I agree, an end-to-end Raspberry Pi with iPad Pro setup would be great including setting up Blink, setting up Mosh, and how to keep the connection active. You mentioned it before but brushed over the details. This was a great update, I would have missed the setup options otherwise.
For folks who start with the standard variant and opt for XRDP as a remote desktop solution: you need to leave the video group to improve performance back up to previous levels.
thank you very much to provide the patched OS. Out of curiosity I found that your setup just works fine also with my MacBook Air which has 2 USB-C ports. So I do not need to buy a Magic Keyboard and can use an external monitor via USB-C to Displayport and charge the MB at the same time while being connected to the RPI
Appreciate you sharing this video and information. Admittedly you crammed massive amounts of important info faster than I could comprehend, Guess I’ll have to watch again & again. I’m not as young as once was ( my white matter in my brain is less @75 years old ) I’ll be baaaka 😅🐌🐌
This is amazing - thank you. One question: how should the Pi get outside Internet? If we are outside our home, do we need to go into raspi-config and set up our WiFi connection wherever we are? Or should Internet come through USB-C? I was at an airport a few days ago and wasn’t able to pull down a public Git repo while SSH’ed into my Pi. Wasn’t sure if I messed up the configuration. Thanks!
Hello ! I decided to put the same IOS on a raspberry, only on Rasberg Pi 3v +, I wrote the same thing on a memory card, inserted it, launched it, the boot process went perfectly. But, when the next loading page "Please enter new username " came out, I could not fill the line with anything, since the keyboard does not work. Tried different keyboards (wired, wireless) for some reason do not work. What is the problem ?
Thx Rob, another great video. Especially useful to point beginners to 👍 One question: I‘m tinkering w/ the idea to have a full disk encrypted raspberry pi os. So far the simplest approach of achieving this seems to be using BerryBoot. Do have considered using full disk encryption? I‘m especially worried when using my Pi w/ my iPad on the go, e.g. loosing the Pi or the SD card… 🤔 BTW I‘m currently thinking about how to best solve providing the encryption password on pi boot…
It's a bit of a glaring hole in my setup. I have FDE everywhere else. I need to put some real time into researching it. I have this guide bookmarked: rr-developer.github.io/LUKS-on-Raspberry-Pi/ since I'm using LUKS everywhere else.
Great update to the video. I know in the previous edition you linked to a page that helped you setup usb-c for use with the pro by hand instead of using the pre-updated images. Any reason you dropped that this time around (e.g. too many questions, out of date instructions, etc.) or just didn’t want to?
Most people are leaning towards the pre-built images. That said, I've had a few requests for updated instructions for manual instructions so I'll shoot a quick video on that soon.
Could you replace the pi4 with an old Android phone in this setup? I’ve seen videos where it’s possible to put a distro on. But could you interface like in your pi setup?
The network settings are already present in the pre-built image, as mentioned in the video. I show all apps needed to get the setup working in the video. Not sure what your point is about Anker - I bought two Anker things and showed them.
Really love your tutorials. You are exceptional. One of my most important intended use cases, whether with my iPad Pro, or my MacBook Pro, is to relay through it for console access on certain pieces of network equipment -- never seem able to reliably do that with the USB C on later Macs. Thank you!
Brilliant! Not really sure how I might use this, as the iPad is still more of a toy and mainly my daughter's machine. I can just spin up a Linux VM on my Macbook Pro if required, but it's a cool thing to set up and play with. Thanks
I think I'm missing something.. Is this so that you can use the iPad's screen for your raspberry Pi? If so, is that accomplished by simply plugging in the USB-C cable after configuring it? Or, is this so that your iPad can communicate with your raspberry Pi? (share data, etc)
Thank you for your amazing videos. This is inspiring as a fellow developer. I've been wanting to switch to my iPad 100% of the time, but can just never get my workflow to go smoothly. I do have a Pi 4 so am ready to try make this work this way. I do have a question though, what do you recommend for powering both the Pi and the iPad at the same time? I realize the iPad can power the Pi for a while, but if one works hours and hours each day, the battery is going to run out. Do you have a solution for this? Perhaps with your magic keyboard you power your iPad that way? I unfortunately do not have one of those. Just a regular Magic Keyboard and Logitech Mouse.
