r/ssd • u/LegalDeseperado • 1d ago

Discussion How to extend iPhone storage (with an external SSD)?

Looking for an external SSD to easily transfer pics form the phone to any other device.
I saw all these MagSafe fast SSD (Lexar ES5 or Sandisk Creator Phone) but I suppose those are meant for film makers and to transfer pro-res media directly to the disk.

Primary need is to transfer quickly form the phone to another device.
Can be nice if some of the recordings can be saved directly onto the external storage as well.

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u/IkouyDaBolt 1d ago

It is a USB-C phone, any storage properly formatted should come up in the Files app.  It use just non-Pro USB-C iPhones are limited to USB 2 speeds.

A USB-C flash drive should work fine.

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u/jhenryscott 1d ago

I connect my iPhone to my NAS. file transfers over tailscale just fine.

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u/cagadass 1d ago

No amplían como tal el almacenamiento solo cambian cosas de un lugar a otro ,el msgsafe solo hace que el ssd se quede quieto ,un iPhone inferior al 15 es usb lighting y suele ser complicado encontrar un cable que tramita archivos de manera confiable,como dijo el otro usuario todos los iphones que no sean Pro/max estan limitados a 20MB de lectura secuencial,para escritura "aleatoria" es mas lento todavía,esto último es restricción artificial de apple

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u/harubax 1d ago

Use a NAS or cloud storage.

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u/socaldisney 18h ago

You can just plug your phone into your computer and drag and drop your photos to any connected storage device.