External Drive Improvements Coming to Files in iPadOS 17

[Kal Madda]

hello,

Is it possible to added shared folder to “favorites” in iOS 17?

Or is the any other way to added shared folder in some kind of quick access shortcut?

Thanks

I will test it this evening and get back with you. 👍🏻

 

[Kal Madda]

hello,

Is it possible to added shared folder to “favorites” in iOS 17?

Or is the any other way to added shared folder in some kind of quick access shortcut?

Thanks

I just tested it and it worked. 👍🏻

 

[Kal Madda]

hello,

Is it possible to added shared folder to “favorites” in iOS 17?

Or is the any other way to added shared folder in some kind of quick access shortcut?

Thanks

And these shortcuts and icons allow you to add any folder or file to your iPad’s Home Screen. 👍🏻

GitHub - KalCadle/iPadOS-Home-Screen-Folders-Files-Icons: Convert your iPadOS Home Screen into a desktop to rival MacOS.

Convert your iPadOS Home Screen into a desktop to rival MacOS. - KalCadle/iPadOS-Home-Screen-Folders-Files-Icons

github.com

 

[Kal Madda]

I just installed the new iPadOS 17.2 Developer Beta, and I tested the external drive options to see if anything has changed. So far, I haven’t seen any changes there, it still offers the same options. There are still no re-formatting options yet. I figured I’d give everyone an update. 👍🏻

 

[JokoWidodo]

I just installed the new iPadOS 17.2 Developer Beta, and I tested the external drive options to see if anything has changed. So far, I haven’t seen any changes there, it still offers the same options. There are still no re-formatting options yet. I figured I’d give everyone an update. 👍🏻

hi, thanks for updating ! it's so sad that there is still no option for re-formatting external drive after these 7 years, the iPad is still not a laptop replacement yet. or maybe it will never be T_T

 

[Kal Madda]

I tested the iPadOS 17.2 Release Candidate version, and there aren’t any changes to the external drive options. Maybe we’ll see some more changes to this in future updates. 👍🏻

 

[Kal Madda]

hi, thanks for updating ! it's so sad that there is still no option for re-formatting external drive after these 7 years, the iPad is still not a laptop replacement yet. or maybe it will never be T_T

You’re welcome! 👍🏻. I think this could end up improving in a later update of iPadOS 17, or possibly iPadOS 18. I think iPadOS 18 could be really big, considering several different factors such as the rumored 12.9” iPad Air, and redesigned iPad Pro.

 

[Kal Madda]

There’s nothing new with these options in the iPadOS 17.3 RC. I figured I would give you all an update. 👍🏻

 

[Populus]

You’re welcome! 👍🏻. I think this could end up improving in a later update of iPadOS 17, or possibly iPadOS 18. I think iPadOS 18 could be really big, considering several different factors such as the rumored 12.9” iPad Air, and redesigned iPad Pro.

At this point, honestly, I only expect changes from iPadOS 18 onwards. I guess they’re almost done with iPadOS 17 development. But many thanks for keeping an eye on it all this time, Kal.

 

[eicca]

Can tell you for sure that the very basic "eject drive" option to prevent data loss doesn't exist.

What an appalling oversight.

Ask me how I know? I just lost an entire SSD of work data by simply plugging in and transferring a video file.

 

[Global_traveler]

I reformatted my SSD’s (Two 500GB G-tech drives, and one 1TB G-tech) as APFS using my M2 Mini. The 1TB drive would not work on my iPad Pro until I reformatted it, saying “Not enough power”. I’ve never lost data ”hot swapping” the drives, which I do so that I have 3 backups. Been doing this daily (M-F) for several years - basically since the Files App was released. SSD’s typically leave data in the “present state”, that is, the last data added, forever. Maybe I’m just lucky, but I’ve done the same thing with several old Mini’s, as well as the newest one, for years, including old 320GB hard drives I’d pulled from old Macs, without issue. What type of SSD do you have? I agree there should be an “eject” option, as well as a reformatting option. I’ve requested that from Apple several times. Let’s hope it appears in the next release or two.

 

[Populus]

I have a question.

For the APFS drives that are encrypted, macOS allows you to save the password on the keychain of the system.

Is this present on iPadOS? Can you save the APFS encrypted drives on iPadOS so that you no longer need to type it?

Thank you.

 

[sparksd]

I have a question.

For the APFS drives that are encrypted, macOS allows you to save the password on the keychain of the system.

Is this present on iPadOS? Can you save the APFS encrypted drives on iPadOS so that you no longer need to type it?

Thank you.

You didn't use to be able to save it and I don't think that changed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/iPadOS/comments/13wpffb

 

[Populus]

You didn't use to be able to save it and I don't think that changed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/iPadOS/comments/13wpffb

Okay, then I guess I’ll have to save it on the iCloud Keychain and manually copy/paste it each time. Thank you!

I was asking this because I was told that the current password I use for my external drives, which is 8 character long, isn’t safe enough against brute force attacks, so I’ll have to modify the password for a stronger pass phrase.

 

[Alameda]

Can tell you for sure that the very basic "eject drive" option to prevent data loss doesn't exist.

What an appalling oversight.

Ask me how I know? I just lost an entire SSD of work data by simply plugging in and transferring a video file.

Pretty sure the reason that the iPad does no write caching. This makes file operations much slower, but because all data is written through, drives can be removed at any time without data loss, unless you’re actively writing a file.