I'm glad you found this useful. These days I am using the iPad Magic Keyboard with the extra power port, which makes the setup quite painless. Before I took the plunge on the Magic, I was using a USB-C hub with an extra USB-C port. The hub took in power, was plugged into the iPad and then the Pi was plugged into the hub. Sadly, the quality of USB-C ports on hubs is very variable, so I think I'd opt for a WiFi connection if I didn't have the Magic Keyboard. I'm going to shoot an updated guide for connecting the Pi over WiFi instead of USB-C very soon.
Sort of. If you have a cellular iPad, then you can connect the Pi to the iPad's hotspot. If you have a Wifi-only iPad then annoyingly you don't get a hotspot.
Hi. I was only able to get hold of a Pi 400, with the Pi inside a keyboard. I am pretty sure it is a Pi 4, as it is powered by a USB-C cable. However the output is mini-HDMI. If I power the device from my iPad Pro, does the output go via the power socket into the iPad or do I also need a mini-HDMI to USB-C cable instead of the mini-HDMI to HDMI cable that came in the kit?
You can connect the Pi 400 to the iPad over USB-C the same way as the Pi 4. I've tested this setup myself and it works really well. To avoid any confusion though - it's not the video signal that goes over USB-C, it's a network connection that you can use for remote terminal or screen sharing with something like VNC.
Disappointed. I keep hoping that you will walk through the configuration usb-c for *out-of-the-box* raspberry pi os lite. It's nice that you provide an image with that already done ... And maybe most people would prefer that. But I want to see all the "magic" and be able to do it myself. Could you do a short video going through that part for the few of us that want to do our own usb-c configuration? Thanks! Glad to see you back!
The best option at the moment is to follow the RPi Locator: rpilocator.com/ as much as you can. Unfortunately, new stock seems to disappear in no time.
it’s possible to install windows on raspberry pi 4 and use it in my iPad Pro? I remember I had to enable/change some settings in raspbian to use mas PI 4 on my iPad.
I've seen people run Windows on the Pi4 but I've haven't seen a configuration with the USB-C connection yet. WiFi connectivity is a totally viable fallback though.
I did that as a video for my Patreon supporters. You can see my public code for the Pi images here which should get you started: github.com/techcraftco/rpi-usb-gadget
Hey Rob, finally manged to get a pi4 8GB!! Ran the imager with the github image (raspios-lite-armhf-2022-04-04-arm64.img), ethernet popped up on my ipad but when I try to connect via blink ssh getting a connError(msg: "Socket error: Operation not permitted") error message. Tried setting up a HOST in blink but cannot seem to get it to connect - also tried multiple known working thunderbolt and USB C cables. Can even ping the pi ip address from Blink but be buggered if I can login! Any ideas?
Are you able to SSH in to the Pi from another machine or over WiFi if you power it from the wall socket? When you burned the Pi did you customise the image at all?
@@tech_craft Sorry about the late reply Rob, life gets in the way sometimes! I found that using an underscore when naming my pi (I have a naming convention on my home network that uses them, will probably now switch to camel case instead) meant I couldn't get to it. I'm now happily in and running code server and accessing via Blink after removal.
Did I miss it? So with this new image, we don’t need to do any customized settings in order to connect to ipad pro via usb? Can it by default connected once the image is burned?
Not since getting the magic keyboard, the extra port for power means I’ve completely abandoned using a hub unless I need an SD card input. Then I’m just using a basic Anker SD reader.
Great video! I have a rasp2, a rasp4 and recently bought a Rasp pi zero 2w and it’s a bit confusing to me which usb cable I have to use in each of them to connect to the iPad and create the local LAN… Which device will be the usb host? Do I need any OTG adapter to connect the pi zero or a direct usb-c to micro-usb cable will work? Thanks for your interesting videos and useful content!
OTG on the Zero works with pretty much any micro USB-A cable - you don't need an adapter, just the setup. It is a different setup (I think), some instructions here: gist.github.com/gbaman/50b6cca61dd1c3f88f41 For the Pi2, I'm not really sure what the setup is and sadly I don't have one to test. For the Pi4, if you're board is revision 1.2+ any USB-C cable will do. Older board revisions need one of the cables linked in the description.
