Ipad Pro Does Not Recognise External Hard Drive. In this article you will find 6 best external SSD drives for iPad Pro and Mac. If the drive works on other devices but not your iOS device try using a powered hub where the power doesnt come directly from your device.
This is pretty straightforward though if your device uses Lightning instead of USB-C you may need Apples Lightning-to-USB or Lightning-to-USB 3 camera adapters depending on your drive. First try plugging the hub into a different port on your Mac. This means pulling a hard drive straight out of a Windows device.
Make sure the external hard drive is initialized and formatted correctly.
If it is not properly formatted the iPad will not see the storage and you must connect the storage to a Mac to format it properly. Some customers mention that it does not always backup automatically. Ive checked Disk Utility and Finder it simply does not recognize the external hard drive whatsoever. If your computer doesnt recognize your connected device you might see an unknown error or a 0xE error.