Do not know how to transfer photos from iPad to external hard drive? This guide will tell you one easy method to help you backup iPad photos to external hard drive. Just take 5 minutes to get it.
iPad Transfer Tips
Mac OS X do not support writing files into NTFS filesystems by default and you cannot copy files to external hard drive from mac. But Mac do support reading the NTFS drives and copying files from NTFS HDDs. Most of the Mac users don’t know this and will buy portable external hard disks to expand the storage space. That said, our guide splits the external drive in half: One primary section capable of storing files larger than 4GB, and a secondary section capable of sharing files between MacOS and Windows 10. Connect an external drive to your Mac via USB, USB-C, or Thunderbolt. Option-click (and continue holding down option) when launching the Photos app on your Mac. When it asks you to choose a library, click on Create New. Your external drive will need to remain connected to your Mac for this option to work, though. The first Time Machine backup will take some time, as it makes a full snapshot of your drive. All you have to do is connect your external drive to your Mac, launch the app, click on the icon of the disk you want to format, navigate to the 'Erase' tab and click on the 'Erase' button while having 'Mac OS X Extended' selected as the volume format, as seen in the image below. If you like, you can also add a name for your future volume.
We can always take wonderful photos with iPhone or iPad because of the amazing built-in camera. It is one easy way for us to record memorable moments in everyday life. However, as time goes by, the crowded photos can take up plenty of storage space on your device. So you may tend to download some photos to external hard as backup and then delete the photos from your device to free up space.
We have already talked about transferring iPhone photos to external hard drive before. Here in this guide, we will show you how to transfer photos from iPad to external hard drive with one professional iOS data transfer tool named AnyTrans. Let’s first take a brief look at this powerful tool.
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Top Features of AnyTrans
AnyTrans is one easy-to-use iOS data manager that can let you have full control of your iPhone/iPad/iPod contents.
- It can help you transfer photos from iPad to external hard drive easily. You can also preview and select the photos you want to transfer.
- It allows you to transfer selected pictures from external hard drive or computer to your iPad instead of iTunes full sync, so you will never lose any existing data on your device.
- Besides photos, AnyTrans also supports managing music, videos, books, iTunes U, apps, etc.
How to Transfer Photos from iPad to External Hard Drive
Step 1. Download and install AnyTrans on computer.
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Step 2. Open AnyTrans > Connect your iPad to computer > Plug in your external hard drive, then the interface will be displayed as below > Tap Device Manager and click on Photos in the category box.
Connect iPad to Computer and Click on Photos
Step 3. Click on My Photos > Choose the photos as per your needs > Tap Send to PC button. Also, you can choose photos with Places, People, Photo Videos and more.
Step 4. After tap Send to PC button, you need to choose your external hard drive as destination > Click on Save, transferring starts.
Choose Your External Hard Drive as Destination
Step 5. After the transfer, you can click view files to check transferred photos. Or go to your external hard drive and find AnyTrans – Export folder to have a look.
Here are the photos transferred successfully.
View files on Computer
AnyTrans can easily help you transfer all types of photos to computer, including HEIC photo, which is created from iOS 11. So you can view HEIC files on the computer after transferred. If you want to convert them to JPG directly, iMobie HEIC Converter works for you. This tool enables you to convert any HEIC photos to JPG, JPEG, PNG, and GIF.
The Bottom Line
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As you can see, you can easily transfer pictures from iPad to external hard drive with the help of AnyTrans. You can try it right now.
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