It appears that the major issues occur with exFAT-formatted media. Bizarre in that I have two Lightning-based uSD card readers whose associated apps have no issues with the same cards & files that Files can't handle. This isn't rocket science or new technology and Apple should have the skill base to deal with it.
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iPad Files can't deal with videos > 4.5GB on external storage
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It appears that the major issues occur with exFAT-formatted media. Bizarre in that I have two Lightning-based uSD card readers whose associated apps have no issues with the same cards & files that Files can't handle. This isn't rocket science or new technology and Apple should have the skill base to deal with it.
I suspect iOS may be using user-mode filesystem access for security reasons, rather than the normal (and far more tested and mature) kernel drivers that it uses for its internal storage, and that Macs use.
It's possible that this is new code and has bugs they need to work out.
It's possible that this is new code and has bugs they need to work out.
I’ve been having the same issue with copying a near full 64gb SD card of raw files to my iPad Pro 10.5 and also my IPhone 11pro. Both devices would say the folder had copied across but when you open the folder, it says the folder is empty. Even when I copied in 4gb worth of raw files at a time, when I went to look back into the folder, nothing. Same goes when then copying the folder onto my Samsung T5’s.
files is super clunky and was not ready for release. Even not having a simple reading of how much space you have left on your external SSD’s is ridiculous.
I’m just lucky I brought my old FileHub Plus with me. Which unfortunately handbrakes me to USB 2 speeds.. which you can imagine how long that takes for a 64gb card.. and to be copied to two separate SSD’s for redundancy. Ouch. But at least it isn’t as flaky as Apple..
files is super clunky and was not ready for release. Even not having a simple reading of how much space you have left on your external SSD’s is ridiculous.
I’m just lucky I brought my old FileHub Plus with me. Which unfortunately handbrakes me to USB 2 speeds.. which you can imagine how long that takes for a 64gb card.. and to be copied to two separate SSD’s for redundancy. Ouch. But at least it isn’t as flaky as Apple..
Hey - didn't Craig Federichi mention sth about going back to the 1990 in terms of external drives?
Craig Federighi on iPad's external drive support: 'We're willing to acknowledge the 1990s'
On the latest episode of the AppStories podcast, MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci sat down with Apple's software engineering...
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I honestly thought this was only a joke...
But now I'm actually considering switching to an android device for file management and image review - or a Surface. Whatever you gain with iPad Pro's processing power (which is overrated in benchmarks, but still better than most super portables), you will lose waiting for files to transfer....
Hey - didn't Craig Federichi mention sth about going back to the 1990 in terms of external drives?
Craig Federighi on iPad's external drive support: 'We're willing to acknowledge the 1990s'
On the latest episode of the AppStories podcast, MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci sat down with Apple's software engineering...
I honestly thought this was only a joke...
But now I'm actually considering switching to an android device for file management and image review - or a Surface. Whatever you gain with iPad Pro's processing power (which is overrated in benchmarks, but still better than most super portables), you will lose waiting for files to transfer....
His comment "people still use them sometimes" is really absurd. I wonder if he travels much where Internet service is poor or non-existent and he really needs that data he left in the clouds.
Did some testing by writing a custom app. Attached a USB disk to the iPad with a 8 GB random file on it. Instructed the OS to retrieve a byte beyond the 4 GB mark (let's call it position x), the OS returned the byte at position (x minus 4 GB). Triple checked my few lines of code on 32/64 bit issues which are not there, so it looks like there is a 32-bit limit in the exFAT implementation on iPad.
The inability of the iPad Pro to copy large video files isn’t just an issue of the SSD or it’s format (exFAT vs. whatever). I can’t copy large Sony A7 video files from the SD card to my iPro’s own file system (using Apple’s own USB-C SD card reader plugged directly into my 2018 1tb iPad Pro). The Files app corrupts any file above 4.3gb no matter WHERE you want to copy it: the IPad or my SSD...
There have been some indications that this may be fixed in recent Beta. I'm no longer doing the Beta's so I can't confirm.
Strange - on initial install, I could select a video on external storage and go to share it hwere there were "Open in" options for my installed video players (e.g., nPlayer, VLC) and the option worked. After restarting the iPad (2018 12.9 Pro), "Open in" was not available under Share for the same video players, only "Copy to".
The latest update of Infuse supports reading files directly from Files app. I tried some video files larger than 4.5GB on an USB-C SSD from my iPad Pro and it worked.
Thanks, I found that. But now the “Open in” option is available again for the same drive (Samsung T5 SSD) that earlier showed “Copy to” for video apps - nothing changed other than unplugging and plugging back in. I think Files still has issues.
