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Guy

February 14, 2025

My photos have been backed up on the Sandisk iXpand flash drive. Then I delete a photo on my iphone. Afterwards, my photos are backed up again on to the Sandisk drive. Would the deleted photo still be available from the backup on the Sandisk flash drive?

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Mr. Anderson

February 15, 2025

Yes, deleted photos from your iPhone will still be available on the SanDisk iXpand flash drive after a backup. The backup process does not automatically remove deleted photos from the drive. When performing an auto-backup, you will be asked whether you want to keep the backed-up data on your device. If you choose to delete them from your iPhone, they will still remain on the iXpand drive unless manually removed.

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Page 1 USER R GUID DE iXpa nd™ F Flash D Drive Rev 2.0 951 SanDisk Drive, M Milpitas, CA 9503 ©20 016 SanDisk Corp poration. All righ hts reserved ...
Page 2 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 • Secure files • File Sharing & Transfer files from other app Device Settings • Drive Name • Formatting • Firmware update Troubleshooting & Support ...
Page 3 Instructional Icons Warning Information Quick Tip ...
Page 4 Intro oducti on iXpan d™ Flash h Drive O Overview w Lightning Connector USB Conn nector Figure: : iXpand Flas sh Drive The perfec t compani on for you ur iPhone o or iPad, the e iXpand Fl lash Drive lets you fr ree up space on y our iPhone e or iPad, b back up yo our camera a roll, and e even watch h videos st traight from the d rive . The flexible Lig ghtning con nnector wo...
Page 5 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 device , 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/s . 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 formats directly from the drive. ...
Page 6: Specifications
Works with iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, 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 8.2+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 128GB ...
Page 7 Connec t the iXpan nd Flash Dr rive into yo our iPhone e or iPad a s shown in n the figure e below. Keep hold ing the US B side of th he iXpand Flash drive e away fro om the bac ck of the dev vice while y you are ins serting the Lightning connector r into the i Phone or i Pad. ...
Page 8 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. ...
Page 9 Appl licatio ons App o overview w iXpand Drive app is the com mpanion to your iXpan nd Flash D Drive. It has s a very sim mple Home s creen, yet allows you u to quickl y access m main tasks f from alwa ys present t action items o r delve dee eper into m more featu ures throug gh a set of f quick acti on cards. T These cards al llow you to o do differe ent tasks f rom the ho ome scree ...
Page 10 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. ...
Page 11 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 Select this Icon to take a photo ...
Page 12 2. Snap p your Pho to. Your Ph hotos will be stored directly on nto the iXp pand Flash Drive. 3. Take e a Video. Y Your Video os will be s tored dire ctly onto t the iXpand Flash Driv ve. ...
Page 13 Home Scr reen. You w will be present ted with a screen wit th the follo owing optio ons: 1. B Back up & R Restore Ph hoto Library y to the iX pand Flash h Drive 2. B Backup you ur photos f rom Social l Media ac counts to t the iXpand d Flash Driv ve 3. B Back up & R Restore Co ontacts ...
Page 14 Backin ng Up or R Restore y your Came era Librar ry You can n back up y your camer ra library t o the iXpa nd Flash D Drive by set tting up au uto‐ back up p or manua ally back up p as neede ed. Turn on n Automat ic Backup by sliding t the switch. This optio n will also appear du uring the in nitial set up p screens s shown whe en you first con nnect your r Drive. You can n choose th he Restore e from opt ion to rest...
Page 15 You can also pause the back up at any time by tapping on the pause button. Backing Up may take longer than normal the 1 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. ...
Page 16 Back U Up Socia al Media a The iXp and Flash Drive can b be used to o backup yo our photos s uploaded d to popula ar social media s sites such a as Faceboo ok and Inst tagram. To o backup th hese photo os: 1. Conn nect the iX Xpand Flash h Drive to y your iPhon ne or iPad, and open the iXpan d Drive App. . 2. Choo ose the Ba ckup and R Restore se lection fro om the hom me screen.
