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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by lostapathy on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:47PM (#22619924)
The camera connection kit is a quirky weird stepchild for Apple.

It works well with about anything on the iPhone - although some devices require a powered lightning cable.

On iPad, the same devices will all work, but it's a lot fussier about what powered lightning cable you use.

For example - I have a USB-C to lightning cable and a USB-PD charger. If I use those with the camera connection kit, my iPhone will access any USB storage device I've connected. It won't work on the iPad. But if use a USB-A to lightning cable to a 2 amp power supply, the same devices work fine on the ipad. go figure.

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Re:New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support by wlesieutre on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @11:43PM (#22624217)
Anything where they try to stuff a large amount of data over the lightning connector has been finicky, there are a lot of complaints about the HDMI adapters too.

Wish they’d just change everything to USB-C, but with them releasing new accessories regularly that charge with lightning, it doesn’t feel likely. Most recently PowerBeats 4 a couple of days ago.

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