iXpand 2.0 - USB Drive SANDISK - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	USB Flash Drive with Lightning Connector
Brand	SanDisk
Model	iXpand 2.0
Interface	Lightning (for iOS devices) and USB-A (for PC/Mac)
Capacity Options	32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
Dimensions	Approximately 2.5 x 0.7 x 0.4 inches (64 x 18 x 10 mm)
Weight	Approximately 10 grams
Power Source	Bus-powered via Lightning or USB-A connector
Operating Systems Supported	iOS 10.3 or later; Windows 7/8/10/11; macOS 10.9 or later
Main Functions	Automatic backup of photos/videos; manual file transfer; play media directly; free up iPhone storage
Software	SanDisk iXpand Drive app (available on App Store)
Data Transfer Speed	Up to 90 MB/s read (USB 3.0)
Encryption	Password protection with AES 128-bit encryption via SanDisk SecureAccess software
Materials	Plastic casing with metal connector
Maintenance	Clean with a soft, dry cloth. Avoid exposure to liquids and extreme temperatures.
Safety	Do not disassemble. Keep away from children. Use only in compatible devices.
Spare Parts	Not available individually; product is not user-serviceable.
Repairability	Non-repairable; warranty replacement recommended for defects.
Warranty	Limited 2-year warranty (check local terms)

Frequently Asked Questions - iXpand 2.0 SANDISK

Is the Sandisk iXpand 2.0 compatible with all iPhones and iPads?

Yes, it works with devices that have a Lightning port and run iOS 10.3 or later. This includes iPhone 5 and newer, iPad 4th gen and newer, and iPad mini 1st gen and newer.

Can I use the iXpand 2.0 with a PC or Mac?

Yes, the drive has a USB-A connector for use with computers. It is compatible with Windows 7/8/10/11 and macOS 10.9 or later.

How do I back up my iPhone photos automatically?

Install the SanDisk iXpand Drive app from the App Store. When connected, open the app and tap 'Back Up' to automatically backup your Camera Roll. You can set it to back up automatically each time you connect.

What is the maximum storage capacity available?

The iXpand 2.0 is available in 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB variants. Choose based on your needs.

How fast is data transfer?

With USB 3.0, read speeds can reach up to 90 MB/s. Actual speeds may vary depending on the host device and file sizes.

Is the iXpand 2.0 encrypted?

Yes, it supports AES 128-bit encryption through the SanDisk SecureAccess software (for Windows/macOS). You can password-protect sensitive files.

Can I watch movies directly from the drive on my iPhone?

Yes, the iXpand Drive app allows you to play videos, view photos, and listen to music directly from the drive without consuming iPhone storage.

What should I do if my computer does not recognize the drive?

Ensure the drive is properly connected. Try a different USB port. For Windows, check Device Manager; for Mac, check Disk Utility. Reformatting may help (note: erases data). Contact SanDisk support if issues persist.

Is there a warranty for the iXpand 2.0?

Yes, SanDisk offers a limited 2-year warranty. Details vary by region; check your local warranty card.

How should I clean and store the drive?

Clean with a soft, dry cloth. Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, moisture, and extreme temperatures. Avoid dropping or bending.

USER MANUAL iXpand 2.0 SANDISK

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Introducon

Geng Started

• Connecng to iPhone/iPad
- Charging
• Understanding the LED indicator

Applicaons

• App Overview
• Camera Roll Sync
• File Management
• Photo
• Video
• Music
• Password Protecon
• Sharing
• Contact Management

Device Sengs

• Drive Name
• Formang
• Firmware update

Troubleshoong & Support

Instruconal Icons

Informaon

Quick Tip

Introducon

iXpand Flash Drive Overview

Figure: iXpand Flash Drive layout

• Automacally syncs photos and videos from camera roll when connected.
• Transfer photos and videos from the camera roll to the drive to free up iPhone/iPad memory.
• Watch popular-format movies directly from the drive ^1 .
• Encrypts les across iPhone, iPad, and computers for secure transfer ^2 .

Works with

iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air ^™ , iPad mini ^™ , iPad with Rena display and newer (iOS 7.1+).

Windows vista ^® , Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS X v10.6+.

Specicaons

• Interface: Lightning and USB 2.0 connectors
  • Available in: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB ^3
• Operational Temperature: 0\~60°C.
  • Dimensions: 64.17mm x 36.78mm x 11.80mm
  • Baery: pre-charged, ready to use

^1 Support for .WMV, .AVI, .MKV, .MP4, .MOV video formats. Compatible device required.
^2 Password protecon uses 128-bit AES encrypon and is supported by iOS 7+, Mac OS X v10.6+ (Soware download required for Mac, (see www.sandisk.com/support/ixpandashdrive) Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
^3 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.