Page 17 5. The iXpand Dri ive App wi ll find all th he photos stored on the social media acc count and ask to bac k them up . 6. Once e you have e connecte ed a social media acco ount, you can easily back it by clicking the b backup ico on as show n in the fig gure below w. ...
Page 18 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 Select Backup and restore > Backup and restore contacts > Back up Select the contacts to back up by clicking the dot next to it Select Archive contacts at the bottom of the screen Restore Select Backup and restore > Backup and restore contacts > Restore Select the contacts to restore Select Restore at the bottom of the screen Contacts with the same name will be duplicated when the restore option is selected ...
Page 19 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 ...
Page 20 4. Selec ct the pho tos to choo ose from t the iPhone e or iPad. 5. Pres s Copy to i iXpand Fla sh Drive 6. Selec ct your De stination F Folder from m the list o of folders o on the iXpa and Flash D Drive 7. The selected fi les will be saved to y your iXpan d Flash Dr rive. Files cop pied to the e Drive whe en it is not t connected d are acces ssible usin g the iXpan nd ...
Page 21 Copy fi iles from the iXpan nd Drive t to iPhone e or iPad 1. C Choose Cop py Files fro om the Hom me screen of the Driv ve App. 2. C Choose Cop py Files fro om iXpand Flash drive e. 3. S elect the f files from t the Drive. 4. T The selecte ed files will be saved t to your iPh hone or iPa ad. Only Ph hotos and V Videos will l be copied d to your Ca amera roll ...
Page 22 1. P Plug your iX Xpand Flas h Drive int to your Ma ac compute er’s USB p ort. 2. D Drag and dr rop music, videos, ph hotos, and documen ts betwee n your Ma c omputer a and the iXp pand Flash Drive wind dow. Delete files 1. C Connect the e iXpand F lash Drive to your iP hone or iP Pad. ...
Page 23 2. C Choose “Vie ew Files” f from the H ome scree en 3. P Press and choos se the files s you’d like e to delete from Driv ve. You can n hoose one e or many f files. 4. P Press a at the bott om of the screen. 5. A A progress bar will ap ppear to sh how the de eletion pro gress. You can n swipe lef ft on a file icon in list view and ...
Page 24 Search h 1. In n the file v iew, pull d own the sc creen. 2. Y You will see e a search box appea ar at the to op. Enter th he file nam me you wou uld like o find. 3. Y You will see e search re esults appe ear for any matching files. Viewin ng files on n the iXpa and Drive or iPhon ne or iPad d 1. C Choose Vie w Files fro m the Hom me screen of the App p. ...
Page 25 When “iXpa and” is sele ected, only y those file es containe ed on the d drive will b be hown. Wh en “iPhone e or iPad S Storage” is selected, all files on the phone e and he iXpand Flash Drive e are show wn. Files als so copied f from othe r apps whe en the rive is not attached w will appea r here. Only Ph hotos and V Videos will be copied to your Ca amera roll on the iPh hone or iPa ad. ...
Page 26 Photos Supported file formats for photos BMP, TIF, TIFF, JPG, PNG, GIF, XBM, ICO, TGA View Photos 1. Plug the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone or iPad. 2. Choose the “View Files” option from the Home Screen. 3. Choose the Photo icon 4. Tap the photo you’d like to view. The app will also give you the ability to pinch and zoom on photos. 5. You can view other photos in the same folder by swiping left or right. ...
Page 27 6. Y You can cha ange the d efault layo out to Grid d or List vie ew by selec cting the La ayout option 7. Y You can als o change t the Sort Or rder and So ort By met thods thro ugh the lay yout menu. Slidesh how 1. B Browse to t the folder c containing g your phot tos. 2. C Choose the photo you u want to s start with. 3. S elect the s slideshow b button at t...
Page 28 Videos Supported file formats WMV, AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, FLV, MPG, RMVB, M4V, TS Unsupported file formats AC3, DTS (Dolby) Playback 1. Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone or iPad. 2. Choose the “View Files” option from the Home Screen. 3. Choose the Video icon 4. Tap the video you want to play. ...
Page 29 If the m music file ha as this den otation, th hen it is loc cated in yo our iTunes l library on t the iPhone or iPad. Playba ck 1. C Connect the e iXpand F lash Drive to your iP hone or iP Pad. 2. C Choose the “View File es” option from the H Home Scre een. 3. C Choose the Music ico n 4. S electing th he currentl...
Page 30 6. Tap the song you want to play. 7. You can play the other songs in the same folder by swiping left or right. Playback supports music purchased from iTunes. Please remember that iTunes is for legal or rightholder‐authorized copying only. DRM‐protected content is not supported. Check with the content provider for playback. ...
