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External hdd as wifi

Cookiey
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Hello guys, so I have been thinking alot about a case, the thing is. Is there any possible way you can get a external hdd with a wifi function that you can use for example on a iPad or similar ?

The thing now is that i have an iPad with 128 gb, and a 2tb external drive and a laptop. 

 

I was wondering if there was a possible way that i could stop to bring my laptop to work and move the media from the hdd/laptop over to the iPad and just bring my ipad and external hdd to work and sort of stream the media from an external hdd over to my iPad ?

 

Or if there is a external hdd on the market with this function ? Yea i know i have alot of space on the iPad but it would have been nice to have that function on a external drive.

 

Thanks guys

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25 minutes ago, Cookiey said:

-SNIP-

There are lots of devices that do exactly that either in USB format or HDD capabiltiy with mass storage.

https://www.wdc.com/products/portable-storage/my-passport-wireless-pro.html

https://www.sandisk.com/home/mobile-device-storage/connect-wireless-stick

 

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Whether it works with Apple stuff is another potential problem. Besides, you will be buying a new drive as a whole rather than reusing what you have.

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