iPad Pro + External Storage | Photo/Video Workflow Demo! 

Exactly what I was looking for. Strangely no one else has done a proper video about this workflow. Really well made too, quick and informative.

Good vid. Thanks for the effort and the sharing. In the many RU-vid vids I have watched during my iPad research, your’s was the only one that straight out explained that the vid footage is still copied to the iPad’s internal drive and that you are not editing from the external hard drive. That is a critical piece of information. Stay well during our current COVID madness. Thumbs up.

So happy I found your channel. Been contemplating on switching to an iPad only set up for work and this video answered a lot of my questions.

You more than answered the questions I had which led me here. I like how you packed so much fine information into a perfect timeframe. I had to turn my attention speed up about 56% to keep up, which was a helpful experience in itself. Cheers.

Thanks for the video! I currently edit my photos in Lightroom on my iPad pro just simply because I love the touch interface to edit photos. What I do is dump my images to a Qnap NAS drive over the Qfile app with my sd card connected to my iPad pro. Then when reviewing my photos off the nas I download the photos I would like to edit inside of Lightroom. Once my edits are complete they are automatically uploaded to Google Photos for a nice looking Jpeg image suitable for posting to social media, all while I have my RAW files backed up to the NAS that I can access remotely anywhere as long as I have a connection. I think this is a great way to edit on the iPad pro but I agree with you once I am able to simply just mount my NAS to my iPad remotely and edit off the drive instead of the iPad it would be amazing. Maybe some day!

Thanks for this video, this is the EXACT scenario I was wondering if the iPad Pro could complete (and your video did not disappoint).

Hi Noah, you covered the basic blocks much better than others. Next slightly slower delivery might help. Thanks Chris

I just need the iPad Pro for drawing, and wouldn't need to use the photos saved on the hard disk directly from the hard disk, so this absolutely works for me! Thank You so much!

ugh.. Noah's iPad Pro videos always make me want to watch more of his videos. I wish I had an iPad Pro to experiment with as well lol

Happy New Years Everyone! I wish you and your family a wonderful, happy and healthy new decade!

thanks man! that was really clear and helpful! I'm on the fence with finally moving completely over to the ipad as my main machine! thanks for this! :)

I just bought an iPad Air 4 but saved this video to use as a reference . Thank you for sharing your knowledge !

Happy New Year . Another great IPad Pro Video. Hope you have an update soon about the Samsung Galaxy Fold.

I Agree really hoping they allow you to edit directly off the external drive - needs to happen!!!

Great video and want to see the video about backing up of iPad ( including app data )to external storage

Thank You Noah! Loved the video. Clear & concise & to the point.

Always great videos❗️👍I just got my new iPad Pro 11” and I went ahead and got the 256GH and I think I be just fine with that because I am a light user. I still have a lot of storage left on my old 126GH iPad Pro.

Now, LumaFusion allows for editing on the hard drive rather than copying it to your iPad.

Would have been helpful if you described a) how to purge local ipad storage and b) how to back up projects to the cloud or local storage

Thank you for this very informative video. I am in the process of deciding whether to buy a mac mini, a mac book pro, or an 11” iPad pro. I really love working on the iPad, and this helped me go for an iPad Pro 11. 😃

This is literally my problem too! Thank you soooo much for this video!!!

This video is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so very much. Awesome.

This is exactly what I have been searching for, thank you for sharing

Happy New Year! Thanks, this is a big help!

Fantastic video! Nice and short and answered all my questions :) thanks!

Very useful. I’m awaiting the arrival of a 256GB iPad Air 4. That should be enough on-board storage to handle my relatively light needs in the short term. However, I do have two 1TB SSD drives working with my iMac, one (a Samsung X5) as a boot disk and main storage drive to speed up that plodding 2017 dinosaur, and the other (a Sandisk Extreme) as a backup drive. I’ll see how the 256GB works for me on the iPad but won’t hesitate to pick up another external SSD if necessary. Thanks for the walk-through on how to use it for video and photo editing. Thanks again for posting. I’ve liked and subscribed.

Super helpful! Honestly needed this video as im about to get one myself

This is what I needed to hear ! thank you for the video ! !

