SanDisk iXpand User manual

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USER GUIDE
iXpand™ Flash Drive

Introduction
Getting Started
•Overview
•Connecting to iPhone or iPad
Applications
•App Overview
•Taking Photos and Videos
•Backup and Restore Files
•Backup Social Media Accounts
•Back Up and Restore Contacts
•File Management
•Photo
•Video
•Music
•Password Protection
•Sharing
Device Settings
•Drive Name
•Formatting
•Firmware update
Troubleshooting & Support

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Introduction
iXpand™Flash Drive Overview
The perfect companion for your iPhone or iPad, the iXpand Flash Drive lets you free up
space on your iPhone or iPad, back up your camera roll, and even watch videos straight
from the drive1. The flexible Lightning connector works with most cases and the USB 3.0
connector plugs into your Mac computer or PC, making file transfers quick and easy. The
drive also includes password-protection software to keep your sensitive files secure
across your devices2. Take all the photos and videos you want—with the iXpand Flash
Drive you’re always ready to take more.
Free up Space Fast!
Free up space on your iPhone or iPad quickly and easily with the iXpand Flash Drive1.
Simply plug in the Lightning connector and you can easily move photos, videos and
Figure: iXpand Flash Drive
Lightning Connector
USB Connector

other files off your device and onto the drive. From there, you can transfer the files
onto a Mac computer or PC or store them on the drive.
Automatic Photo Backup
Set the iXpand mobile app to automatically back up your iPhone or iPad camera roll
anytime the drive is connected. No need to manually select which photos to back up.
Every time you plug it in, it does the work for you.
Watch your Videos on the Move
The iXpand Flash Drive supports popular video formats (.WMV, .AVI, .MKV, .MP4,
.MOV) so you can store and watch videos straight from the drive via your device3,
making it a terrific travel companion.
Works with Most Cases
The iXpand Flash Drive is designed with a flexible connector to plug directly into your
iPhone or iPad without having to remove your case.
USB 3.0 High-Speed Transfers
Plug the drive into your computer’s USB 3.0 port and you can transfer files in a flash
with read speeds up to 70MB/s4.
iXpand Mobile App
Available from the App Store, the iXpand Drive app makes it easy to manage your
photos and videos and also enables you to watch popular video formats3directly
from the drive.

Works with
IPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus,
iPad Air™, iPad mini™, iPad mini 4, iPad Pro 12.9", iPad Pro 9.7" iPad with Retina
display, iPod® 5th Generation and newer, with Lightning connector and iOS 10.0.2
+Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Chrome OS, Mac OS X
v10.8 and higher
Online updated compatibility list URL:
www.sandisk.com/support/ixpandv2compatibility
Specifications
Interface: Lightning and USB 3.0 connectors (one connector used at a time)
Operational Temperature: 0-35° C functional
Dimensions: 13 X 17 X 59mm
Microsoft® exFAT Support: For 128GB5

Getting Started
Connecting to iPhone or iPad
Physical connection
Gently lift the Lightning connector slightly and attach to an iPhone or iPad by
pinching the iXpand Drive with your thumb and forefinger as shown in the figure
below.
Connect the iXpand Flash Drive into your iPhone or iPad as shown in the figure
below. Keep holding the USB side of the iXpand Flash drive away from the back of
the device while you are inserting the Lightning connector into the iPhone or iPad.

Installing the app
When you’ve connected the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone or iPad, you’ll be
prompted to install the companion iXpand Drive app.
1. On the screen, select “App Store”.
2. Install the “iXpand Drive” app from the App Store.

Applications
App overview
iXpand Drive app is the companion to your iXpand Flash Drive. It has a very simple
Home screen, yet allows you to quickly access main tasks from always present action
items or delve deeper into more features through a set of quick action cards. These
cards allow you to do different tasks from the home screen.
The Home screen also contains a menu of common actions. Copy files, View Files,
and Back up and Restore.

To access the quick action cards, press on the current one, or swipe through (left to
right). There are three possible actions you can take on the quick action cards.
1.To dismiss a card, swipe up on the card.
2. To reset all the cards swipe down and choose that option.
3. To get the last card deleted, swipe down and choose that option.

