iPad Pro Moving photos from SD card to iPP 12.9

[Fatyank]

I’ve read several thread, post and articles that say you can move photos from SD card to the iPP using the “lightning to USB3” adapter. I purchased the adapter and plugged it into my iPP. I also plugged the adapter into ac outlet via cable to power it. I then inserted my micro SD card (with photos on it) in to the adapter and opened the photo app on my iPP. “Import” opened up as described in the articles and threads but the screen was blank. The photos on the SD card were in folders (Android days) so I removed some photos from a folder and put them directly on the card (Not in folder). Still did not show any photos.
Any ideas why the photos are not showing up?

 

[canesalato]

I’ve read several thread, post and articles that say you can move photos from SD card to the iPP using the “lightning to USB3” adapter. I purchased the adapter and plugged it into my iPP. I also plugged the adapter into ac outlet via cable to power it. I then inserted my micro SD card (with photos on it) in to the adapter and opened the photo app on my iPP. “Import” opened up as described in the articles and threads but the screen was blank. The photos on the SD card were in folders (Android days) so I removed some photos from a folder and put them directly on the card (Not in folder). Still did not show any photos.
Any ideas why the photos are not showing up?

Try putting them in a DCIM folder...

 

[LovingTeddy]

the photo has be in DCIM folder. Otherwise, it won't work. I usually plug in my SD card to my Windows PC and upload to Google Play Photo.

 

[Jonr515]

That is the same problem I had. The results were more consistent when they were JPEG files and not RAW files. This is the exact reason I purchased the RAVPOWER hub and purchased the file browser app now I can transfer photos to my IPP, edit them and send them back using the RAVPOWER hub.

 

[sparksd]

As others have said, the photos must be in a folder named DCIM for the import to work.

 

[Fatyank]

Thanks for all the help. I created a DCIM folder on my SD card and put 10 photos in the folder to see if it would transfer. I opened photos, tapped on Import and got a message saying “No Photos Found”. The photos are .JPEG.
What I am trying to accomplish is having my photos on my iPP as well as on my external Western Digital hard drive. I have photos in Google Photo but I want to have all my photos on a second device in case the old hard drive decides not to work anymore. Right now I am using my old Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet to connect to my external hard drive. The only devices I have are the Galaxy Note Pro, iPP 12.9 2nd gen and iPhoene 7 Plus. No desktop, laptop of any kind. I don’t really want to purchase another hub or anything if I don’t have to alt bought that sounds like a good idea.
Just don’t know where to go from here!

 

[sparksd]

Thanks for all the help. I created a DCIM folder on my SD card and put 10 photos in the folder to see if it would transfer. I opened photos, tapped on Import and got a message saying “No Photos Found”. The photos are .JPEG.
What I am trying to accomplish is having my photos on my iPP as well as on my external Western Digital hard drive. I have photos in Google Photo but I want to have all my photos on a second device in case the old hard drive decides not to work anymore. Right now I am using my old Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet to connect to my external hard drive. The only devices I have are the Galaxy Note Pro, iPP 12.9 2nd gen and iPhoene 7 Plus. No desktop, laptop of any kind. I don’t really want to purchase another hub or anything if I don’t have to alt bought that sounds like a good idea.
Just don’t know where to go from here!

You're using the Lightning-USB3 camera reader, not the Lightning-SD Card reader, correct? What are using to connect the SD card to USB? A USB card reader?

 

[Fatyank]

Yes I am using the Lightning to USB3 camera adapter/cable. I am connecting my SanDisk 32gb Micro SD card to USB with a SanDisk micro USB reader that fits into the USB port on the cable. The Import screen pops up when I connect cable and SD reader to the iPP but it says no photos found.

 

[sparksd]

Yes I am using the Lightning to USB3 camera adapter/cable. I am connecting my SanDisk 32gb Micro SD card to USB with a SanDisk micro USB reader that fits into the USB port on the cable. The Import screen pops up when I connect cable and SD reader to the iPP but it says no photos found.

How is the card formatted? An indication by one comment in this article is that it has to be exFAT -

http://www.macnn.com/articles/16/04/19/yes.its.for.cameras.no.it.isnt.yes.it.is.133598/