Hard drive to ipad?

Is it exist?

If you're talking about hooking a harddrive via the camera connection kit, no. Some have had some limited success hooking one up via a powered USB hub, however the iPad does not have the programming to access anything but specifically named photos and videos off a connected storage device.
There are some new things out there like the Seagate GoFlex, that makes its own wifi hot spot that you can theoretically access via the ipad to stream video and such from the harddrive. But it's so new and the ratings i've seen for it are mixed at best.
Some people also use dropbox or other such services to access content, also via wifi/internet.
But any attempts/programs to expand the ipad's storage seem to be mixed and scattered, largely because their very use pretty much goes against the iPad's 'do everything via itunes or the cloud' concept.

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Hi
I was was wondering if it is possible to connect an external Hard drive to iPad 3! I like to watch movies on my iPad3 and 64 GB cannot hold big files.
Thanks

There are some wireless external hard drives that can be used with the iPad.
The Kingston Wi-Drive, which costs $50 for the 16 Gigabyte, and then $30 more for every 16 gigs more. It works by you turning it on and then accessing the files on it from an app that you download on your iDevice. You can access music, movies, and other stuff. No connections or anything, it works like a WiFi connection, you connect to it from the setting on the iPad under wireless networks.
Then there is the Seagate GoFlex, which some would recommend over the Wi-Drive. But this one costs $199 and had 500 Gigabytes of storage. It works the sameway as the Kingston: no wires, runs over its wireless connection. You can actually fit up to 300 HD movies on it.
Another option:
Expand your iPad's storage capacity with HyperDrive
http://www.macworld.com/article/1153935/hyperdrive.html
On the road with a camera, an iPad, and a Hyperdrive
http://www.macworld.com/article/1160231/ipadhyperdrive.html
 Cheers, Tom

Can I use a portable hard drive for ipad data storage?

Can I use a portable hard drive for ipad data storage? I want an iPad mini, but don't want to get a large one (memorywise) along with cellular capability. I remember that the old iPads coiuld not communicate via their iPhone connector to transfer data. So can I do that iwth the newest iPad mini via the lightning connector somehow? Thanks, Tom

No. But you can with Seagate's wireless GoDrive.

How to upload images on hard drive to iPad?

how to upload images on hard drive to iPad?

You can import them into iTunes then use that to get them onto your iPad.
You can download the iCloud control panel and use photo stream to get the photos onto your iPad
You can e-mail them to yourself and them save them from that e-mail
You can upload them to something like dropbox and then download them onto your pad from there.

Can u use this as a hard drive on ipad

can you use the time capsule as a hard drive for ipad 3

You can also use a TC.. but any file storage outside of icloud will need to use a file app, like filebrowser which you can obtain for the iOS. Time Capsule is primarily designed as TM backup target so it can lead to issues down the track but I see no reason for not using it if you want to, except that you might need to control the size of the TM sparsebundle.

I transfer iTunes to another hard drive but ipad can't syn with the software

I bought a new computer with Windows 8 installed. I used "Home sharing" to transfer my itunes folder from my older computer to my new computer and that seem to work. Please note on my new system I had to installed the lastest itunes software for my computer.
As always when you first open up iTunes it selects the default location My Music (C:\users\Owners) but I came across a problem. I have a Solid State Drive 120GB but because of all the unnecessary junk they install on your new system, I had to transfer itunes folder from the default location and installed it to my D Driver (3TB).
Now when I transfer from my old computer I went to Edit/Preferences\Advanced and check off "Keep iTunes media Folder organized" and the selected "Change" and select the new location which is my second hard drive "D". Everything seems to transfer ok and yes I did "Authorize the new computer" and "DeAuthorize" the older computer.
I rebooted, updated the software. When I plug in my ipad2 the software seems to recognize it because it shows on the left pane "Gord's ipad". When I go under "info" and selected most boxes that need to be syn it seems to stay stuck on "Contacts" as it shows the bar moving but nothing is happening.
Then Outlook 2013 pops up an error stating that "Outlook can't open properly and to click on repair, which it does but everytime I try to syn Outlook error pops up again.
I obviously did something wrong that I can't get my ipad2 to communicate with my new computer. Any suggestions out there.
Thank-you.

