Is your iPad storage full, and you can’t find any files to delete and free up space? Did you know you can easily back up an iPad to an external hard drive? Apart from backing up your iPad to iCloud, Mac, or PC, you can also use an external hard drive to save your files. Most external hard drives come with a large storage capacity, allowing you to save as many files as you wish. This becomes handy when you want to back up large files from your iPad. If you have important photos, videos, or documents you don’t need currently, moving them to an external backup helps save your iPad storage. We’ll walk you through how to back up your iPad, whatever storage device you have. Why you should backup your iPad to another drive Image: Apple You may want to backup your iPad to an external hard drive for several reasons. One is to protect your files against accidental deletion. Unlike saving your files to an iCloud backup accessed across several devices, using an external hard drive is more secure. This is because you won’t run into situations where you accidentally delete a photo or video while viewing it on a different device. Another reason is to reduce your subscription costs. iCloud provides a free storage space of only 5GB. Unless you’ve purchased more storage, this fills up quickly under normal use. With an external hard drive, however, you can transfer large files from your iPad and use…How to backup your iPad with or without a computer