spiderwell Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 hey peeps my mate has a ipod, and is looking to get an ipad, and i was telling him to get a 16gb one to save money and buy an external hard drive and link the two so he can get lots of downloads on the external drive. I just found out that ipads dont have usb ports! Does anyone here have experience with ipads and know if you can link them to a hard drive or has Steve Jobs(worth) made them purely mac dependent ergo my idea is not going to work? Would you need a mac as a central device? I don't really have a clue on mac stuff. thanks Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237896-ipad-owners/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 You cannot connect external storage devices to an ipad. However you can transfer files to/from the ipad using wifi or bluetooth explained here http://store.apple.com/uk/question/answers/product/MC533D/A?pqid=QX4PJJYXUYCDH4KKT7JAUFHA4D792PF9X Ipad is compatible with PC and Macs. EDIT Maybe I am wrong. There is the HyperDrive http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive-iPad-Hard-Drive-s/183.htm Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237896-ipad-owners/#findComment-1222469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderwell Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 yeah this is what I thought was going to be the case, I think I'll advise him to get a bigger memory one though as hes not at all computer orientated, and doesn't even have a pc or mac! shame as plugging in a hard drive/memory stick would have been brilliant, but guess thats why they designed it with 3 memory sizes, maximise the product profit and all that Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237896-ipad-owners/#findComment-1222499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillian Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Would you need a mac as a central device? ____________________________ SPAM LINKS REMOVED Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237896-ipad-owners/#findComment-1227271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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