All iPads All Things iPadOS File System Thread

[Blaster13]

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I can confirm that my magic mouse is working and i can work right on the external storage

Ipados for this beta can seen everything to 2T storage
I will try another one later with 2.5T,4T is not seen

ow did you see your external storage?
Iv plugged mine in can’t see it at all.
[doublepost=1559742829][/doublepost]Also my HDD is formatted to apples file system for Mac. My pro does not seem to be able to pick it up.
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I think the 4TB did not show up because its probably formatted HFS+. I think somewhere online someone tested and HFS+ drives do not show up, but ExFAT does and I'm guess APFS will show up too.

Anybody test Lightning to USB adapters? How about the Lightning to SD card readers, do they now show up in Files?

APfs is not showing up. Verbatim 2tb

 

[fortheus]

Yes
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Shows connecting two hard drives at once, copying of various file formats, opening up files which save to external drives and more.

Apple apps usually treated differently and I don’t want jump through hoops (import through lightroom, etc) just to backup my Photos

 

[sparksd]

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ow did you see your external storage?
Iv plugged mine in can’t see it at all.
[doublepost=1559742829][/doublepost]Also my HDD is formatted to apples file system for Mac. My pro does not seem to be able to pick it up.
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APfs is not showing up. Verbatim 2tb

I've seen posts elsewhere that APFS is not supported, nor is NTFS. Can you try exFAT?

Edit - release notes say APFS is not currently supported:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios_ipados_release_notes/ios_ipados_13_beta_release_notes
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IPadOs 13 on 12.9’ iPad Pro. Files isn’t loading any iCloud files. Shows loading but never loads.
Anyone know how to get SMB shares to show up or are they automatic or just not in this release.
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I just plugged in a usb I had in my pocket and files showed them. Was able to copy files to and from other locations
[doublepost=1559621785][/doublepost]I cannot however see any of my iCloud files. Says loading but nothing yet.

Known issue per release notes:

Attempting to connect to SMB servers from Files and from apps using UIDocumentBrowserViewController currently produces an error message.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios_ipados_release_notes/ios_ipados_13_beta_release_notes

 

[Brammy]

Can I tell Files to always keep an iCloud folder/files downloaded? One barrier for me is being offline and losing files I need on iCloud.

 

[Donka]

Can I tell Files to always keep an iCloud folder/files downloaded? One barrier for me is being offline and losing files I need on iCloud.

In Files you can select an iCloud folder or a local folder on your iPad. The local folder will always be available, even when offline.

 

[Brammy]

In Files you can select an iCloud folder or a local folder on your iPad. The local folder will always be available, even when offline.

By local folder do you mean the "on my iPad" section?

 

[Donka]

By local folder do you mean the "on my iPad" section?

Yes.

 

[Brammy]

Yes.

I may not have been clear on what I was asking.

I use iCloud Drive for all of my storage. On my Mac, all of the files are synced*. On my iPad with iOS 12, if I don't have a network connection, I can't get to iCloud Files. I might get lucky and have a file cached. What I am hoping with iOS 13/iPadOS is to tell the iPad to always keep certain files or folders downloaded in the iCloud Drive section. If I make a change, it gets synced back up to iCloud when I get back on the network.



*Lets ignore for now the optimization where iCloud chooses what is downloaded.

 

[Donka]

I may not have been clear on what I was asking.

I use iCloud Drive for all of my storage. On my Mac, all of the files are synced*. On my iPad with iOS 12, if I don't have a network connection, I can't get to iCloud Files. I might get lucky and have a file cached. What I am hoping with iOS 13/iPadOS is to tell the iPad to always keep certain files or folders downloaded in the iCloud Drive section. If I make a change, it gets synced back up to iCloud when I get back on the network.



*Lets ignore for now the optimization where iCloud chooses what is downloaded.

Ahh, okay with you now. I have no idea on this aspect but it would be a great feature to mark a file as local so it will always retain a local copy even though it is in sync with iCloud.
Might be a feature request you wish to make to Apple...

