{"id":16091,"date":"2015-07-30T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=16091"},"modified":"2015-07-14T05:57:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T22:57:56","slug":"ixpand-your-iphone-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/ixpand-your-iphone-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"iExpand Your iPhone&#8217;s Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/iXpand-Flash-Drive-Main.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-16144 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/iXpand-Flash-Drive-Main.png?resize=570%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"iXpand Flash Drive Main\" width=\"570\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/iXpand-Flash-Drive-Main.png?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/iXpand-Flash-Drive-Main.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/iXpand-Flash-Drive-Main.png?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you wish you had more space on your iPhone? \u00a0Do you find yourself needing to transfer files to your PC in order to have enough space for a new app or to take more pictures? \u00a0This is such a chore and who remembers how to do transfer things\u00a0anyways?<\/p>\n<p>Sandisk has come out with their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandisk.com\/products\/mobile-flash-drives\/ixpand\/\" target=\"_blank\"> iXpand Flash Drive<\/a>\u00a0to making transferring pictures and videos between your iPhone, iPad, Mac and or PC easier. \u00a0Connect the SanDisk iXpand to your iPhone or iPad for an instant 64 GB of space to work off of. \u00a0No cloud, cables, or Internet connection is needed.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">SanDisk iXpand\u00a0Flash Drive<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The iXpand Flash Drive makes it easy to automatically transfer files, photos, and videos from your iPhone or iPad to give you more space. \u00a0If you are like most people, you probably have thousands of valuable photos on your phone. \u00a0You reason that you like to have them there so you can refer to them, but do you really go back a year back or so to look up pictures from that time? \u00a0Usually, people refer to the past 1-2 months only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Automatic Back-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-16142 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?resize=276%2C490&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015-06-09 15.32.45\" width=\"276\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?resize=150%2C266&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?resize=600%2C1065&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.32.45.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-16143 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.07.png?resize=277%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015-06-09 15.43.07\" width=\"277\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.07.png?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.07.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.07.png?resize=150%2C266&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.07.png?resize=600%2C1065&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.07.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moving pictures off your phone frees up more space to take more pictures. \u00a0At the very least, using the Sandisk iXpand Flash Drive can help you to back up your photos, so if your iPhone ever died or disappeared, you&#8217;d still have the pictures. \u00a0In fact, the iXpand app can automatically sync photos and videos from your camera roll whenever you connect the flash drive, so you needn&#8217;t worry about backing up your files yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Songs &amp; Movies Galore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wish you could take your thousands of songs and movies and TED Talks with you on the go? \u00a0Now you can by transferring these files from your Mac or PC to the iXpand Flash Drive. \u00a0You can play popular video formats like WMV, AVI, MKV, MP4, and MOV right from the iXpand Flash Drive, without worry of transferring to your iPad or iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Just grab your iXpand Flash Drive when you&#8217;re heading out to a party, road trip, sleepover, or day at the beach. \u00a0You&#8217;ll have all your favorite tunes, movies, and pictures with you. \u00a0The iXpand is available in 16\u00a0GB, 32\u00a0GB, 64 GB, and 126 GB sizes yet is small enough to fit in your pocket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like how the iXpand Flash Drive app gives you a status of how much storage space you have left on both the iXpand Flash Drive and your Apple device. \u00a0The iXpand does include an internal battery, so you do need to keep it charged in order to use it. \u00a0You can see there is a battery life remaining indicator for the Flash Drive as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16140\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?resize=323%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2015-06-09 15.43.23\" width=\"323\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?resize=150%2C266&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?resize=600%2C1065&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2015\/06\/2015-06-09-15.43.23.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>Pros:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>What a great invention &#8211; love being able to expand memory to the iPhone\/iPad<\/li>\n<li>A great tool for backing up all the family&#8217;s Apple products &#8211; you can do this in the manual mode<\/li>\n<li>Now you can enjoy your WHOLE music collection using the iXpand on your iPhone without taking up space on your iPhone<\/li>\n<li>Great for sharing photos with friends &#8211; an easy way to transfer videos, photos, and more<\/li>\n<li>Download movies, podcasts, and more onto your iXpand Flash Drive and watch straight from there when connected to your iPhone\/iPad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Cons:<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>You aren&#8217;t able to access iBooks for Kindle but you can read .pdf books<\/li>\n<li>Due to the width of the iXpand Flash Drive, it obstructs other USB ports if located close together on your PC\/Mac<\/li>\n<li>The lid to protect the USB stick comes completely off and is sure to get lost. \u00a0Would prefer for it to be attached<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The iXpand Flash Drive is compatible with Windows XP, Windows 7 &amp; 8, Mac )S 10.5+, iPhone 5 and newer, iPad Air, iPad 4th generation, iPad Mini with Retina display, and iPad mini + iOS 7.1 or higher.<\/p>\n<p>The 32 GB iXpand Flash Drive sells for $74.95+ free\u00a0shipping on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/SanDisk-Lightning-connector-Computers--SDIX-032G-G57\/dp\/B00RBGYPO8\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1436827756&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=iXpand+Flash+Drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>. \u00a0All sizes from 16 GB to 128 GB are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=iXpand+Flash+Drive+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?resize=181%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Family Technology at it's Best\" width=\"181\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2010\/12\/WellConnectedMom-LOGO-MOM.jpg?resize=165%2C300&amp;ssl=1 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0A Mom&#8217;s Perspective<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I have recently discovered the simplicity and flexibility of Apple&#8217;s Air Play. \u00a0I can connect my iPhone and iPad to my TV (by using Apple TV) to view my photos on my TV. \u00a0It&#8217;s great for sharing pictures and the fastest way I know to get pictures on my TV. \u00a0The iXpand Flash Drive is great for sharing recent photos or photos from seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I love to show picture slides shows. \u00a0With the iXpand app, I plan on copying\u00a0a bunch of photos from past Christmases to my iXpand to share on my TV. \u00a0When I&#8217;m done, I can just delete them off the drive. \u00a0But having the ability to transfer a lot of heavy photos to my iPhone without bogging down my iPhone&#8217;s hard drive space is a dream.<\/p>\n<p>SanDisk makes a number of great storage solutions, including ones for Android, that you should\u00a0be aware of to make life easier. \u00a0Check out our reviews on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/16\/sharing-is-easy-with-the-sandisk-connect-wireless-media-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/10-family-tech-tools-open-road\/\" target=\"_blank\">SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>* \u00a0I was given a SanDisk iXpand Drive in exchange for my honest opinion. \u00a0All 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