Hub for external storage on lightning iPads - Atolla Powered USB hub REVIEW
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- So it is possible to connect an HDD to an iPad, together with other storage devices all at once with Atolla's powered USB hub, demoed on the iPad Air 2 and iPhone 11.
Thanks, Atolla for sending me a review unit! UPDATE (2023): This channel is no longer being monetized.
- Official link to Atolla's powered USB hub: atolla.us/prod...
Check out my channel for more details on external storage support on both Lightning and USB-C iPads.
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks to everyone who recommended a powered USB hub, and a special thanks to Gary S. who confirmed that the Atolla hub works before I ordered it! All of you have helped the iPad community to use multiple storage devices and HDDs on iPad / iPad Air / older iPad Pros.
Fjordstrøm Travel & Tech can you test the zendure power bank, hub. I think it is a powerbank so we don’t need an external power for it
what ipad mini version did you use??
ok, already heard it when i rewatched the video
Can it read two or even three external drives simultaneously if each drive has 4Gb capacity ?
Hi, I apparently I didn’t get notifications of your replies, sorry! @Luke Pham, I’ll take a look at it! - @budidr I didn’t try that yet, but it can read multiple devices of more than 4 GB - @Ken Durant: thanks! :D
Just to follow up, I ordered this hub and tried it out with my 6th Gen iPad, and it worked. 😁👍
Woohoo! 🙌
The externas hard disc worked too? El
Sorry, external hard drive?
Vic No worries! Yes, I tried it with both my Seagate and WD drives, and both powered on just fine.
JNGarrettArt thank you very much, it was very helpful
I was a little bit worried after ditching my 2018 11” 64GB iPad Pro for a 2017 10.5” 512GB + 4G iPad Pro that I wouldn’t be able to connect anything to it. You have proven me wrong, thanks! And huge love from Turkey!
Yay, glad I could help! But wait a minute, the 11 inch 2018 iPad Pro has USB-C, so you can easily connect anything to it without extra power. I use a HyperDrive on my 2018 iPad Pro for that.
for all who needs to know about HDD drive, i have a Power delivered 4TB HDD drive and iPad perfectly recognizes it with a Apple dongle, so as long as your hard drive has separate PD your iPad will absolutely work, in other scenarios as shown in this great video you need this kind of power delivered USB hub to power your non powered regular HDD drive to be recognized
After being a user of an Iphone 11 in november, I was not totally sure whether to buy an İxpand or Lighting to USB3 Camera Adapter. This video made me to "invest in" the adapter instead of the İxpand since it provides me to use not only other/available USB flash storages but also SSD's as additional/external storages, plus connecting other useful hardwares/devices as well☺👍
Ixpand is sooooo annoyingly slow. I bought one never actually used it 😢
Bro you just nailed it with all the doubt clarification..i almost sold my ipad and was willing to spend money for ipad pro with all accessories
Glad I was able to save you some money 😅
Great idea thanks ! I have followed your procedure as I have two older hard drives that I wanted to upload to the cloud and have done that now so very helpful thanks . I don’t know why windows users are complaining this just expands the iPads ability to perform way beyond its intended use . I use my iPad 8 for a work horse daily driver , home computer and content consumer . The cost of this setup even in New Zealand dollars is negligible $45 for the storage I cleaned up and will add to my iPad 8 . If you order this through Amazon be careful to order the one WITH the power cord they sell both with and without and Inordered the later not realising and had to purchase a universal power supply as well , my fault but an extra expense
For all of you using external storage make sure to format your drives to APFS for compatibility with iPad and fast transfer speeds to and FROM the iPad
FYI for those who want large file access - Fat 32 formatting has a Max File size of 4GB... Using exFat Formatting allows over 4gb Files...I would choose the latter if going to store video or Music projects, such as Garageband etc.. (exFat is compatible with mac stuff)
Yeah, I recommend exFAT too for that reason + it’s useful if you switch between Windows, iPad and Mac often.
Thanks! I can keep my iPad Pro 1st gen a little longer now!
