Backup & Transfer iPhone Photos with SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive

Say goodbye to the frustration of running out of space on your phone!

I have seen some of your camera rolls, and I am FLABBERGASTED! Somehow there are phones with over 100,000 files in the camera roll!!

This is getting a bit technical, but I personally started using this flash drive because I wanted to be able to back up my files after my trips and transfer them to the computer.

So far my backup workflow has errors in every step of the process and needs constant oversight because I can’t trust the technology...

For instance, for some reason iPhones don’t add timelapse videos taken from the phone to albums. This has been a major issue for me because then I need to dig through the main camera roll to find the timelapse and it’s never sorted with the rest of the sub-album.

My process before was uploading to Dropbox but found out too late that if I uploaded a large amount (like 600 videos) many of them didn’t get uploaded.

Transferring directly via iCloud or iTunes also had issues because the iOS file management has no easy recognizable naming method and is extremely inefficient.

While it’s not a perfect solution, and the flash drive only goes up to 256GB, I now have peace of mind that I have the ability to move files and dump them on my computer.

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[ewinmardianadiperancis]

Please help🙌 Why is Sandisk not detected after plugging it into the phone? At first it was good, but then it wasn't detected?

[Dandoosh]

Hi,

I am considering buying this but I red some bad reviews on the app. Quite a few users wrote its not solid. That it has troubleshooting issues - disconnecting, stops working after upgrades, not working with ipad air, a non existing customer service etc.
One said that it changes the name of the files after transfer.

What is your experience after all this time you have it?

[ikrbz]

I used to love this, purchased it a while ago. The app unfortunately no longer works so now i have to open the usb file on my laptop, dissapointing☹️

[Michael.kyrios]

Get yourself a laptop and an external hardrive and do it properly . These ways are always problematic

[jcastro]

I bought one for like almost 40$ and lost it and I bought another one and I’m going to try it out now see how it goes

[creakyjoints]

File transfer is not a simple drag and drop. Eg I have some file documents on iPad. I can't just select folder and transfer folder.

[Heenfio]

Are there better ones because mine can’t play videos that I edited and some photos get corrupted

[gfg]

Good video

Question what about iPhone 15 with new charging port ?

[stepkycopky]

I can not believe how slow it is….. crazy……

[amitpatil]

Sandisk 3.2 gen1 256gb not working in phone 14 pro.rhe phone screen shows this accessory requires too much power. Is there any solution???

[eidsalharbi]

If you just want to transfer files to your pc just use a normal cable its faster

[rtyui]

does anyone know anything better? It’s obvious they’ve plotted with apple this high price, it's not not normal for 128gb to pay 60 dollars (in MY country) and still get product that suсks

[vradamusic]

Is there a way to record directly to the external storage? I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max 128gb and i want to record ProRes 4k 60fps in an external storage

[kqbcnyi]

Wait, how do you transfer files?? It only allows me to transfer photos and videos. I want to transfer zip files, etc. (P.S. I’m not tech savvy) 😅

[cheryblossom__]

I turned on auto backup and when i opened the files to view the photos they are low quality i dont know whats wrong with it?

[bluzzjazz]

My videos upload as "video paired" which are 2 sec clips, instead the entire video. Do you know why or how to correct this? I don't want to lose my kids videos after transferring.

[Clipy]

I hve iphone 13 with 128 gigs and i hve over 10 k pics i wanna make some space on my phone and want instant access to the files . Can i use this ?? I hve read some bad reviews that this will give me problems in data transfer and all that wht do u suggest anyone?

[itskristinelee]

Do you recommend this? I have over 8k pictures and don’t have space and wanted to get this but is it really worth it?

[hanten]

the transfer speed is too slow so I cancelled buying that

[sonam_tobgye]

Does anyone here have any idea how to stop creating redundant photos and videos with different file formats?