There's a Problem With the iPhone 15 Pro Max With USB-C Power for External USB-C SSD Drive Storage
145The iPhone 15 Pro Max has USB-C problems with power delivery to external SSD drive storage.
As you can see in this video the iPhone 15 Pro Max doesn't not have enough power to power the external USB-C SSD that I am testing it with.
However, the older and less powerful iPad Mini Generation 6 does work with the exact same external Thunderbolt 4 USB4 USB-C drive that the iPhone 15 Pro Max doesn't work with. The iPad Pro M2 also does not have a problem with the same drive.
What's really unfortunate here is that this external SSD is something that I use with my MacBook Pro M1 Max, my Mac Mini and my iPad Pro M1 and iPad Pro M2 for transferring and editing ProRes video files and H.264 and H.265 video files. Which means that my iPhone 15 Pro Max can't be part of this workflow without using extra power via a powered USB-C hub. Which means that I can't use that SSD with the iPhone 15 Pro Max when out and about, unless I were to use a USB-C battery bank and USB-C hub. Or I have to buy another external storage drive for the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which wont be as fast as the drive shown in the video.
The external storage that I'm using is an ACASIS TBU405Pro M1 Thunderbolt 4 USB4 enclosure with a WD SN850X 4TB NVME M.2 SSD. This drive is as fast as it gets for any Mac or Apple device that supports Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C at any USB data rates and bandwidths.
Here's a video showing a similar external Thunderbolt SSD to one used in this video. This will give you a good idea as to why you'd want a fast drive like this for your video recording and video post production workflow.
How To Build The FASTEST External Portable Thunderbolt USB4.0 SSD For Your M1 M2 Mac:
https://youtu.be/sV9EDKc5zpk?si=xAR8Fx937uHeGAJn
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00:00 Intro and explanation
01:41 iPhone 15 Pro Max test & problem
06:57 iPad Mini 6th Gen test
08:01 iPad Pro M2 test
09:22 Summary
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