SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive 64GB for iPhone and iPad, Black/Silver, (SDIX30N-064G-GN6NN)
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Product Specifications
- Designed with a flexible connector to fit through most iPhone cases
- Automatically back up photos and videos from your camera, contacts
- iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPad Air™, iPad mini™, iPad mini 4, iPad Pro 12.9”, iPad Pro 9.7” iPad with Retina display, iPod® 5th Generation and newer, with Lightning connector and iOS 8.2+
- iXpand is not compatible with older model iPhones and iPads equipped with 30 pin data/charging connectors. Compatibility with lightning to 30 pin adaptors can not be guaranteed and is not recommended.
- Secure file storage across your computer, iPhone and iPad
Videos automatically saved to the drive if captured from within the iXpand Drive app
Product Description
Size:64GB SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive 64GB for iPhone and iPad, Black/Silver
Product Reviews
Nice idea, but needed tech support to help fix a Mac issue
** Update July 26, 2016: SanDisk support was able to resolve the issue with secure files on the Mac. The solution involved formatting the iXpand drive and downloading the latest version of their SecureAccess app. I’ve updated the rating from 3 to 4 stars. The original review follows…With everything “in the cloud”, flash drive storage sometimes seems like it is becoming extinct.But this iXpand flash drive is really quite nice because of its unique ability to connect to iOS devices. It is the first flash drive I have ever used that has this feature. So, transferring a bunch of photos from my iPad to a friend’s phone is effortless…provided both of us have the iXpand app on our devices (a free app that handles the file transfers).One feature I really like: On my iPad, I can use this device to back up all my Instagram and Facebook photos (it also works with Picasa photos, but I don’t use Picasa for photo storage). This feature works very very well, simply downloading all the photos from my account. What’s nice is that each time I perform a backup, it skips the photos that are already backed up. That’s good, since I have nearly 700 photos and don’t want to download all of them each time. The 700 took about 5 minutes to back up.HOWEVER…there are a few limitations and problems that may make you reconsider this drive…* First, due to iOS limitations, you cannot simply transfer any files you want. The ones that work well are photos, music, videos, and contacts. That’s about it. So, if you have other iOS items…for example, documents you created in Pages or Microsoft Word…you this drive will not work for backing them up. However, the reverse is different. You can take files from your Mac or PC, transfer them to this drive, and then open some of them in iOS. For example, when I create text files on my Mac, I can use iXpand to transfer and open them on my iPad.* Second, the drive comes with an option to secure (encrypt) files. In order to transfer secured files from my iOS device to a PC or Mac computer, the computer needs to be running SanDisk’s security software. I found that this software works fine on my Windows machine (Surface Pro 4), but NOT on my Mac (2015 Macbook Pro, running OS X El Capitan 10.11.5). The Mac app that needs to run fails to recognize that the drive is a SanDisk drive. I get an error message that says “This application only runs on a SanDisk flash drive.” NOTE: If you do not need secure file encryption, then this drive works fine on a Mac and on Windows, allowing you to effortlessly transfer files to/from the device. The problem is happening only with secure files, and only on the Mac.* Finally, although I like the design of the little drive, the little iOS connector on the drive does not get tucked away as cleanly as it should. After using the device on my iPad Mini (with a fairly thin case), the drive has “stretched” a bit, making the iOS connector always stick out.Should you get this flash drive? Consider how you plan to use it: If you only need to transfer photos, videos, music, and contacts, and if secure files don’t matter to you (or if they matter, but you are using Windows), then this is an excellent choice. Just know the limitations before you make your purchase.
Great Item!
I went the cheap route and bought a 16 Gig IPhone 6. Big Mistake!!! Now it is clogged with well over 2,000 pictures. With only a few other apps I was already running out of storage. Enter the SanDisk iXpand. I downloaded the free ap from the Apple Store, plugged in this flash drive and downloaded all my pictures to it. I set it up to automatically transfer any new pictures I’ve taken each time I plug this flash drive into my iPhone. It is small enough to keep in my purse should I need to retrieve some photos. Easy-peasy.
