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Hello. Per now I have a external WiFI Harddrive that i bring to work ( living on a ship for 4 weeks ) which is a WD MyPassport 3 TB drive. The problem now is that I am running out of space on it, don't ask me why but 4 weeks on the sea takes it's space. I was wondering if there is any alternatives for something with a bit more space ? Thinking maybe in 6-10 TB range. I don't know if I just can swap out the drive in my unit since it is a WiFi one, so there is maybe some software on it or something. I have no clue. The setup I use at work is just a iPad 128gb with wifi not 4g unit. So does anyone know about something with a bit more storage? Was hoping maybe the WD MyBook would wor, but I don't think it have the WiFI unit on it so that makes it kinda hard to connect it to my iPad...

Any suggestions? 

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You can buy a lightning to USB cable from Amazon then connect any USB drive you like to it.

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AFAIK on iPads the wired connection only works for low power flash drives, not HDDs.

 

Best is probably to buy a 2nd one of the WiFi Passports...

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