Camera Connection Kit Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Vintage meets future: importing photos to an iPad from a floppy disk

by Michael Rose (May 26th, 2013)

The iPad's Camera Connection Kit is a remarkably talented accessory. With its standard USB connector plus a bit of ingenuity, clever folks have found all sorts of things to connect that would not ordinarily be expected to connect: headsets, keyboards and a variety of storage devices. You can even ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me share my photos overseas

by Erica Sadun (Oct 11th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I have an iPad2. I am traveling to Spain in November and want to NOT tote my 17" Macbook. Is there an easy way to take files (primarily older photos that I have taken) with me on a USB flash drive and using the camera connection kit USB adapter have access to these files so I ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I use my iPhone 4 videos in the iPad 2's iMovie app?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 15th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I just bought the awesome iMovie for my new iPad 2. Now I want to be able to import videos that I captured on my iPhone 4 into iMovie on the iPad and edit them there. How can I do this? Love, Your niece Nixie ...

3-in-1 iPad camera connection kit is triple the goodness in one package

by Steven Sande (Dec 15th, 2010)

Here at TUAW, most of the bloggers are huge fans of devices featuring multiple levels of functionality jammed into one little box (this probably has something to do with a lifelong fascination with Swiss Army Knives.) That's why there were smiles all around when M.I.C.Gadget, a blog that follows ...

iOS 4.2 prevents some USB devices from working via Camera Connection Kit

by Chris Rawson (Dec 7th, 2010)

According to 9to5Mac, changes introduced in iOS 4.2 have caused Apple's Camera Connection Kit to become a lot less useful for iPad owners. As of iOS 4.2, the amount of electricity the iPad's 30-pin dock connector can put out has apparently been slashed from 100mA to 20mA. While this is good news ...

Carry more iPad data with you, using HyperDrive

by Keith M (Sep 9th, 2010)

No matter what size iPad or other portable device you get, many times it seems that you're going to hit that storage limit and find yourself aching for more space. The HyperDrive may not fix that problem for you, but it may be handy in certain circumstances. Using the portable HyperDrive and the ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Will my MacBook Air Ethernet adapter work with my iPad?

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2010)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Whoa, it's sure been hot here in Texas lately, so it's a good thing you're staying in air-conditioned comfort at the resort there in Florida. That reminds me of something I meant to ask you... Since I'm basically hanging out in my dorm room with its gigabit Ethernet connection ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Do I need my cable caps?

by Erica Sadun (Jun 2nd, 2010)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Wow, it's a new record! I opened my iPad Camera Connection Kit about 20 minutes ago and have already misplaced one of the caps ... Help me, Aunt TUAW. How do I keep my caps under control? Love and hugs, Your loving nephew Stevie ...

hacksugar: Working with iPad-mounted USB drives

by Erica Sadun (May 11th, 2010)

Recently, TUAW has looked at using the iPad's camera connection kit to attach and use USB drives. If you're using a jailbroken iPad, you'll be pleased to discover that the camera connection kit allows you to connect a USB stick or hard drive and access it from your iPad. That means you can easily ...

External HD support hacked on the iPad

by Dave Caolo (May 10th, 2010)

Here's an awesome trick for adding external HDD storage to an iPad. By "awesome" we mean complicated, round-about, wire-friendly and ultimately impractical (are you going to sit at Starbucks with this rig?), but hey...why do people climb Mt. Everest? Because it's there! After reading our own ...

iPad hacksugar: More than you wanted (or needed) to know about Apple's iPad Camera Connection Kit

by Erica Sadun (Apr 29th, 2010)

The iPad. It is awesome. And the iPad camera connector kit is even more awesome. It works with USB keyboards. It works with USB headsets (seriously, I just spent a half hour on the phone with Kyle Kinkade on Skype voice chat that way). And, of course, it does photos. You can import photos from ...

iPad Camera Connection Kit available for order, shipping in late April

by Steven Sande (Mar 27th, 2010)

Many people making pre-orders or reservations for iPads were concerned when the iPad Camera Connection Kit didn't show up on the Apple site as available for order. Never fear, for the the US$29 kit is now listed on Apple's website as shipping in late April. No explanation was given for the ...