Geng Started

Connecng to iPhone/iPad

Physical conneccon

Gently li the Lightning connector slightly to connect to iPhone/ iPad

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Installing the app

When you've connected the drive to your iPhone or iPad, you'll be prompted to install the companion iXpand Sync app.

1 If this does not occur, please be sure the drive is fully charged. On the screen, select "App Store".

2 Install the "iXpand Sync" app from the App Store.

Charging iXpand Flash Drive

Plug your drive into a computer USB port or a USB AC adaptor* to charge it.

* USB AC adaptor: not included with the drive

LED Indicator

The LED on the side of iXpand Flash drive indicates its baery, charging and transfer status as explained below

Simple line drawing of a rectangular object with a green star and upward arrow, no text or symbols present.

• Green – sucient baery
• Red – low baery level. Charge by plugging the device to a USB port of PC/Mac computer or a USB AC adaptor
• Amber- charging in progress. Will become green when done
• Blinking-le transfer in progress. Do not disconnect the drive

Applicaons

App overview

iXpand sync app is the companion to your iXpand Flash Drive. Its major funcons:

1. Add photos/videos from the camera roll to the drive with the '+' buon.

2. Access other funcons - camera sync, "My Downloads", sengs and transfer contacts through the menu icon in the top le corner.

Camera Roll Sync

You can back up your camera roll to the iXpand Flash Drive by seng up auto-sync or manually syncing as needed.

Automac Sync

Set-up once and transfer your camera roll to the drive automacally each me the drive is connected.

To set-up:

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to the iPhone/iPad.
2 On the app, go to Menu → Camera Sync.
3 Turn on the "Automac Sync" opon on the camera sync screen.

Syncing may take longer than normal the 1^st me. Once set up, only newly added les will be copied to the drive.

Manual Sync

Sync your camera roll with the drive as needed using manual sync.

To sync:

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 Go to Menu → Camera Sync.

3 To change the desnaon of the synced les on the drive, select the "Sync Desnaon" as a folder on the drive.
4 Select "Sync Now".
5 All the les in your Camera Roll will be copied to the drive in the folder specified as the Sync Desnaon.

Syncing may take longer than normal the 1^st me. Once set up, only newly added les will be copied to the drive.

File Management

Use your iXpand Flash Drive and iXpand sync app to transfer and manage les between your iPhone, iPad, PC and Mac computer.

Transfer les from your iPhone or iPad to the drive

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 Select the add le buon “+”.
3 When prompted to "select les", choose the les you want to transfer from iPhone/iPad to the drive.
4 "Select Desnaon" to specify where to store the les on your drive.

You can choose "New Folder" opon to create a new folder as the desnaon of the le transfer on the drive.

Transfer les from drive to iPhone/iPad

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2. Press "Select" buon to choose the les from the drive.
3. Press at the boom of the screen.
4 Choose "Save to My Downloads" or, if you're copying iOS-supported photos and videos only, choose "Save Images/Videos" to save them to the Camera Roll
5 The selected les will be saved to your phone.

Files downloaded to My Downloads are accessible using the iXpand sync app even when drive is not connected.

Transfer les between PC and drive

To transfer les between your iXpand Flash Drive and computer simply plug the iXpand Flash Drive into your computer's USB port.

1 In the AutoPlay window, click Open folder to view les:

2 Drag and drop music, videos, photos, and documents between your computer and the iXpand Flash Drive window.

Transfer les between Mac computer and drive

To transfer content between your iXpand Flash Drive and Mac computer:

1 Plug your iXpand Flash Drive into your Mac computer's USB port.

2 Drag and drop music, videos, photos, and documents between your Mac computer and the iXpand Flash Drive window.

Delete les

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 Press "Select" and choose the les you'd like to delete from the drive.
3 Press at the boom of the screen.

You can swipe le on a le icon in list view and choose "delete" to easily remove individual les.

Search

1 In the le view, pull down the screen.
2 You will see a search box appear at the top. Enter the le name you would like to nd.
3 You'll see search results appear for any matching les.

Photos

Supported le formats

BMP, TIF, TIFF, JPG, PNG, GIF, XBM, ICO, TGA

Playback

1 Plug the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 The contents of the drive will appear. Browse to the folder containing your photos.
3 Tap the photo you'd like to view.
4 You can view other photos in the same folder by swiping le or right.

Slideshow

1 Browse to the folder containing your photos.
2 Choose the photo you want to start with.
3 Select the slideshow buon at the boom of the screen and the slideshow will begin.
4 Slideshow sengs can be changed through the sengs opon on the same screen.