I have this exact hub. It was the only way my iPad Pro would work with an USB.
Your video is much more helpful than Apple's technical support.
Finally! Thank goodness I found this video
I’ve been looking for this vid. Thanks Man
I ordered a powered usb hub for this reason. Thanks for the video
Just what I was looking for , am a sub now u rock , no other person had this but u 1st
Thanks for subscribing! :)
I seem to have seen something like this back when iOS 13 was in Beta, for me with the original 12” Pro it is at least a solution for a docking station, and if necessary, travelling, but it’s all becoming a bit tethered. I have an old laptop, it it is clunky and probably can’t upgrade to the latest OS. I got the wireless WD drive for backing up my SD cards when on the road, but accessing photos wirelessly is slow, this at least will make it more practical going through images. All I need now is a mobile version of Photo Mechanic (I’m not into subscription software such as Adobe CC). I know the rather expensive Gnarbox has an app with some of this, but it’s not in my budget.
You cleared my doubt. I watched your both video and now i an very happy because you solved my biggest doubt/problem. Now i can invest in usb adapter. Thanks and because of this video i subscribed your channel.
Thank you for subscribing and commenting! :) Glad my videos helped. I hope it will actually work for you once you receive your usb!
Thank you for the update! I was thinking of going on a trip only with my ipad air 2 and not taking my laptop. Now I can also take a hard drive to do some extra storage heavy work while I'm travelling! By the way I couldn't help myself getting distracted by your pencil case - I could see the Korean letter 철컹철컹 on your pencil case and then I realised that you had a trip to South Korea. I hope you had some good time there. Thanks for your video again.
Hi! Haha yeah, I went to Seoul this year and bought that pencil case at Artbox 😊 Really enjoyed it in South Korea! ❤️🇰🇷
와! 대구에 살아요 :) another American living in Korea.
Thanks I needed this.
Hi , in description says it’s compatible with laptops, and having operating system windows XP, will it be ok for iPad Air 2 ? Thank you
Thank allot ! And thanks for your instant response ! 👍👍
This is awesome news as I have the Apple dongle like you have now I just need to get the usb hub you demo in this video. I have an iPad 6th gen. And iPhone 8 (that I bought in 2019)
Thank you so much. I have a likewise hub from Aurosonic and it works great with the lightning to USB adapter. Now I need to find an adapter that also has the hdmi and I can use my ipad with a large monitor like almost a real computer
Thanks for such an informative video
This helped me eased all the doubts and problems subbed
Thanks!! :) And you're welcome :P Glad my video helped!
That is amazing! Thank you
Thanks for the infor, I've just tried it out, And it works fine.
Awesome! Glad my video helped :)
Thanks! Very helpful.
Thanks for the informative video.
HI THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INFORMATIVE VIDEOS... I'VE GOT A QUESTION WHICH I HOPE YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERS TO.... WITH THE NEW IPAD OS 13 CAN YOU CONNECT HDMI, MOUSE, KEYBOARD AND HARDDRIVES AT ONCE AND USE AT ONCE TO HAVE A PROPER DESKTOP SETUP WITH IPAD PRO 10.5 2017?... IF YOU CAN MAKE VIDEO ON THIS IT WOULD BE GREAT.... THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Very helpful video! You have answered many of my question as I am going totally IPad Pro ❗️Thanks❗️👍🎥✅
Very helpful information!
Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊🙌
Thank you very much for this video it really helps me now that i just bought a new external hdd 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hi! Awesome! Glad it helped :)
Thanks man!!!
WD Elements 2TB HDD connected via the Lightning-USB3 Camera adapter to an 12.9” iPad Pro 2017 (2nd gen.) is showing up in the Files App.
No powered USB hub necessary only a lightning cable to connect to the lightning-USB3 dongle with the original PSU from the iPad (12 Watt)
Manfred Ramosch so for about the same price you can get a powered hub and use for other things as well
Thanks for your help !! Finally a solution 😀
Thank you so much! I just found your video and this is a life saver for me. Really don’t want to use iCloud for data backups!
your dongle looks great
I use an old desktop drive that has its own power supply. It works fine without a powered hub.
