Expand storage and case for new ipad pro 12.9.

You can’t expand storage?

The best you can do is unload your photos to external storage.

Do you really use your iPad as a camera?

The iPad has USB C, if you just want movies, you can use a USB C drive to add storage, but I am not sure you will want something tethered to your iPad constantly

Cases are a crap shoot

https://www.amazon.ca/ESR-Rebound-Penci ... 08CXDQKZ5/

redflag5050 wrote: ↑

Any ideas are appreciated.

Got this one delivered over the weekend. I like it
https://www.amazon.ca/JETech-Compatible ... r=8-4&th=1

KravenHead wrote: ↑ Got this one delivered over the weekend. I like it
https://www.amazon.ca/JETech-Compatible ... r=8-4&th=1

The problem with that one are the plastic corner pieces. They will eventually crack

Gee wrote: ↑ You can’t expand storage?

The best you can do is unload your photos to external storage.

Do you really use your iPad as a camera?

The iPad has USB C, if you just want movies, you can use a USB C drive to add storage, but I am not sure you will want something tethered to your iPad constantly

Cases are a crap shoot

https://www.amazon.ca/ESR-Rebound-Penci ... 08CXDQKZ5/

Wife's ipad. She does art work which takes space. Likes to save her time-consuming work on external drives. No camera usage but lots of art work, NFT and photo touch ups.

redflag5050 wrote: ↑ Wife's ipad. She does art work which takes space. Likes to save her time-consuming work on external drives. No camera usage but lots of art work, NFT and photo touch ups.

iCloud then.

Trying to avoid that. Icloud already strained.

for cases, my work uses STM.
they are little bulky but offer very good protection.

Art work. Not going to Ukraine. Home office environment.

redflag5050 wrote: ↑ Wife's ipad. She does art work which takes space. Likes to save her time-consuming work on external drives. No camera usage but lots of art work, NFT and photo touch ups.

How big are her files? It should not take up that much space

redflag5050 wrote: ↑Art work. Not going to Ukraine. Home office environment.

Shared network drive.

Or go Android: microSD expansion and/or USB mass storage drive.

rabbit wrote: ↑ Shared network drive.

Or go Android: microSD expansion and/or USB mass storage drive.

That could work. I speak Android. To her Android is the plague.

Can't find the case I have but for extra storage it is very easy to plug in a USB drive with this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Apple-USB-C-to-US ... 66&sr=8-16

rabbit wrote: ↑Shared network drive.

Or go Android: microSD expansion and/or USB mass storage drive.

redflag5050 wrote: ↑ That could work. I speak Android. To her Android is the plague.

You can connect an USB drive or SD card reader to the USB-C port

Connect external storage devices to iPad
You can use the Files app and other supported apps to access files stored on external devices, such as USB drives and SD cards, connected to your iPad.
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/i ... 23f/ipados

redflag5050 wrote: ↑ That could work. I speak Android. To her Android is the plague.

If she is an artist, she will live in ProCreate. There is no ProCreate on Android

No Apple Pencil on Android either

Gee wrote: ↑ If she is an artist, she will live in ProCreate. There is no ProCreate on Android

No Apple Pencil on Android either

I think she is married in secret to ProCreate !

She's getting a new 12.9 ipad pro from another RFDer so we don't know where that relationship is going!

That's the thing about Apple's "Pro" devices -- they don't come with a lot of storage and for more storage, you have to buy Apple storage: be it iCloud or pay for more built-in storage upfront. Both are very expensive and can get very expensive. Apple devices have never supported expandable storage by design. More storage, like services is gravy money for Apple.

If there are Apple-only apps that your wife uses on a regular basis, there's no way around this than to pay for more storage upfront. You could also plug in a USB-C thumb drive or better yet an SSD. I don't imagine that your wife would be mobile (running around, being actively moving) while using the iPad. Another rather ugly way (but it works) is to velcro the SSD to the back of the iPad case so it's not hanging off and putting stress on the USB-C port if you need to move the iPad while in operation. If you use a USB-C thumb drive, you'll need to make sure it's small in size so you don't accidentally break the USB-C port by torquing it or snapping the connector inside. Apple devices are uber expensive to fix -- especially at the Pro level -- and if you can access repair service.

Unfortunately, Google has given up on Android tablets, so your only option is to go Samsung for any Android pro level tablets. They look good and rather equivalent to iPad Pros on the surface (surface: get it? lol) , but their workflow is very different than iPads -- and you're again stuck if the important apps are iOS only and used to the iOS workflow.

As I've always said, Apple is a brilliant company with insane profit margins and making money hand over fist if you're a shareholder, but as a customer, not so much. But you got to hand it to Apple, who finally cracked the tablet computing market by offering a very good and simplified user experience when MS tried to, but failed by cramming a full-fat computer OS into a tablet. Hence, pay the admission/ransom as whatever amount they demand or you're not entering that walled garden.

Then again, if it is a business expense, maybe the cost will be worth it.

Good luck and hope this helps.

We went the USB-C thumb drive route.

We bought the apple adapter yesterday and looking for a reliable name brand stick.

The apple guy was crazy knowledgeable about pro create and wanted to sell my wife the 12.9 ipad pro but hers is coming on Tuesday from our own RFDer Mozak 2. She's stopped using Photoshop and Illustrator altogether now.

redflag5050 wrote: ↑ We went the USB-C thumb drive route.

We bought the apple adapter yesterday and looking for a reliable name brand stick.

What Apple adapter did you buy?

You can buy a USB C thumb drive. No adapter required. This is the one I use

https://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-256GB-Ult ... B07YYJL21Z

https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/M ... sb-adapter

Bought this in case other usb accessories are used. Why limit options.
I saw your stick on amazon but wanted our options open for the next couple of years before we throw all of our USB gizmos away.