Honestly, right now, it’s pure luck finding one. They came back in stock in a local supplier recently and were gone in about an hour. The chip shortage is really hitting supply
When pi connect to i pad . Command line or cmd automatically popup or you r using i pad command utility. Or any app to download in i pad . Same question for laptop pc and linux
It doesn't pop up automatically (although that would be nice), you'll need an SSH client app. I use Blink Shell (blink.sh) on the iPad and Kitty (sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/) on Mac
Thanks for the video and OS image 🖖🏽 you got me all pumped up to start working on a Pi. Only problem is I can't seem to find a Pi-4 . Will a Pi-3+ suffice? I guess it'll be slower as it has no USB-C and I hope I'll still be able to use your image
The Pi3 has no USB OTG support unfortunately, so the the best fallback is to use WiFi. I'm in the process of reworking my setup for that at the moment.
Thinking about getting a Tablet + Raspi for university after seeing this but (since i dont really like apple products) i wonder does the usb c connection on android tablets (samsung galaxy tab s specifically) work too? Dont wanna buy everything only to find out it wont work... Thanks in advance for any help/ tips:)
I'm still working through getting this exact configuration to work with my S8, but I've seen a bunch of videos on UA-cam using a different tethering method that seems to work fine. One thing for sure - the S8 powers the Pi with no issues.
@@tech_craft Sounds good:) pi 4bs (especially the 8gb ram version) are really hard to find but (as a computer science student) im kinda hooked on the idea now^^
I downloaded one of your preconfigured images, and while the pi boots, I don't see the ethernet option in the iPad settings when connected over USB C. Any help much appreciated!
@@tech_craft Thank you for your very prompt response. It was the arm64bit light raspios. I'm not sure if its an issue with the image because I had trouble trying to ssh into it over wifi.
Hi, thanks for the updated guide to connect iPad Pro to the raspberry pi, btw are you also gonna publish an update to the video “Mobile Raspberry pi with any iPad. No USB-C required”? I followed your tutorial but the WiFi client AP mode is greyed out for me, also, my previous comments were deleted by the YT
You can certainly install Windows for ARM on the Raspberry Pi. Connecting that Pi to the iPad over WiFi shouldn't be a problem. Whether it will work over USB-C I'm not sure. Sadly I don't know enough about Windows to have a proper answer for you.
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great video for setting up 👍. any chance you can talk about making a kali image connected by usb?
Thanks for your videos - very interesting and professional. I like the way how you always completely solve the problems in detail. No other information beside your videos and links are needed to solve the problem - really nice. There is one security related topic I do not really understand, if you use the USB-C connection between iPad and Raspi for IP4-network trafic: How do you connect this "combo" into the internet? How is the traffic routed and which one of the 2 computers is exposed to the internet - being a potenital attack target? After clarifying this an additional question is : How is this exposed computer protected and which services are visible from the internet? Background: I want to use your nice setup for a mobile working solution while travelling and while connecting the exposed part of your setup to potentially insecure networks.
With the USB-C connection neither device gets Internet from the other. Both need to be connected to the Internet over wifi. You can connect the Pi to the iPad's hotspot if you have a cellular iPad. Depending on what OS you run on the Pi you'll have very few services open on the public internet. Probably only SSH and if you disable password authentication and disable the ability for root to login over SSH that shouldn't be a major issue. It is possible use a USB tethering approach which kind of inverts the relationship between the devices. In this setup, the pi will get internet connectivity through the iPad but only if you have a cellular device.
Hi! Thanks for the video, you always create a great atmosphere to listen and learn stuff!) Got a question: Currently using a MB Pro M1, and use RPi 3B+ as time Capsule server in my home network but I often need to interact with NTFS external hard drives. Is there a way to manage NTFS (wright and delete on it) from MB through RPi since it has now NTFS support package? Thanks in advance!
I think you have two very solid options for this. Assuming you have the NTFS drive mounted on the Pi you can: 1. Create an SMB share for it. SMB works really well from the Files app and this should be pretty seamless 2. Use an app like Blink or Shellfish to share the mount over SSH. This is my preferred approach because it requires less fiddling on the Pi but does require you to have the SSH app. I'm going to show the SSH file sharing in my next video.
I really enjoy your videos - thanks a lot! I have set up a raspberry pi 4 with your 64bit image and access the pi using Jumpdesktop and ssh. The only issue I have is with the keyboard. I have an apple folio keyboard (spanish version) and regardless of the keyboard settings I have tried out on the Pi, I cannot make the button work when I am logged into the Pi. Have you faced similar issues? I was hoping that you may have a solution to this issue! (otherwise the key works without problems). I have also tried to remap the key - this also didnt work. Any input on this is of course greatly appreciated!