It worked out for my ipad mini5. Attention Ntfs is not recognized by ipad.
Yeah, NTFS isn’t supported. Neither are all encrypted disks. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hello ! Thanks for this hub it would be vert helpful. I have some questions : Can i put a câble USB tout HDMI on the atolla hub ? Will An other adapter (like RJ45) work with it ? Can i put a dongle to use a mouse + keyboard (Logitech) on the atolla hub ? Good night :))
Thanks Fjordstrøm for testing. I'm still looking for a powered hub that can be powered with a powerbank so I can connect a HDD while I'm off the grid. It would be nice to be able to backup my photo's to a HDD when I'm on the road. A 2TB HDD is much cheaper than a 2 TB SSD. Any ideas?
@Hi Frank ! I am almost looking for the same thing as you. It would be great to find an USB 3.0 Hub that could be powered up by an external powerbank (why not USB C -18W ?). Like this we could directly copy files from 1 USB (Ex. SD card reader / DSLR Camera) to the 2nd USB (HDD) without doing an intermediate files drop on iPhone storage...
I found this zendure.com/products/x6-power-bank-usb-hub-white but to expensive for me and i have already a powerbank... Maybe someone has a better solution ? What do you think @Fjordstrøm Travel & Tech ?
@sTfanB I saw an CZcams video from a guy, who used an Uni USB-C 6 in 1 Hub with an iPhone. He could copy from one drive to another, though he used SD-cards and a SSD. But it has an USB C port for power delivery, so I hope it can power a HDD. I ordered it and I'm waiting for it to be delivered. I will let you know when it arrives and I can test it.
uniaccessories.io/collections/latest-innovation/products/uni-usb-c-6-in-1-hub-1
It was this CZcams video:
czcams.com/video/SnizmzqYvuk/video.html
I have it now and it works with my iPad mini 5 and iPhone SE. I can read from and write to a WD Passport Ultra 1 TB HDD, while the hub is powered by a powerbank (2.1 A). I don't need to power the Apple USB adapter. As this hub has a SD-card reader I can copy footage to my HDD with my iPhone. I had to reformat the HDD from NTFS to APFS.
Hello Buddy ! Just one more question , in your video (👍) the white iPhone dongle how much is that , is it the new version or is the same ? Thanks
Thank you for this video, I wonder if you can tell me if it works well for viewing photos and videos on an iPad Air 2 that are stored on an external drive? Or do you really need to import the photos and videos onto the iPad first. Just thinking that my iPad Air 2 is only 16Gb and it would be better if my 100Gb of photos could remain on the external USB drive.... thanks for your time.
Hi! You can view photos and videos straight off an external drive, without importing them first.
@@fjordstrom Ah thanks for that, I have in mind to buy a Samsung T5 500GB SSD and use it with an Apple lightning to Usb3 adapter so my wife can view the family photo and Video collection on her iPad Air 2... oh and I had better get powered hub too I guess.
@@Zephyrines you can not plug the big Samsung directly to the adapter..iPad says " not enough power"...you can however put in USB or SD card drives ..The SAmsung must have its OWN power and connect to the powered hub...non powered hub also does not work..
TYSM I GOT IPAD 8 32GB AND THIS SAVED MEEEEEE
Haha, no problem!! :)
Wow, this is super exciting to see! I have been able to connect HDDs to my iPad Pro 2017 model via just the Apple camera adaptor (plugged in to a power source), but not to my iPad 6. Thanks for testing this! 😁👍
JNGarrettArt hi, I have the iPad 6th Gen too. Do you use the same usb3 dongle?
Paolo Ilustre High fives! I love the iPad 6. Yes, I use the same Apple “camera adapter” he showed in this video for both my 6 and my Pro, but without a powered hub like he shows here, only the Pro was able to power on HDDs, whereas both iPads worked great with thumb drives. I’ve used the camera adapter pretty extensively so far with my iPad 6 to connect a thumb drive at work, and it’s been a fantastic upgrade to what the iPad is capable of doing. Now it looks like the hub in this video will broaden the iPad’s capabilities yet again.