I bought a new computer with Windows 8 installed. I used "Home sharing" to transfer my itunes folder from my older computer to my new computer and that seem to work. Please note on my new system I had to installed the lastest itunes software for my computer.
As always when you first open up iTunes it selects the default location My Music (C:\users\Owners) but I came across a problem. I have a Solid State Drive 120GB but because of all the unnecessary junk they install on your new system, I had to transfer itunes folder from the default location and installed it to my D Driver (3TB).
Now when I transfer from my old computer I went to Edit/Preferences\Advanced and check off "Keep iTunes media Folder organized" and the selected "Change" and select the new location which is my second hard drive "D". Everything seems to transfer ok and yes I did "Authorize the new computer" and "DeAuthorize" the older computer.
I rebooted, updated the software. When I plug in my ipad2 the software seems to recognize it because it shows on the left pane "Gord's ipad". When I go under "info" and selected most boxes that need to be syn it seems to stay stuck on "Contacts" as it shows the bar moving but nothing is happening.
Then Outlook 2013 pops up an error stating that "Outlook can't open properly and to click on repair, which it does but everytime I try to syn Outlook error pops up again.
I obviously did something wrong that I can't get my ipad2 to communicate with my new computer. Any suggestions out there.
Thank-you.

How do I stream data from external hard drive to ipad?

My wife and I both have computers. Heres what i would like to do:
A. sell my computer and buy an ipad
B. Hook up a wireless external hard drive that can connect to the internet (do these exist?)and just leave it at home with it connected to the internet 24/7
C. from my ipad access all of my files on the external drive from anywhere i have internet. (music, doc, videos, pics)
My questions are these:
1. is this possible?
2. do they make external hard drives like that under $200 but preferably $100. I only need about 200gb of storage?
3. is there an easier cheaper option that i dont know about?
I'm familiar with devices that send data wirelessly but you have to have it with you. The point here is to leave the data it at home, only taking the ipad.

thanks for the quick responces philly fan you were especially hepful.
Huh, sence of humor, nice.
I found this little guy http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=280 looks like exactly what i want. BUT i dont think i can edit docs and put them back on the server. Anybody know of anything that can?
sure we do, people call those things computers.

Old laptop died, got latest itunes on new laptop and recovered all music from external hard drive but ipad not recognised as device when plugged in? Do i reset my ipad2!!!

Old laptop died, got latest itunes on new laptop and recovered all music from external hard drive but ipad2 not being recognised as a device when plugged in so can't sync? Do i reset my ipad2?!!!! Its only taken 7 months to get to this point.
My ipad is set to sync via wifi but it is still trying to look for my old laptop which has been trashed..but i have deauthorised it and removed it from my account and still not recognised.
Please help (an extreme novice to Apple products)

Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data
http://www.howtogeek.com/104298/sync-your-ios-device-with-a-new-computer-without -losing-data/
iPad not appearing in iTunes
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
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IOS: Syncing with iTunes
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 Cheers, Tom

Can you use an external hard drive on ipad 2

i'm going away in a few weeks and have a 14 hour trip and need to know if i can use an external hard drive with films on it on my ipad 2 if not does anyone know a cheep ish way to power my macbook for that long
cheers guys

I tried that earlier this month: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15867558#15867558
The camera connection kit only copies content into the Photos app and not into the Videos app, and I could copy a personal video (MP4) via the kit and play it in Photos there, but a film that I'd bought from iTunes (M4V) would copy into Photos but wouldn't play.
Also Photos expects content from the kit to be in a particular format : DCIM directory off the root of the card, with the photos/videos underneath it with filenames exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus their file extension i.e. in the same format as if a digital camera had written them to the card.