Videos

Supported le formats

WMV, AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, FLV, MPG, RMVB, M4V, TS

Playback

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 The contents of the drive will appear. Browse to the folder containing your videos.
3 Tap the video you want to play.
4 You can play other videos in the same folder by swiping le or right.

Some DRM-protected content cannot be streamed. Check with the content provider for playback restricons.

Music

Supported le formats

MP3, AIF, WAV, AIFF, M4A, WMA, AAC, OGG, FLAC

Playback

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 The contents of the drive will appear. Browse to the folder containing your music.
3 Tap the song you want to play.
4 You can play the other songs in the same folder by swiping le or right.

Playback supports music purchased from iTunes. Some DRM-protected content is not supported. Check with the content provider for playback restricons.

Securing Files/ SanDisk SecureAccess

SanDisk SecureAccess™ Soware

The SanDisk SecureAccess soware 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 les are moved into the SanDiskSecureAccess Vault and can be accessed only with a password.

Enable Security on iPhone/iPad

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 Go to Menu → Sengs → Security.
3 Enable the security by swiping the dot to the right.

4 Enter a password when prompted to set password. Then select OK.
5 Enter a hint for your password. Then select OK. IMPORTANT: If this password is forgoen, locked les will not be recoverable.
6 Once the security is enabled, a folder called "SanDiskSecureAccess Vault" (along with a SanDisk SecureAccess Vault Sengs folder) is created in the drive.

Do not delete SanDiskSecureAccess Vault Sengs folder, if you want to use security feature.

Secure Files on iPhone/iPad

1 To secure les, enable security rst as explained above.
2 Select the les you'd like to secure.
3 Press thelock icon at the boom of the screen.

All secured les are moved to SanDiskSecureAccess Vault folder.

Access secured les (secured through iXpand Sync) on a Mac Computer

1 On your mac, download Secure Access ^TM soware from
downloads.sandisk.com/downloads/SanDiskSecureAccessV3_mac.zip
2 Copy the le SanDiskSecureAccessV3_mac to the iXpand Flash Drive.
3 Launch the app SanDiskSecureAccessV3_mac. Click "Next" in the screen below.

4 Read and accept the license terms and click "Next".

5 Enter the password you used to protect les on iXpand Flash Drive using iXpand Sync app.

6 Read the guidelines and click "Next".

7 Access locked les or lock additional les using the below interface.

To access the secured les on Windows®- based computers, download Secure Access™ soware from

downloads.sandisk.com/downloads/SanDiskSecureAccessV3_win.exe and follow the instrucons at hp://downloads.sandisk.com/downloads/qsg/secureaccessv2-qsg.pdf

Sharing

You can share les from your iXpand Flash Drive in many ways including Facebook, Twier and others from within the app.

How to share

1 Connect the iXpand Flash Drive to your iPhone/iPad.
2 Select the le you want to share from the drive.
3 Select at the boom of the screen.
4 Choose the desired upload/share opon.

Contact Management

Create a backup contact le and restore it when needed. This is particularly valuable when moving to a new iPhone.

Backup

1 Go to Menu → Transfer Contacts → Backup
2 Select the contacts to back up.
3 Select "Backup".

Restore

1 Go to Menu → Transfer Contacts → Restore
2 Choose the backup le you'd like to restore.
3 Select "Restore".

The contact restore operaon may create duplicate contacts.

Device Sengs

Drive Name

You can choose a name for your drive to make it easier to identify the drive in your le browser when it's plugged into a PC or Mac computer.

1 Go to Menu → Sengs → Drive Name
2 In the text box, name the drive and hit OK.

Formang the drive

1 Connect the drive to a PC/Mac computer through the USB connector.
2 Format the drive as a regular USB ash drive.

iXpand Flash Drive must be formed as FAT-32 only.

About the device

1 Go to Menu → Sengs → About
2 Under the About secon, you can see
a. Current app version
b. Drive rmware version
c. Device ID of the drive

d. SanDisk Privacy Statement

e. Legal terms and conditions

Device FW Update

SanDisk rolls out regular app updates to constantly improve the user experience.

When a rmware update is available and the drive is connected to an iPhone or iPad, you will see a prompt in the app (as below). Hit OK to update the app.

DO NOT disconnect the drive while app update is in progress.

Troubleshoong & Support

In-app Support

Go to Menu → Help. To access the app walkthrough, geng started guide and online support.

Online Support

The support page for iXpand Flash Drive is available at:

www.sandisk.com/support/ixpandashdrive

SanDisk is a trademark of Western Digital Corporaon, registered in the United States and other countries. iXpand and SanDisk SecureAccess are trademarks of Western Digital Corporaon. iPhone, iPad, and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

©2014 Western Digital Corporaon. All rights reserved.