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

 

[harriska2]

12.9 3rd generation in my signature. I used a USB-c to USB-c cable since the Samsung supports it. The Samsung is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Signatures don’t show on my iphone ...

 

[coolbreeze2]

Signatures don’t show on my iphone ...

iPad Pro (12.9 inch, 3rd Gen, Cellular)

 

[harriska2]

Not that I could figure out. You can access the files, but cannot drag and drop or import into music that I could see.

Maybe VLC will take advantage of this.

 

[Brammy]

I filed a radar. it looks like some folders can be set to download, but the contents aren't stored. The files still show the cloud download icon.

 

[Blaster13]

I've seen posts elsewhere that APFS is not supported, nor is NTFS. Can you try exFAT?

Edit - release notes say APFS is not currently supported:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios_ipados_release_notes/ios_ipados_13_beta_release_notes
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Known issue per release notes:

Attempting to connect to SMB servers from Files and from apps using UIDocumentBrowserViewController currently produces an error message.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios_ipados_release_notes/ios_ipados_13_beta_release_notes

Shame they don’t support their own file system out the box.....

 

[richpjr]

I've seen posts elsewhere that APFS is not supported, nor is NTFS. Can you try exFAT?

I formatted a flash drive with exFAT and it worked fine. I tried the same drive with NTFS and it did not work.

 

[Blaster13]

I formatted a flash drive with exFAT and it worked fine. I tried the same drive with NTFS and it did not work.

Il loose all my stuff if I format it. I’d rather wait until they support it.

 

[taldo]

Excited like everyone from what seems like a real computer-like external storage experience,
But what about other features of the files app?
For example, can you do a “save as” to a file?
Can you create a new folder while trying to save a file through the document picker?
Is the “on my ipad” storage acts like a real storage where i can create my own folders and save the files wherever i want..?

Thanks to all the testers in advance

 

[Pedro Simões]

It will be possible to download torrents by IpadOs?

 

[bradbomb]

It will be possible to download torrents by IpadOs?

How often do you use Bit Torrent for legal purposes and that will most likely answer your question as to the possibility of Apple adding Bit Torrent capabilities

 

[oldmacs]

I may not have been clear on what I was asking.

I use iCloud Drive for all of my storage. On my Mac, all of the files are synced*. On my iPad with iOS 12, if I don't have a network connection, I can't get to iCloud Files. I might get lucky and have a file cached. What I am hoping with iOS 13/iPadOS is to tell the iPad to always keep certain files or folders downloaded in the iCloud Drive section. If I make a change, it gets synced back up to iCloud when I get back on the network.



*Lets ignore for now the optimization where iCloud chooses what is downloaded.

So frustrated this isn't supported....

I work with a lot of scans etc, and having to individually download them sucks.

 

[canesalato]

Excited like everyone from what seems like a real computer-like external storage experience,
But what about other features of the files app?
For example, can you do a “save as” to a file?
Can you create a new folder while trying to save a file through the document picker?
Is the “on my ipad” storage acts like a real storage where i can create my own folders and save the files wherever i want..?

Thanks to all the testers in advance

I am not testing the OS yet, but from what I have read around, I can answer YES to your last question.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Selective sync is something I wish Apple offered with iCloud.

 

[ahostmadsen]

So frustrated this isn't supported....

I work with a lot of scans etc, and having to individually download them sucks.

Yes. Dropbox has this feature (in the app), but not iCloud in iOS 12. So, I really wonder if it will be included in iOS 13. If iPad is to be a computer replacement, you need to be able to work when you're on an airplane, or otherwise offline.

 

[d5aqoëp]

It will be possible to download torrents by IpadOs?

Please buy a seedbox. Download your Linux ISO torrents to it and it will generate https links if you like to download the Linux ISOs directly to your iPad from Safari.
Direct torrenting as such will never be supported on iOS without jailbreak.

 

[Populus]

Do you know if APFS will be supported on launch? I happen to have all my external drives in Apple's own file system (except one in NTFS).