This is only a guess. I tried to power a sound device - Creative Sound Blaster Omni - from the iPad only to get an error, not enough power available. All my Shure microphones work okay so they obviously take less power than does the Sound Device.
> On 11 Jun 2019, at 5:18 am, Aidan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great, but it brings me back to my post earlier as to why I need an > IMak rather, I mean, why is the photos folder not vvisible? I do > understand the power issue, but why can the lightning port not power > drives, it can power sertin soundcards? > But of corse each bit helps. > > On 6/10/19, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: >> These changes to Apple iPad OS are going to make things all that much easier >> for those of us who use the iPad as a recorder etc. >> The following article appeared in Today's "Theaustralian" newspaper. >> <snip> >> File management makeover, operating system to boost iPad >> Apple chief design officer Jonathan Ive and senior vice president of >> hardware engineering Dan Riccio look at the screen of an iPad in San Jose. >> Picture: AP >> ByCHRIS GRIFFITH, >> TECHNOLOGY REPORTER >> Apple’s iPad is getting a file management makeover, and that means vastly >> increased functionality. You’ll be able to plug in USB drives, SD cards, and >> >> external drives, and access media as you would on a laptop. This is expected >> >> to majorly extend the iPad’s usefulness. >> The new feature was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in >> >> San Jose last week and will be available around spring, when Apple releases >> >> its first iPad-specific operating system, iPadOS. If you can’t wait until >> then, you can download a public beta (trial) version in July. >> It’s one of a slew of changes to the iPad. They include a feature called >> Sidecar, where you use an iPad as a second screen for a Mac. >> The Files app currently lets you access and open files on an iPad, or >> through various cloud services. These services include iCloud Drive, Box, >> Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Adobe Creative Cloud and Google Drive. You can >> >> move iCloud Drive files to your local drive, or use regular iPad services to >> >> email, share and print them. >> But it lacked the versatility of managing files on external drives available >> >> on a laptop. >> The shift to iPads with a USB-C drive has finally seen Apple make this much >> >> easier. iPadOS will let you plug in external hard drives, USB flash drives >> and SD cards using an adaptor, and access and transfer files to and from >> iPad. >> Apple says the new functions will apply to all current iPad models, iPad Air >> >> and even five-year-old iPad Minis. But iPads with lightning connectors >> rather than USB-C ones won’t be able to power external drives. In those >> cases, you’ll need an external power source. >> When you plug in a drive, you will be able to drill down into nested >> folders, manage and move files. An external drive will be visible along with >> >> iPad folders, and those from the cloud services. But folders used by the >> Photos app won’t be visible. >> You will be able to locate images and email them as attachments, or edit >> them without needing to copy them into iPad storage. You can post files >> stored on external drives straight to social media. >> You will be able to open a third-party video editing app on an iPad and work >> >> with a bunch of high-resolution videos sitting on an SD card. You can more >> easily process media on the go. >> The same features will work with an iPhone, although you will currently need >> >> a lightning adaptor, which means no external power support, and you will >> have to make do with the smaller screen. You will be able to create local >> folders on an iPad. >> Apple is adding SMB support, so from your home network you can access files >> >> from a home PC, file server and network storage. >> Apple also announced changes to Safari on iPad. Users will see the desktop >> version of websites rather than the more limited mobile sites. Users will be >> >> able to manage and edit WordPress and Squarespace websites from iPad. >> Apple says the new file management will support external media formatted as >> >> FAT, exFAT (used by Windows), HFS and APFS (used by macOS) >> Safari on iPad will have a download manager — again, the iPad will have a >> more desktop-like functionality. The Files app will interact with a >> downloads folder. >> There’s lots of general changes. The iPad home page will display widgets on >> >> the left side and you can configure a series of widgets that scroll up from >> >> the bottom. >> There’s new gestures for accessing several apps at the same time side by >> side. >> You can have two instances of the same app running next to one another. You >> >> could show two Notes app documents side by side, scroll through one and >> selectively copy text to the other. Slide over mode lets you access selected >> >> apps by sliding left from the right side of the screen. You could set up >> your iPad to access your calendar, mail and messages in this way. >> Text editing has been overhauled. Scrolling up and down documents requires >> less effort, moving the cursor around a document is more intuitive, you can >> >> copy and paste using three finger gestures, and Apple virtual keyboards >> support swipe typing. >> Apple says it has reduced the latency (delay) using Apple Pencil from about >> >> 24 to 9 milliseconds. >> Chris Griffith attended Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose >> >> courtesy of Apple. >> <snip> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2377): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2377 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32007549/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
