iPad Camera Connection Kit Allows External HDD Support [Video]

iPad Camera Connection Kit comes with two dongles, one is a simple SD card adapter that adds one-touch image and video import to the iPad, the second provides a USB port with some exciting new functionality. Along with the USB headset and keyboard support, it is also possible to connect an external HDD using the dongle.

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Maxwell C. Shay found a way to get his jailbroken iPad to recognize an external drive with it. Maxwell explains the process in great detail here, but the gist of the matter is that you'll need a jailbroken iPad, a split-USB cable to give that drive some extra juice, and a terminal of some sort (Max used his MacBook) to trick the iPad into mounting your external storage, after you use SSH to tunnel through.

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