USB Flash Drive 256Gb - SanDisk iXpand SDIX30N-256G-GN6NE купить

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** 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
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 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.
are a few limitations and problems that may make you reconsider this
* 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 example, documents you created in Pages or Microsoft 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 ). 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.
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 $) 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.
Legal Disclaimers + Warranty
(1) iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad mini 4, iPad Pro ", iPad Pro ", iPad with Retina display, iPod 5th Generation and newer; iXpand Drive app and iOS required.
(2) Available for download from the App Store. iOS required. Setup automatic backup within app settings.
(3) Support video formats. DRM-protected content cannot be streamed. Check with the content provider for playback restrictions.
(4) iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad mini 4, iPad Pro ", iPad Pro ", iPad with Retina display, iPod 5th Generation and newer; iXpand Drive app and iOS required.
(5) Password protection uses 128-bit AES encryption and is supported by iOS Mac OS X Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
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