Easy to use and effective way to free up space on the iPhone.
Easy to use and effective way to free up space on the iPhone. The purpose this was purchased for was to download just over 3000 photos from my wife’s phone and not have to purchase more space on the cloud. Very easy to use, just plug it in and it has you download the mobile app then it asks to set up auto back-up feature. Very quick download speed which was a surprise. I was able to then remove it from the phone and plug into my laptop and transfer the photos and place them where I want.
Cannot play high-quality video files due to lack of audio codec support by Sandisk! Beware if buying to play videos!
I bought this flash drive to play movies on my iPad when I am traveling.The major advantage of this flash drive versus most others (including the previous generation of Sandisk iXpand) is that this drive is formatted in ExFAT, not FAT32. This means that you can save files larger than 4GB on this drive - if you have high-quality movie files (>4GB in size), this is essential. The specs also say that you can play video files in many formats - MP4 and MKV being the most popular formats for high-quality video.However, there is a MASSIVE FLAW in Sandisk’s software app. They do NOT support many audio codecs, including DTS or AC3, which are the audio codec that most high-quality movies use. So the video plays, but there is no sound.There is a workaround for this - you can download and buy a video player called “It’s Playing Pro” from the App Store (costs $4.99) and you can open the file in that app if it doesn’t play properly in the Sandisk app. However, this is super kludgey and annoying. Besides having to pay additional for another app, it takes many minutes for the app to allow you to export and copy the non-supported video file over to the “It’s Playing Pro” app. Furthermore - the “It’s Playing Pro” app can’t play the video file directly off the iXpand drive! You have to COPY THE FILE TO YOUR IPAD/IPHONE - and therefore you need enough free space on your iPhone or iPad to copy the file to. Which, of course, defeats the purpose of having this flash drive - to save the files you don’t have space for on your device, and to use this drive to play them from!If Sandisk added audio codecs to its app player for DTS, AC3, and whatever else they forgot to support - this would be a great solution for playing videos on the road. Until then, this is a promising, but highly flawed execution.
4.5 (wish had half point ratings)
Worked great to store photos off of phone. Freed up tons of space (especially impt if u have minimum level low storage phone). Will see how easy to get onto Mac. Wasn’t easy on PC, but got it done after multiple tries. If it’d been hassle free plug and play would’ve given 5 stars. Maybe will be like that on Mac.
Flash drive for photos
Just what I needed. I was able to take all my photos off my phone but they are all together on this flash drive. Don’t need to worry about loosing my photos especially if I accidentally lost my phone or something happens to my phone.
“Operation failed”
This item works like crap. I get nothing but errors when I try to use it. It maybe work 1 time out of 20 tries. I wish I had returned it while I still had the chance. Total waste of money. Sadly I’ve had issues with other SanDisk products- so I’m not real pleased with their company at this point.
Easy to use, and works as advertised
Great idea… makes it so much easier to back up photos from my kids iPhones. Love it so much I’m buying another to send to the Grandparents to help them get their photos off their iPhones as well!
Five Stars
Nice product
Five Stars
These flash drives are awesome! Use several for work and make great gifts! A must have.
Five Stars
Very good
Five Stars
Great stuff!!
Over 7000+ pictures backed up in minutes. Small and fast.
Great little flash drive. Easy to install, super easy to use. Back up/ copy speed is very fast. Just a great way to store all the 7000+ pictures I have on my iPhone.
Have had other Sandisk USB devices in the past and very satisfied with them
I got this primarily to use on my 16GB iPhone 6 Plus as was constantly being reminded that I was running out of space.
Handy, dandy, FAST-TRANSFER backup flash drive for Apple products (iPhones, iPads, iPad Airs, iPods)
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. 1:01 p.m. PST. Transfers and backs up iPhone/iPad/iPad Air/iPod data FAST. Great for when you are not your primary PC or Mac.
Five Stars
Great Product !!
It is so easy to use
Works very well. Bought it because I wanted to Rip our DVDs for the kids to watch on their ipads on long road trips. It is so easy to use.
Five Stars
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