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Field backup options for M4 Creator?

cordilleran

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Searching for options to offload data from the Mavic 4 Creator SSD while in the field / mid-shoot. A laptop wouldn't be practical most of the time. Anyone have a good workflow from the Mavic 3 Cine or current Mavic 4 Creator?

Potential solutions that I'm considering:

ClouZen Tainer - ideal concept, like the defunct gnarbox. Sounds a bit slow for 100+ GB data dumps. Anyone been using this or a similar alternative?

iPad (or iPhone) via USB-C - either a high-capacity model, or cheaper model with a usb hub to an external ssd. Will an iPad see the drone's internal storage in the Files app? This seems like it would be the fastest field-portable option as the Pro, Air, and now Mini all have 10Gbps USB-C.

Non-apple tablet - same as above, but outside of the apple ecosystem

Copy to internal SD card / Controller -don't think this works and would probably be too slow anyways

Quicktransfer - OK for photo selects, impractical for full backup

Any other options?
 

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