SanDisk iXpand™ Drive for PC - Free Download: Windows 10/11 Edition

★ ★ ★ SanDisk iXpand Overview

What is SanDisk iXpand? The iXpand Drive App is a mobile application that works with the iXpand Flash Drive to help users back up, transfer, and manage photos, videos, and files between their iPhone, iPad, and computers. The app is easy to use and allows users to free up space on their devices, automatically back up photos and videos, watch movies directly from the drive, and transfer files to their computer at USB 3.0 speeds.

Software Features and Description

1. It’s a flash drive for your iPhone and iPad that also works with computers.1 Connect the drive to your iPhone or iPad with the Lightning connector to quickly free up space on your device, or use the USB connector to quickly transfer your photos and videos to your PC or Mac computer.

2. When used with the iXpand® Flash Drive, the iXpand® Drive App1 makes it easy to back up, transfer and manage photos, videos and files between your iPhone, iPad and computers.

3. SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, iXpand, and the iXpand logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries.

4. iPhone, iPad, Lightning, Mac, and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the US and other countries.

5. Connect the drive to your iPhone or iPad to launch the app.

6. Once the app launches, you can set the app to automatically back up photos and videos from your camera roll to the drive.

7. iOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the US and other countries and is used under license by Apple Inc.

8. iXpand Flash Drive not included with iXpand Drive App.

9. 1 iOS 11 or higher required for iXpand Drive App.

10. 2 Password protection uses 128-bit AES encryption and is supported by iOS 11+, macOS 10.8+, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

11. The app also makes it easy to watch videos or listen to music directly from the drive3.

12. Liked SanDisk iXpand? here are 5 Productivity apps like SanDisk iXpand™ Base; SanDisk iXpand™ Sync; SanDisk Ixpand™ Charger; SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Flash Drive;

Download and install SanDisk iXpand™ Drive on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
SanDisk iXpand	Get App ↲	85,919 4.73	SanDisk

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install SanDisk iXpand™ Drive app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using SanDisk iXpand on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "SanDisk iXpand"
The search will reveal the SanDisk iXpand™ Drive app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once SanDisk iXpand is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including SanDisk iXpand.
Now enjoy SanDisk iXpand on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	SanDisk	4.73	5.3.16

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native SanDisk iXpand Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use SanDisk iXpand,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "SanDisk iXpand" » then Click "Install".
- SanDisk iXpand™ Drive will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get SanDisk iXpand on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	SanDisk	85919	4.73

SanDisk iXpand™ Drive functions

- Free up space on your iPhone or iPad

- Automatically back up photos and videos from your camera roll

- Watch movies directly from the drive (supports popular-formats)

- Transfer files to your computer at USB 3.0 speeds

- Encrypt files for transfer and storage between devices

- Password protection using 128-bit AES encryption

- Supports iOS 11 or higher

- Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod

- Supports .MP4 and .MOV video formats

- 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160) video support may vary based on file attributes, host device, and other factors

- DRM-protected content cannot be streamed

- Company support available at https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18644

- Object code repository available at https://github.com/SanDisk-Open-Source/SanDisk-iXpand-Drive

- Trademarks and legal information provided in the app description.

✔ Pros:

- Easy to work with

- Helpful in keeping phone memory free

- Quick and flawless backup

- Ability to create new folders

- Automatic backup when connected

☹ Cons:

- Edited videos may overwrite previous videos

- Changes the name of all photos

- App used to access files is seriously buggy

- Infuriating issue of arranging content

- Not suitable for recording long videos on low memory phones

Top Pcmac Reviews

Disappointed

By Rr851 (Pcmac user)

I bought this device for backing up my iPhone. Everything seemed fine, the backup was flawless and quick, the ability to either use the pre created folders or giving you the ability to create new ones and even the automatic backup when connected. Everything sounds good, no? Well, not quite. I backup the photos taken with my DSLR to my phone and they have a different name than the standard IMGxxx format so I can differentiate them when I transfer them to my PC. After copying all the files from my iPhone to the IXpand, it changed the name of ALL the photos. Worse, it added a ~photo or ~video suffix to each file depending what it is. I checked on the app, but there is no option to turn that off. I checked online and it seems that it was a unilateral decision from the app to change the naming convention a while ago and despite all the complaints from unhappy customers, the app does not seem to listen to what the people is asking for. I guess I will keep it but backing up my phone looks like it’s going to be a very tedious job and that’s not what I was looking for. And for that, my rating is 3 out of 5.
Problems

By GWGregg (Pcmac user)

It’s a good flash drive, in theory, but the app used to access the files on it is seriously buggy. The “Arranging content so you don’t have to” sequence is an infuriating issue. I’ve already arranged my files, when I copied them to the flash drive! What do you need to “arrange”? Why does it take forever? Why is there no progress bar so I have an idea of how long it will take, or whether it’s just locked up? Why, after you’ve done it, do my video files link to metadata from the internet that are not actually associated with their content? In the file manager are stupid pictures of supposedly hip people that take up an enormous amount of space, instead of a clean file management interface that uses the space well. Structurally, there are other issues. The USB connector end of the drive is exposed, with no protective cap. The Lightning connector end of the drive has a teeny tiny cap, about the size of a pea, making it easy to misplace. When copying large files to the flash drive, it copies quite slowly and heats up a lot. Hoping for a next-generation version of this that addresses at least the ridiculous “Arranging content” nonsense.
Super handy, efficient, one major file naming problem

By Ivan Machiz (Pcmac user)

In this little drive is easy to work with and very helpfull to keep my phone free to shoot more photos and video. I shoot a lot. I definitely recommend the drive. One concern has cost me no end of grief and that is edited video that was shot on my iPhone and edited on iMovie for iPhone was exported to the drive on two occasions where it over wrote a previous video. The previous video had been done a day earlier. This happened twice while I was in China and I lost all my edits. This happened twice before I realized what was happening and could stop the bleeding by placing videos into their own separate folders. Very inefficient, and a real pain. Not an elegant workaround but a workaround nonetheless. Hence the four stars which, considering the nature of the problem might actually make it deserve two stars, you decide. I’ve been happy with the Drive in all other respects.
Doesn’t work for long videos on low memory phones

By hopefully helpful critic (Pcmac user)

There may be some customers out there who think, “this is a great idea to bypass my low available memory message on my phone and record long (large file size) videos.” If you have a iPhone which is one of the 8 GB or 16 GB, this product isn’t one you can use to record long videos. If you have a large amount of space on your phone available already for those long videos, this app will probably work great. But if you’re like me, and are trying to find a way to save large single video files straight to a computer via this flash drive, this isn’t the product for you. Even though there is an in-app camera that seems like it would do this, It still maxes off based on your phones available memory (not the flash drives). Great idea, hope to one day find a product to meet this need, because the iOS system keeps taking up way to much space on these low memory phones. 8GB and even 16GB phones doesn’t really give much room amymore.