Initial setup is relatively painless, requiring you to connect to the drive’s network and launch the Seagate Media Manager app on your iOS device. Through this network you can connect any of your computers and mobile devices to the drive and access the files stored within. When powered on, it creates a Wi-Fi network. Seagate sent me a pair of wireless hard drives. But at the end of it all, I was pleasantly surprised. Having never used a portable storage solution in any capacity, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I took a look at a few different options, mixing wireless storage with devices that connect to Apple’s Lightning port.
Luckily, there are accessories and storage solutions for iOS devices that make increasing storage easy and inexpensive. That’s better than the paltry 16GB entry-level models, but when you look at using an iPad as your only computer, even 128GB might not be enough. Apple’s made it a tad easier by doubling the second and third tier storage levels of recent iOS devices to 64GB and 128GB respectively. Part of breaking free from using a dedicated computer is figuring out a storage solution.