Page 31 Creatin ng a playl ist 1. S elect the P Playlist item m from the e Music Me enu. 2. T The list of p playlists wi ll appear. 3. T To Create a a playlist, S elect the N New Playlis st “+” icon n 4. N Name your Playlist. 5. A Add songs t to the play ylist by tou ching the n name of th he song. 6. O Once you h ave select ed your so ongs, touch h the “crea ate playlist...
Page 32 Securing Files/ SanDisk SecureAccess Software SanDisk SecureAccess™ Software The SanDisk SecureAccess software is designed to protect sensitive data on your drive . When security is enabled in the app, a special “SanDiskSecureAccess Vault” folder is created in your drive. Any locked files are moved into the SanDiskSecureAccess Vault and can be accessed only with a password. Enable Security on iPhone or iPad Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone or iPad. Go to Menu Settings Security. Enable the security by swiping the dot to the right. Enter a password when prompted to set password. Then select OK. Here there is another option of TOUCH ID authentication. Enter a hint for your password. Then select OK. IMPORTANT: If this password is forgotten, locked files will not be recoverable. Once the security is enabled, a folder called “SanDiskSecureAccess Vault” (along with a SanDisk SecureAccess Vault Settings folder) would be created in the drive. Do not delete SanDiskSecureAccess Vault Settings folder, if you want to use security feature. Secure Files on iPhone or iPad ...
Page 33 , enable se ecurity first t as explain ned above e. Selec ct the files s you’d like e to secure . Pres s thelock i con at the bottom m of the sc creen. All secu ured files a re moved t to SanDisk kSecureAcc cess Vault f folder. Access s secured files (thr rough iXp and Drive e) on Mac c comput ter On y your mac, d download SanDisk Se ecureAcces ss softwar e from nloads.san ndisk.com/...
Page 34 Ente er the passw word you used to pr otect files on iXpand d Flash Driv ve using iXpand Drive e app and select OK Read d the guide elines and click “Next t”. ...
Page 35 Acce ess locked files or loc ck addition al files usin ng the belo ow interfa ce. To acce ess the secu ured files o on Window ws based sy ystems, do wnload Sa anDisk SecureA Access soft tware ...
Page 36 File Sh haring & & Transfe er files f from oth her app File Sh aring You can n share file s from you ur iXpand F Flash Drive e in many w ways includ ding Faceb book and Inst tagram fro om within t the app. How to o share 1. C Connect the e iXpand F lash Drive to your iP hone or iP Pad. 2. S elect the “...
Page 37 Transfer Files from other apps Easily transfer items from another App (For e.g.: WhatsApp) 1. Go to WhatsApp Gallery, choose files & select Upload Button 2. Select Upload Button 3. Select “SanDisk iXpand Drive” ...
Page 38 4. Optional: Open a new Folder 5. Selected contents will be copied to the folder ...
Page 39 Devi ice Set ttings Drive Name You can n choose a name for y your drive to make it t easier to identify th he drive in your file brow wser when n it’s plugg ed into a P PC or Mac computer.  Dri 1. G Go to Menu u ve Name 2. In n the text b box, name the drive and hit OK K. Note: O Only alphab betic chara acters are s supported when nam ming the fil les, no num...
Page 40 SanDisk Privacy Statement e. Legal terms and conditions Device Firmware Update SanDisk rolls out regular app updates to constantly improve the user experience. When a firmware update is available and the drive is connected to an iPhone or iPad, you will see a prompt in the app. Hit OK to update the app. DO NOT disconnect the drive while app update is in progress. ...
Page 41  Hel Go to G Go to Menu u p. To acce ss the Ope ening walk kthrough, G Getting sta rted guide a nd Online support. Online e Suppo ort The sup pport page for iXpand d Flash Driv ve is availa able at: www.sa andisk.com m/support/ /ixpandflas shdrive SanDisk k is a trade mark of Sa anDisk Cor poration, r registered in the Uni ited States s and other co ountries. iX Xpand and...
Page 42 4 Up to 70MB/s read. Write speeds lower and vary by capacity. USB 3.0 support required. Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending upon host device. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes. 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. International Registration Numbers: IC: ICES‐3 (B)/NMB‐3(B) KCC: MSIP‐REM‐TAD‐SDIX30 BSM: D32197 ©2016 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. ...