Option works for me on my UK English Magic Keyboard by default. A quick peek in the Settings for Jump suggests that you might want to enable the Ignore Left Alt option - certainly worth a try at least if you haven't already!
Thank you for your well presented video. What advantages are there in using the iPad connected to the Raspberry Pi, apart from providing a convenient terminal? For example, are there any developments to allow apps on the iPad to communicate with the Raspberry Pi OS? I’m new to this iPad connection, so sorry if it’s a silly question. 🤷♂️
Not a silly a question at all. I have a video showing how the Pi can be used as a host for Visual Studio Code: ua-cam.com/video/11YfaGi0Fpk/v-deo.html. Apps on the iPad can communicate with the the Pi directly without any special permissions. For example, if you have a Pi running NextCloud, then the NextCloud app on the iPad can access that directly.
@@tech_craft Thank you for your reply to my question. I have an older iPad Pro so I have no USB port. However I have been thinking of upgrading to the current iPad Pro, so this is another reason for me to upgrade. It would be nice to talk to the older iPad using wi-fi, but I expect that would open a can of worms! Thank you again for your excellent video and work to produce the Raspberry Pi image for easier connection via USB. 👍🏼
Did I understood it right that the iPad Ethernet USB C sharing won't share internet into the Pi ? Only a local assigned IP for SSH/VNC? So you still have to use the Pi's WiFi to get internet then? Many thanks for putting up this series of videos and images.
@@tech_craft thanks!! using your image and booting into gui mode from a display with keyboard and mouse, i can't get internet even though connected to wi-fi. any reason why ? also if i turn on vnc, later on the ipad even though o can ssh i can't vnc (even though the service is on)
Can you share the output of the ifconfig command? I'm surprised that the WiFi isn't working, I haven't had any issues at all. Regarding, VNC, which client are you using?
@@tech_craft realized it was actually my home WiFi not assigning DHCP, now solved thanks! Now I am struggling with a very laggy Chromium. Any tips for that? :) I'm using VNC Viewer on iPad OS
Chromium is a bit of an issue that seems to keep coming up with the Pi. I gave up and went with Firefox! I haven't used the built-in VNC on the Pi for a while - I'll have a mess around with it and see what I can find out.
If you use the GUI then absolutely. It's a full computer so whatever you like you can install. I like to keep a GUI around for a 'real' Chrome and Firefox browser.
Ah. I see what you mean. The GUI doesn't show without extra effort. That requires setting up VNC on the Pi and then having a VNC client on the iPad. I've never actually showed that in detail because I don't really use that, but I'm shooting a video on this very soon.
I use Android, which means, If I connect my Pi to my phone or tablet to the Pi's USB 3 plug, And share my Device's Internet connection with it via USB tethering, I can actually use it and I dont need to Flash a custom os!
Has anyone tried getting the iPad / Pi setup with the Pi inside an Argon One m.2 case? I can't seem to get the iPad to recognise the Pi when it is in the case. It gets power and boots up fine but the iPad never gets an IP address so I can't ssh to it. I've tried booting from a SD card and a SSD drive and the behaviour is the same. As soon as I whip it out of the case everything works fine. Tried ubuntu and Raspios - so I'm guessing the usb-c interface on the case is causing the issue.
Would have been great to include the USB config in this video rather than just mentioning the custom images. Will see if I can find it from elsewhere.
I agree, an end-to-end Raspberry Pi with iPad Pro setup would be great including setting up Blink, setting up Mosh, and how to keep the connection active. You mentioned it before but brushed over the details.
This was a great update, I would have missed the setup options otherwise.
I was going to shoot that this weekend as well but I’m still suffering with the Covid a little. It’s next on my list to do the deep dive.
@@tech_craft oh! Mate, then focus on your health. That's more important. No rush and absolutely no stress. Get well soon.
For folks who start with the standard variant and opt for XRDP as a remote desktop solution: you need to leave the video group to improve performance back up to previous levels.
thank you very much to provide the patched OS. Out of curiosity I found that your setup just works fine also with my MacBook Air which has 2 USB-C ports. So I do not need to buy a Magic Keyboard and can use an external monitor via USB-C to Displayport and charge the MB at the same time while being connected to the RPI
Does this also work with Raspberry Pi 400?
It does indeed.
Appreciate you sharing this video and information. Admittedly you crammed massive amounts of important info faster than I could comprehend, Guess I’ll have to watch again & again. I’m not as young as once was ( my white matter in my brain is less @75 years old ) I’ll be baaaka 😅🐌🐌
This is amazing - thank you.