Books from a hard drive to ipad

I want to buy iPad but I want to be able to transfer books (not from the ibook store) from a hard drive to it. I don't think you can do that using iTunes. What can I do?

You have some options:
Create a PDF file from the book, then transfer that to the iPad to be read by a PDF reader on the iPad such as GoodReader.
Convert the book file to the format used by iTunes. I suggest looking at calibre 1.41.0.

Troubles with external hard-drive and iPad

Hi,
First post and all that. Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
I've recently bought my iPad, and while most things work especially well, one issue is really bugging me. The majority of my media is stored on an Iomega 1TB external hard drive, connected via USB to my computer. I'm running Windows XP and iTunes 9.2. When I hook up the iPad to the computer, iTunes loads, starts to sync the iPad with the music from the external HDD and suddenly I get a message saying "the device is not recognised" by the computer. The HDD has dropped off the radar. I've tried different things to get them to talk to each other, but to no avail.
Could someone help me please, to get my precious music off the external HDD? It's bugging me!
Cheers!

Thanks, I'll try connecting the HDD to the front USB ports and the iPad to the back. I did some more digging after posting here (my search-fu is weak!) and found a similar suggestion.
The HDD is indeed independently powered, so I wasn't sure of the power issue, but I'll check it out.
As to more info, the iPod Touch I have doesn't cause the same problems. And I can't transfer the media to the iTunes location, since that's on my first hard drive and I don't have enough space (hence the external one! :oD)
Cheers all!

Play external hard drive from iPad

Can anyone tell me how to play a external hard drive from my ipad

There are some wireless external hard drives that can be used with the iPad.
Best iPad External Hard Drive Storage Options
http://www.unlocktips.com/2012/11/best-ipad-mini-external-hard-drive-memory-stor age-options/
iPad Storage Solutions
http://www.ipadstoragesolutions.com/iPadWirelessStorage.php
SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive http://www.sandisk.com/products/wireless/media-drive/
Another option:
Expand your iPad's storage capacity with HyperDrive
http://www.macworld.com/article/1153935/hyperdrive.html
On the road with a camera, an iPad, and a Hyperdrive
http://www.macworld.com/article/1160231/ipadhyperdrive.html
 Cheers, Tom

How can you upload music from PC external hard drive to iPad 2?

I recently got an iPad2 to replace a netbook that was stolen. I have all my music stored on an external hard drive and was wondering what is an easy way to upload it to either the iPad itself or to the iCloud? Also is there someway to connect an iPod Classic to the iPad to share/transfer music?
Brian

You are going to need to route that music thru I tunes, then sync it down. There is not easy way to connect a drive with music to a pad. Same answer with the pod. You need iTunes to act as the traffic cop between the devices.
If the music was in the cloud, you can get it down, but there is no way to get it up without syncing thru I tunes.

Using Seagate Wireless hard drive with iPad or iPhone iOS 8 doesn't work

We purchased a Seagate wireless hard drive a little less than a year ago to store all of our movies that we buy on iTunes since the iPad storage capacity is not very large. For the past year the drive worked great esp when traveling. However, on our most recent trip it stopped working. When I click on the movie I get an error message. When I contacted Seagate they said it had to do with Apple's new DRM rules. I purchase the digital movies to be able to watch anywhere, but now I can't. Why is Apple making it harder for people to enjoy the media they purchase? This is ridiculous. Does anyone know of a workaround? I have tried third party apps but they don't work well either.

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Hi. I have over 500gb of music on an external hard drive. How can I plug it in to my iPad and play it in iTunes? Is this possible?

This is not possible. There is no way to manipulate the content (data) of the external HDDin iOS even if you use the camera connector kit to provide a USB port. That connection option is intended for cameras (but will also work with other low-power USB peripherals, such as a microphone).

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