Thanks Noah!!! You just helped me choose the right iPad!

The I Adapt USB c hub Noah is using here costs $100 (thanks to Tiny B's reply to Spencer Carruth's comment below for that info and a link to the product, see for yourself), and the Samsung SSD is about $150-$160 from what I'm seeing online. Apple charges about $150 to go to a 256 gig SSD from the base 64 gig SSD on the iPad Pro. Depending on your needs, it might just be worthwhile to upgrade to the 256 gig SSD to begin with.

Your videos are really cool and inventing happy new year

great info.. I didn't understand much about the Samsung T5 and I've had it in the box forever.. im a newbie. thanks for giving me a boost.... I'm a new SUB

This is a really nice video, it helps a lot. Thank you man.

You don’t necessarily need a hub. I have the 256gb and only work with photos so I don’t need to use external drives, but if you have an older 64gb model you could do it in stages - transfer half the files into the iPad storage, transfer to SSD, then delete, and do the other half? That way you just need to carry around the smaller Apple USB-C to USB dongle

Good stuff! I have a couple questions. 1. What did you format your SSD drive so it works with the iPP? Did you use the Mac OS format or Exfat? 2. The workflow you demonstrated is that more for backing up your files before sending them to the iPP? Couldn’t you have gone from your SD card via the reader right into the Files app and copied your files there? Sorry just thought of another question, 3. Is there anyway to set in and out points before copying footage? Say you had a long clip but only needed a few seconds of that clip? On my iMac I use a program called EditReady for my Sony clips where I can do what I am asking. Thanks!

Thanks legend! life saver of a system for a big hike im about to embark on. Thank you!

If you copy and do a lot of file work, I would highly recommend File Explorer or File Browser (both on the App Store) cause not having a status bar while coping in Apple Files App was driving me nuts. Also you can sync Folders you dont have to do it all manually all the time. This tools are very mighty.

Well structured video. Exactly what I was looking for. Subd.

Keep pushing out great contents, will keep supporting ya 💪🏻

Hey man! Very useful video! Would you mind telling me the type of adapter that you’re using in this video? Once again thank you big time!

nice video dude! pretty much what I would use an ipad for if I had any, which i'm now considering as apple released a new model. if i buy it ill come back to this video

Very useful video. Happy new year!

Love those little Samsung SSDs. 👍

Love your videos, cheers from Plymouth Michigan

Great idea, and well presented... solved my problem..cheers

Thanks for the update on storage

I added the Anker 7 in 1 USB-C upgraded and it really made a difference. I can now connect a USB-C external, 2 other USB devices to include my Blue Yeti. I would say if you are looking for something that is a game changer for your ipad pro 2018, the Anker is it....by the way it was 29 bucks

thank you Noah , I finally confidence to buy ipad pro 12.9 128 gb instead of 265 , many thanks and warm regards from your subscriber in Indonesia

Clear video! With the pictures you can skip the ssd step if its going in to internal ipad storage after all.

Thanks for the video, very helpful!

You just saved a lot of my money😂😘

The *Sandisk* is like, "stop mocking me man, I'm right on the screen." lol

When you moved the clip and the photos you started by selecting ‘Move’; then after identifying the destination you selected ‘Copy’. Is it a Move operation (I.e. does it remove the originals from the SD card?), or is it a Copy?

Happy new years for everyone

You can setup your LR for left hand editing. It’s in the settings.

Amazing! I really enjoy my iPad Pro! It’s been such a joy. Can I ask you did you have the top down shot going camera wise. I’ve been trying to figure which lens and length should be used.

Noah is very good and to the point

Thanks for the video, very helpful

This was a great review. Thank you

This really helps me not lug around my MBP on vacation....I don't really need a laptop besides backing up drone files.

Thanks for convincing me to buy the 512GB iPad Pro. This is a lot of work to integrate into a workflow. I'll just use these devices for backup and transfers.

Hi bro, very good video, let me know which connector adapter you use. I was thinking between a laptop and an ipad pro. this video changed everything.

happy new year noah hope this year bring more subscriber and more love from your subscribers

Happy New Years!!🎆🎉🎊

Helpful video thanks.

I think the lightning cable on my 10.5 impairs the advantage of having an ssd

Good work l needed to know how ssd works in iPad.