One question: how should the Pi get outside Internet? If we are outside our home, do we need to go into raspi-config and set up our WiFi connection wherever we are? Or should Internet come through USB-C?
I was at an airport a few days ago and wasn’t able to pull down a public Git repo while SSH’ed into my Pi. Wasn’t sure if I messed up the configuration. Thanks!
With iPadOS 16 support of external monitor, what set up is possible to charge iPad while powering Raspberry Pi while hooking to 4K external monitor?
Hello ! I decided to put the same IOS on a raspberry, only on Rasberg Pi 3v +, I wrote the same thing on a memory card, inserted it, launched it, the boot process went perfectly. But, when the next loading page "Please enter new username " came out, I could not fill the line with anything, since the keyboard does not work. Tried different keyboards (wired, wireless) for some reason do not work. What is the problem ?
I was just thinking about this in the morning and your video showed up!! Thank you!
is it working through the usb cable or working wirelessly through your wifi network since you used SSH?
Dang want to do this but says the installed IS does not indicate support for Raspberry pi 5
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For the users who use an earlier verion of pi 4, please try a a USB 2.0 version of Type-C cable
How about provisioning the Pi from the new Ethernet boot and OS download?
I've not really used that yet, but I do need to start using it more often and see what needs to be done so my images can boot that way.
Great video, thanks a lot! Also brilliant that you customised it for USB, really saves a lot of fuffing about.
Awesome series, love how many in depth guides and explanations you have. Thanks ♥
when I plug it in the ipad after burn the SD card, nothing show up. Please help
Thx Rob, another great video. Especially useful to point beginners to 👍
One question: I‘m tinkering w/ the idea to have a full disk encrypted raspberry pi os. So far the simplest approach of achieving this seems to be using BerryBoot.
Do have considered using full disk encryption? I‘m especially worried when using my Pi w/ my iPad on the go, e.g. loosing the Pi or the SD card… 🤔
BTW I‘m currently thinking about how to best solve providing the encryption password on pi boot…
It's a bit of a glaring hole in my setup. I have FDE everywhere else. I need to put some real time into researching it. I have this guide bookmarked: rr-developer.github.io/LUKS-on-Raspberry-Pi/ since I'm using LUKS everywhere else.
The password setup is it a password I will create for the first time or a password for my internet provider
Great update to the video. I know in the previous edition you linked to a page that helped you setup usb-c for use with the pro by hand instead of using the pre-updated images. Any reason you dropped that this time around (e.g. too many questions, out of date instructions, etc.) or just didn’t want to?
Most people are leaning towards the pre-built images. That said, I've had a few requests for updated instructions for manual instructions so I'll shoot a quick video on that soon.
Could you replace the pi4 with an old Android phone in this setup? I’ve seen videos where it’s possible to put a distro on. But could you interface like in your pi setup?
I think that's going to depend on whether the Android phone has USB-OTG _and_ whether that is available once the phone is running Linux.
„this video shows How to install Pi with iPad“ „well you can’t but if you did, i won’t show how to setup networking or which app to use… but Anker!!“
The network settings are already present in the pre-built image, as mentioned in the video.
I show all apps needed to get the setup working in the video.
Not sure what your point is about Anker - I bought two Anker things and showed them.
Really love your tutorials. You are exceptional. One of my most important intended use cases, whether with my iPad Pro, or my MacBook Pro, is to relay through it for console access on certain pieces of network equipment -- never seem able to reliably do that with the USB C on later Macs. Thank you!
Brilliant! Not really sure how I might use this, as the iPad is still more of a toy and mainly my daughter's machine. I can just spin up a Linux VM on my Macbook Pro if required, but it's a cool thing to set up and play with. Thanks
is this possible with a regular ipad with lightning cable instead of usb c? mk2k3ll/a is the model number
Yes. I have a video showing that option here: ua-cam.com/video/cD3JN8BHosI/v-deo.html
Thank you very much. I'm really happy with this solution and I'll tested at the next day's.😀
If only I have a Raspberry Pi 4 I would follow you, but I don't, so I won't!!
If you find one in stock somewhere let me know - I need another one!
I think I'm missing something.. Is this so that you can use the iPad's screen for your raspberry Pi? If so, is that accomplished by simply plugging in the USB-C cable after configuring it?
