Here is why it took Apple so long to add USB drive support to iOS - Android

With iOS 13, Apple is finally catching up with Android when it comes to the ability of the system to connect to external USB drives, so that you can connect that flash drive or SSD directly to your phone and transfer files easily

But what took Apple so long?

This is the exact question that John Gruber, an analyst known for his Daring Fireball blog, asked Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi. Federighi explained that the delay was because Apple was working on isolating the file systems from the kernel to protect ...