Hi,
Great video!
If you connect a RJ45 to USB adaptor to that HUB, are you able to make your IPAD work with network cable and not WIFI?
Also the question for HDMI to USB adaptor?
Very good for me to do with devices!!!!!!
There seems to be several Atolla USB hub models, and they vary a lot in price. The most expensive refers to a data charging port. Is this the model one has to use to get full iPad functionality? Another question: can any externally powered USB hub do the same thing?
Hi! Yes, this hub makes sure I can connect multiple drives to my iPad Air 2 (or iPhone), including HDDs. I'm guessing any externally powered hub can do this. The one I used is linked in the description, along with the dongle.
Thank you so much.
Thanks much for this. Two questions if I may. First, did you try connecting an external sound card like the Focusrite Safire and after that, can the sound card be used to record music. Or is that too much :) And second, which Bluetooth mouse do you suggest with the iPad Air 2. Thanks again.
Awesome Thanks for the Update.
Top 👏👏👏
HI, great video. I have two questions: can i charge my dualshock 4 with this? Can i use this usb hub in my ps4 with an HDD?
Thanks, something I wanted to know.
This is awesome because I still use my iPad Pro 10.5 inch haha
Thank you it is very good video
Can iPad mini 5 will work same as you showed.
Hi, thanks! It should work as the iPad Mini 5 is newer than the iPad Air 2 I used in the video.
After external storage connected, can i still use one of the port to an external monitor? Usb to hdmi? Does it work?
Try to avoid using an HDD with the iPad, because there’s no way of ejecting disks on an iPad, and HDDs wouldn’t stop spinning. Flash storages are probably fine.
Tried various hubs with iPad Pro first gen and they work but transfer speed are very slow specially when you have large files
Hi! I did a speed test in my latest video and yeah, it's about 35 seconds per GB (without hub on iPad Mini 5 and iPad Pro 3).
THANKS A LOT
please can you try lighting to 3usba adaptor to usbato usb c adaptor and then a usb c hub that hass hdmi, audio,ethernet, sd card slot. please can you see if that works
Very useful! I think the solution is the same for iPads with Lightning and iOS 14. Thanks.
Hi, thanks! :) Yeah, nothing changed when it comes to iOS 14. I made an updated video about it too on my channel. Thanks for watching!
@@fjordstrom Thank you, I'll watch it.
Thank You
Thank you! Your videos are so helpful! I have an iPad Pro 9.7": if I buy a lightning to sd cards dongle will the sd card work as a normal hard drive? Can I move videos and file through the files app as a normal thumbdrive? Thank you very much for your advice.
Hi! Yes, it will show up as an external storage device in the Files app. I actually demoed it in another video I made about external storage on Lightning iPads (see channel). Thanks for watching!
Did you find a way to connect the Ipad with a lightning output to a monitor and connect a external storage at the same time? Thanks!
Thank you very much
And checked Amazon and in US its only $20
Diane Fields cheaper than that now😁
u said the hub doesnt provide the ipad with power right? does this mean that my ipad will lose power as i use the hub and work on my projects?
great video btw!!
Absolutely super series of videos, Fjordstrøm. So, so valuable! Thank you. 😉
Quick question... I have an Anker PowerExpand 11-in-1 multiport hub with a usb-c connector. I'd like to have the benefit of those 11 ports on my iPhone. Can I use this hub with my iPhone, (via the Apple usb Camera adapter), and power the Anker hub itself from a/c wall power using an Apple usb-c power adapter and Apple usb-c charge cable? ☺
Use Y Cable for HDD. Plug the other end to power bank while the other to iPad.
Hey just wanted your opinion on replacing laptop with an iPad 2018 (128gb) for next 3-4 years. I will be doing some browsing, some typing on ms word, making some presentations on PowerPoint and media consumption. No professional video editing or coding or hardcore gaming. Just study related works and media consumption.