These cards provide quick access to tasks such as connecting your social media
accounts, updating your iXpand Flash Drive, and viewing the remaining space on your
iPhone or iPad internal memory and iXpand Flash Drive.
Taking Photos and Videos
Using the iXpand Drive App to take Photos and Videos will save the Photos or Videos
directly on to your Drive to save space on your iPhone or iPad.
1. From the Home screen, select the Photos icon
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2. Snap your Photo. Your Photos will be stored directly onto the iXpand Flash Drive.
3. Take a Video. Your Videos will be stored directly onto the iXpand Flash Drive.

Backup and Restore Files
The Back Up and Restore selection from the Home screen will allow you to do several
tasks. Click on the “Back Up and Restore”option from the Home Screen. You will be
presented with a screen with the following options:
1. Back up & Restore Photo Library to the iXpand Flash Drive
2. Backup your photos from Social Media accounts to the iXpand Flash Drive
3. Back up & Restore Contacts

Backing Up or Restore your Camera Library
You can back up your camera library to the iXpand Flash Drive by setting up auto-
back up or manually back up as needed. Turn on Automatic Backup by sliding the
switch. This option will also appear during the initial set up screens shown when you
first connect your Drive.
You can choose the Restore from option to restore photos to your camera roll. For
the Backup to option, the default folder is the Camera Backup folder on the iXpand
Flash Drive). Note that the iXpand Flash Drive will ask you for access to your photos
the first time. Choose OK to continue.
After the back up is completed, an option will pop up to delete the copied photos
from the camera roll of the iPhone or iPad.

You can also pause the back up at any time by tapping on the pause button.
Backing Up may take longer than normal the 1st time. Once set up, only newly added
files will be copied to the iXpand Flash Drive.
Note: A pop-up will appear if the initial camera Back up was denied. You can change
this by going into the iPhone settings screen and enabling the iXpand Flash Drive to
access the iPhone photos.
Restoring Photos to your Camera Library
The iXpand Flash Drive can be used to copy photos to a new iPhone. To Restore
Photos from the iXpand Flash Drive to the iPhone or iPad, choose the Restore option.
This will copy the photos from the Destination/Source Folder selected to the camera
roll on the iPhone or iPad. The default folder is Camera Backup.
Warning: Photos with the same name will be duplicated to your Camera Roll when
Restored.

Back Up Social Media
The iXpand Flash Drive can be used to backup your photos uploaded to popular social
media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. To backup these photos:
1. Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone or iPad, and open the iXpand Drive
App.
2. Choose the Backup and Restore selection from the home screen.
3. Choose the Back Up Social Media option
4. You will be prompted to sign in to the social media account using your username
and password specific to those accounts.
You must authorize the iXpand App to access your social media account. The app
will backup all the photos that you have uploaded to your social media account.

5. The iXpand Drive App will find all the photos stored on the social media account
and ask to back them up.
6. Once you have connected a social media account, you can easily back it by clicking
the backup icon as shown in the figure below.

Back Up and Restore Contacts
Create a backup contact file and restore it when needed. This is particularly valuable
when moving to a new iPhone or iPad.
Backup
1Select Backup and restore > Backup and restore contacts > Back up
2Select the contacts to back up by clicking the dot next to it
3Select Archive contacts at the bottom of the screen
Restore
1Select Backup and restore > Backup and restore contacts > Restore
2Select the contacts to restore
3Select Restore at the bottom of the screen
Contacts with the same name will be duplicated when the restore option is
selected

File Management
Use your iXpand Flash Drive and iXpand Drive app to transfer and manage files
between your iPhone, iPad, PC and Mac computer.
Copy files from your iPhone or iPad
1. Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone or iPad.
2. Select the Copy Files option from the Home screen
3. Choose to copy photos from your iPhone to the iXpand Flash Drive or to Get Files
from your iXpand Flash Drive and copy them to your iPhone

4. Select the photos to choose from the iPhone or iPad.
5. Press Copy to iXpand Flash Drive
6. Select your Destination Folder from the list of folders on the iXpand Flash Drive
7. The selected files will be saved to your iXpand Flash Drive.
Files copied to the Drive when it is not connected are accessible using the iXpand
Drive app under iPhone or iPad Storage. These filed are stored in the app’s local
memory.