Ipad Files App. You can now easily attach an external drive / usb and access the files using the app. At the top of the finder window, click files, then do one of the following:
The files app for ios and ipados is a handy tool as it helps you connect to online services and other locations, such as onedrive, google drive, box, and dropbox. The new ipados for ipad provided additional enhancements and flexibility to the files app. View files and folders in files on ipad.
They all show up as either a blank page or a blank page with the title, file type and size (in the middle of it).
The files app, introduced in ios 11, is the central repository for all of the files services with apps on your iphone and ipad, like icloud, google drive, dropbox, and many more. Wait for the file to upload to icloud drive via the progress bar at the bottom. This allows you to more easily drag and drop files inside teh app itself. Navigate to the location in icloud drive that you wish to move the file to.