Curious if you have any thoughts on why I am able to connect my Samsung T7 SSD to both of my iPhones using the Lightning to USB3 cable, but for some reason my iPad is unable to power up the T7 using the same configuration. It acts as if the T7 is not getting enough power via the Lightning to USB 3 camera adapter cable. Have you ever experienced this before? I am thinking that I need to try one of these powered USB banks to see if that resolves my issue.
hey thanks your videos very helpful one more thing i want to know is the writing/reading speed on your ixpand usb drive when transferring data through its lightning port? i got an information about 4mb/s reading speed on this xpand drive , its unbelievable slow
Hi! I actually did a speed test in my other video: czcams.com/video/8fDVFXwav28/video.html
Will the hub work without the Apple connector? Using the lightening-USB cord supplied with the iPad? I don’t really want to purchase two items for the one task of backing up photos... thanks for great videos.
Hi! The USB cable on the hub is attached to the hub itself, so I can't replace it. So for this hub, I still need the adapter. Thanks for watching :)
@@fjordstrom And if you just plug the USB part of the lightning cord into one of the USB ports on the Atolla hub?
Nice video!
I would like to see that same iPad connected to both usb hub and external monitor. Do you think that is possible?
At my nearest Apple store, I saw today adapters made for USB and HDMI /VGA...the Ipad connects directly to EITHER the hub or monitor but not both the same time unless the monitor can use the hub or via wireless using a bluetooth or wifi dongles..
Sana ol may pambili nyan hahahahaha
Thanks for the video! Did you test to see if the hub worked with the unofficial USB -> Lightning connector to the iPad?
Hi! Thanks :) I can't confirm the unofficial one because I returned it after it didn't work the first time...
Fjordstrøm Travel & Tech Ah okay! I will report back if I have any luck with it :)
Thanks! :)
Can confirm the only combination that works is official Apple USB 3 adapter. None of the cheap ones have worked for me, even with hubs.
I have the camera adapter lightning (the one that does not have the power source adaptor) ..do you know if it works anyway ? Or I need the usb cam era adaptor 3 cable ?
Hi! Hmm, I think it should work too, as Atolla's hub already is powered anyway. You could try first, and order the adapter if it doesn't work?
Please keep me posted :)
thanks for the Video. Nicely done.
I am trying to hook up a Samsung T7 SSD to my iPad mini 4 and I have the adapter and I have a powered USB hub. But the usb hub only has a 1000 mA power supply and it allows me to read a USB stick but not the T7. I guess I need a more powerful powered USB hub ? The T7 is said to run with 2.5 to 7.5 W means at 5V that be more than 1000 mA.
My MBP is having display problems and I want to switch to my iPad and LumaFusion as a backup until I have a screen replacement or a MBP replacement for Final Cut.
So I just have to use a powered USB hub to connect my hard drive and iPad Pro? I just get my iPad Pro 11" 2020 and figuring out why my hard drives would not work. I just ordered a powered USB hub of a brand named ORICO to see if they would work. Thank you for your video.
Hi! You don’t need a powered usb hub on an iPad Pro with USB-C. A normal hub is fine. I have two hubs: HyperDrive (not compatible with glass screen protector) and a dock from Inateck.
Here’s my video on iPad Pro (last year): czcams.com/video/vR8C-VZv9-4/video.html
Nice
This is awesome! Is’t Usb2 or usb3?
Thanks! It’s USB 3 (both the Apple camera adapter and the USB hub).
usb3 only works on an lightning iPad Pro. Can you confirm that?
The hub has usb power output. Have you tried plugging the ipad throught that.
So would a DAC, Nintendo Switch & PlayStation 5 USB 2.0 cable be plugged directly into three of the 4 available 3.0 USB ports for audio use? And what exactly is the USB A port cable supposed to plug into exactly if you're not using a PC?
I have everything set up with the hub, I see my photos, now how to transfer them to my external hard drive? Thank you.
Please review hootoo flash drive with lightning connector that directly works on iPhone with lightning port without Apple official adaptor. It is confirmed by some Amazon reviews. Kindly review it.