I have a "pro" class thunderbolt AV work station with a couple terrabytes of hot swappable NVME storage, on my freaking night stand. I love the ipad pro. Side note, I use a startech TB3 thunderbolt dock, which IMHO is far superior to the solutions i see most youtube ipad folks suggesting. It will output 4K to dual monitors, charge your ipad, and accept a gaggle of connected peripherals over TB or USB 3x

Apple should create a tiny internal slot like maybe the size of your thumbnail. At which you could expanded storage just be a tiny little disc like the size fingernail and have a storage capacity from anywhere from 8gb to 1tb. All while not having anything dangling from it or altering the profile of said ipad. That would be soooo great.

Nicely explained brother

Appreciate this video so much! Thank you :)

@Noah Herman, Are the reading/writing speeds of the SD card significantly lower than those of the SSD? Thanks for the video, btw!

Oh nice! Tks for sharing the tip. Btw, any other external hard drive you would recommend for the use bet ipad pro, gopro, and galaxy phone? Or do u still recommend that blue Samsung external storage in this vid?

what i needed to know, good video

When I connect my hard drive to mine nothing shows up in the files app

After completing the photo edit can you copy/move the photo file back to an external drive? If yes it could be a way of performing initial edit and the files could then be imported on a computer for a final edit - a great benefit on a multi day shoot.

Soooo useful thank you so much !

Thanks for the info I was winding how I can put all my picture in a sad card

you're doing great man

Hey, thank you for this video ! I personally do not care about storing photos or videos on my ipad bcs i relie essentially on the cloud. So, i would like to know if 64gb is enough to store all the apps I want (basically how much apps can you have) ?

Very helpful, thanks Noah, ps I've subscribed! cheers.

Great video, I learned a lot from ir, but I have a question for you. I used my iPhone 13 Pro Max for my photography and do you have a video for the transfer of images from iPone+iPad+External Storage? Thanks.

Outstanding video!

would recommend the 128gig 11 inch iPad (which I might need an eternal hdd) or spend a bit extra for the 256g to future proof? that would be proofing for me.

TIPS: -If you are using an iPad Pro with USB C you do not need to have it connected to a power source for the external HDD to work. Mine is 4tb and runs just fine without a power cable on the iPad pro. - FINAL; If your external mechanical drive doesn’t show up immediately it means that the iPad OS is doing as Disk Utility scan in the background. It could take between 10-15 minutes depending on how large is the HDD(4tb). Do NOT let the iPad go to sleep during this time, set it so the screen stays ON always. The External HDD will show in FILES app after that time is pass.... i have tested this and it works every time.

Having to copy the files over to internal to have the program start to work on them, and then exporting them again, is still the productivity killer. macOS or most others can work on external media directly, this is still where iPadOS hampers productivity.

this helped me so much!!!

Pretty sure you can work off the SSD or any card . You need to go into lumafusion link the drive and then it's readable .

Nice video! How about moving pictures from camera roll right to the SSD?

I only have 64GB iPad pro so when I saw the update that iMovie now support external storage I was so excited. Turned out it still need to copy to internal storage.

Hi Noah. Would you do a video explaining how to transfer “bulk” photos from my ipad pro to an external hard drive please Jack Tomlinson

Thanks bro.. I was planning to buy I pad 256gb varient and later SSD of 1tb And I was assumed that I pad allow video editing in external storage Now I changed my mind

thanks you really helped me there !!

Hi Noah, what’s the specific adapter you use? And how do you purge the iPad storage?

Need to know same thing with ipad air 2019... saw a few vids, looks challenging... not sure whether to proceed to buy

Really good content my friend, i’ve been watching lots of your vids since i got my iPad pro 11” :p Cheers from Chile!

Hi Noah,i like your opinion about choosing the memory storage of the ipad. How about the wifi or cellular version? What would you get? Thank you

Ay bro, love the vids and the workflow going on here. Lumafusion adding external drive support is a real game changer. Please update your like/sub intro for next year please, maybe just a different video or animations or something. Getting a lil dry. Other than that all love bro

Very helpful! Thanks!

You saved my life, I thought my iPad or usb was broken 👌