightning ports) 2) If setup works before trip - don't do any updates till 'after' your trip. Apple is known for its obstructive updates. 3) The cloud is a joke. Fast Internet is one thing, having enough 'data' on your mobile device is quite another...not to mention the waste of data when uploading then downloading at home. Just wait and use a USB connection or AirDrop. Blame Apple - it's flashy on the outside but a joke on the inside.
You might wanna use at least a 65W charger to power up the hub whenever you hook up a faster/bigger external hard drive. Great tutorial video by the way, thanks.
Interestingly though the older spinning HD works with even the 20W charger. I suspect the SSDs require even less power. But it would be good idea to completely eliminate that variable.
As an enthusiast, Lightroom on the iPhone is the best choice for me. It's perfect for city breaks, when I'm shooting about 500 photos. I'm using the Lightning to SD adapter. After each back-up, I clear the Lightroom cache to recover the storage. If I'm going on a longer vacation and want back-up redundancy, I'll also bring the RAV Power FileHub and an external SSD (Samsung T7). The good thing is it can back-up the SD to the SSD with a touch of a button. The bad thing is the companion app won't run on iOS anymore.
Thanks Toby. This video is very timely. I've done both in the past - travelled with and without the iPad on trips. In fact on last Arctic trip, I only had the iPad which was fine but really missed having my computer. I like using the iPad as my third backup in addition to the external drive. It just makes sense. :)
I use a surface go and ssd hard drive to transfer photos for storage. You choose to some editing if you want, but i find it better to use rather than my iPad for fast file backups.
Great question and you'd think that as a happy owner of a pixel phone I would have tried this.. I hadn't... but just spent the last 30 minutes trying various options-I can get my phone to see an external SSD formatted exFat but I cannot get it to import r even see photos on an SD card or directly connected to a camera. Doesn't mean it's not possible but at least with a setup similar to the iPad I can't get it to work.
What a lot of good information & so easy to follow ...well done...tell me what connection do you use to get the images from that Rolleiflex camera I see behind you onto your computer 😅😅😅
So slow to do it liké this. Buy a small true computer liké 14'' or 13'' Asus and for thé same weight wo Can have thé speed if USB C 10Gb transfer and i7 power for software.
I use Lightroom. For short (overnight trips), I would take my iPad. But for trips where I expect to take and post process lots of photos, I would take my Microsoft Surface Pro. Nearly similar form factor to an iPad, but it's a full blown computer and I can work on photos stored in external storage when needed
I know this is an older video but would this work for CF Express Type B cards? What I want to do is download my photos from my Nikon Z9 to my iPad, then put them on. Samsung T7 External HD. Is there a hub for CF Express Type B cards?
Damn you Toby! After all these years trying and failing trying to make the iPad system to work, you decide to make this video? LOL! Even worse after finally getting convinced to order a decent and light enough Mac M2 to edit while on our trips! 🤣
haha -well my attitude has changed(some) and the iPad has become more capable. But I am excited for your M2 - it's such a fast way to comb through all those puffin shots :)
I reviewed the original Gnarbox and found it to really suck - buggy, hot and not very reliable. I have heard the newer version is is better (I should revisit). If you don't already own an iPad it might be a more economical and simpler option to go with Gnarbox but what I really like is so many people already own an iPad - so with just a $30 hub it becomes a very useful option for backup AND edit.
@@photorectoby I did not own or test the 1st Gen of the GNARBOX however, I have heard it was not very good. I 100% agree with your assessment on many people already owning an iPad and likely a compatible external drive. So for not much extra they can back up and edit in the field without a laptop. Though as you mention it can be a somewhat frustrating experience at times. One thing that I feel is missing from the whole iPad + external drive setup that the GNARBOX offers is both backup validation via cryptographic hashes as well as the ability to do incremental backups on the fly. This eliminates importing duplicates if you forget to format your card after your last backup. It seems like there should be an app for the iPad that could provide this functionality without having to pay the premium for a hardware specific solution like GNARBOX. That said I have not found one.
As the owner of a 1TB Gnarbox 2.0, I can agree that the second gen product works well as a backup. That said, the company died in 2021 and had been struggling for a while before then. For existing owners, it remains a viable solution until the hardware dies. Its software link to iOS will probably die first due to compatibility issues over time.
I reviewed the original Gnarbox and found it to really suck. I have heard the newer version is is better (I should revisit) and if you don't already own an iPad it might be a more economical option but what I really like is so many people already own an iPad - so with just a $30 hub it becomes a very useful option for backup AND edit.
@@photorectoby My iPad Pro was recently stolen and I am hoping to replace it with the newer one soon. I would appreciate a review of the newer Gnarbox. For most of what I do the iPad Pro with 2TB would work. Thanks forvthe review