Luma doesn't work straight off the drive. You have to copy the files to the internal storage.
Yeah sadly :(
you great, everybody is using the new iPad however I don't have the new iPad so thankyou
Thank you :)
Hi! Have you tried to connect that to a desktop/ laptop? Have you tried also to connect iPad/ iPhone onto those 4 usb ports and the desktop/ laptop reads them? Did they charged also? Thanks for the response.
first of all I would like to say thank you for your video about lightning old ipad reviews. to be honest there are a lot of great CZcams channels for example MKBHD or unbox therapy but honestly I'm sick of tired of all their reviews, that's because everyone every everyone talks about the same things over and over again nobody makes this kind of reviews like you, they just talking about General things about specs but they don't do let's say researching what device accepts what doesn't accepts, what kind of file, what kind of Gadget powered not powered SSD or HDD and sooo on, but you did it, thank you for that very much. 2 weeks or more I'm sitting in front of computer and trying to figure out buy or not to buy the Ipad air 2019 because I want to buy some tablet, and till today nobody helped me to understand is this device right for me or not, can you use this device potential or not?? because as I said earlier everyone talks about the same thing. In realty the purpose of the rewiev to show or to help people to understand and to buy this or that product, but once again in reality you just watching the review and in the end you can't understand buy or not to buy, but the video rewiev like yours definitely 100% definitely will help people to understand finally do they need to buy this product or not. but now I have a question. I saw on a video that this data Hub have to be connected it to the power outlet but what if you don't have power outlet? Can you this data hub plug in to the power bank lets a 26800mAh power bank and use it the same way? will it work or no ? if you did not test it can you test it later on and let us know. it is not necessary to make new video about this of course but you can leave your results on the comments section so we all will read your answer
Hi! I can’t test this, but I will look on the device itself how much power it needs. I’ll get back to you.
Yes I’d like to know too please.
Bro, do we necessarily need the apple lightning to usb 3 adapter with the lightning port for charging that you used in this video? Or the one without a lightning port for charging (the cheaper one) in the use case of a powered usb hub.. Because here in India the dual port camera adapter that you used is out of stock. The single usb camera adapter is available.. So can I use that single output usb3 camera adapter with a powered usb hub to transfer files to my storage devices?
Hi! I tried it out and you still need the lightning port if you want to charge your iPad too while using the hub. I can't confirm if the one without will work, but on mine, if I don't plug in anything in that lightning port, I can still use the hub. I think it's worth trying (as you don't have any other option) and return it if it doesn't. Just check the return policy first.
@@fjordstrom Thanx bud!!
Hi just a quick question about the charging port on the usb hub, could you have plugged the iPad power cable in to this rather than the wall outlet to charge the iPad? Thanks in advance and good video 😀
Hi, thanks! :D This version of the hub has a built-in cable, so sadly not.
Please someone tell me will it work in ipad 2017 9.7 inch model ... Bcoz i have camera adapter tried connecting with both ipad 12 watt charger and a fast charging powerbank but it doesn't work ... But the camera adapter is not original one ..
Hi! It works with my 2014 iPad Air 2, so it should work with your iPad. I do however recommend Apple's official dongle. I've also tried a cheap one and that one didn't work. Maybe try the powered hub first and if it still doesn't help, get Apple's adapter.
@@fjordstrom what's the price of original adapter
have you tried that USB hub + a lightning to HDMI? to play movies from a USB Flash drive to a TV? thank for sharing :)
Hi, I just tried using WD 3GB external HDD but it don’t appear on IPad. But the thumbdrive able to appear. May I know how to fixed it?
Hi! Make sure the HDD isn't encrypted and is formatted as APFS/exFAT/FAT (watch out: formatting your disk will erase everything).
Fjordstrøm Travel & Tech I see, so I have to format it to FAT before using :(
What would happen if I plug the USB A of the HDD to the hub and then USB A to lightning cable 1M to the hub ? Will they recognize each other?
Can you just connect your iPad with an external eithernet connection? Is it just as simple as that? Just connect to eithernet in your settings and you’re in?
Thanks