Or, is this so that your iPad can communicate with your raspberry Pi? (share data, etc)
This is so that the two devices can communicate. One of the things we can do then is share a remote desktop from the Pi to the iPad.
@@tech_craft I see, but can data transfer still be possible somehow? Like moving photos from the pi to the iPad
your videos are so slick I'm expecting backup singers and dancers!
Thank you for your amazing videos. This is inspiring as a fellow developer. I've been wanting to switch to my iPad 100% of the time, but can just never get my workflow to go smoothly. I do have a Pi 4 so am ready to try make this work this way.
I do have a question though, what do you recommend for powering both the Pi and the iPad at the same time? I realize the iPad can power the Pi for a while, but if one works hours and hours each day, the battery is going to run out. Do you have a solution for this? Perhaps with your magic keyboard you power your iPad that way? I unfortunately do not have one of those. Just a regular Magic Keyboard and Logitech Mouse.
I'm glad you found this useful.
These days I am using the iPad Magic Keyboard with the extra power port, which makes the setup quite painless.
Before I took the plunge on the Magic, I was using a USB-C hub with an extra USB-C port. The hub took in power, was plugged into the iPad and then the Pi was plugged into the hub. Sadly, the quality of USB-C ports on hubs is very variable, so I think I'd opt for a WiFi connection if I didn't have the Magic Keyboard.
I'm going to shoot an updated guide for connecting the Pi over WiFi instead of USB-C very soon.
@@tech_craft Nice! Thank you for the info
If the model is 1.1, does this method not work or should you just look for another usb-c cable?
You need one of the special supported USB-C cables: www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-usb-c-cables-that-work,39869.html
Please consider producing a segment on booting from an SSD. (and product recommendation). I plan to install R and the speed will be helpful.
Where can I buy raspberry Pi 4, affordable price please let me know friends it will be a great help
The best option at the moment is to track the RPi Locator: rpilocator.com/
Can this be configured to share the iPad Pro's wifi connection as opposed to relying on connecting the pi to wifi?
Sort of. If you have a cellular iPad, then you can connect the Pi to the iPad's hotspot. If you have a Wifi-only iPad then annoyingly you don't get a hotspot.
hello. For the initial setup, is it still necessary to have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, or can you do it with the iPad connected?
How many gb raspberry pi 4 ?
Awesome. Got me up and running on my ipad air by the end of the video. Thanks for creating the tweaked ipad os changes for download! You rock!!
Glad to see you back in the business of making videos! I've always enjoyed your videos and will be watching all of your new videos! Welcome back!
Just found your channel tonight and have watched 3 or 4 videos and really enjoy listening to you.
Its also nice to hear a fellow brit voice too.
Hi. I was only able to get hold of a Pi 400, with the Pi inside a keyboard. I am pretty sure it is a Pi 4, as it is powered by a USB-C cable. However the output is mini-HDMI. If I power the device from my iPad Pro, does the output go via the power socket into the iPad or do I also need a mini-HDMI to USB-C cable instead of the mini-HDMI to HDMI cable that came in the kit?
You can connect the Pi 400 to the iPad over USB-C the same way as the Pi 4. I've tested this setup myself and it works really well. To avoid any confusion though - it's not the video signal that goes over USB-C, it's a network connection that you can use for remote terminal or screen sharing with something like VNC.
Disappointed. I keep hoping that you will walk through the configuration usb-c for *out-of-the-box* raspberry pi os lite.
It's nice that you provide an image with that already done ... And maybe most people would prefer that. But I want to see all the "magic" and be able to do it myself.
Could you do a short video going through that part for the few of us that want to do our own usb-c configuration?
Thanks! Glad to see you back!
Sure can. I'll put something together soon!
Thank you, thank you!!
Yes, please do it was the one thing I was hoping to get out of this video :)
@@tech_craft Thank you, this would be much appreciated! Teach a man to fish and all! As others here have said, you come first. Keep in good health.
I’m looking for raspberry 4 8gb but out of stock everywhere (or at a ridiculous price)… any clue where can I find it a fair price?
The best option at the moment is to follow the RPi Locator: rpilocator.com/ as much as you can. Unfortunately, new stock seems to disappear in no time.
it’s possible to install windows on raspberry pi 4 and use it in my iPad Pro? I remember I had to enable/change some settings in raspbian to use mas PI 4 on my iPad.
I've seen people run Windows on the Pi4 but I've haven't seen a configuration with the USB-C connection yet. WiFi connectivity is a totally viable fallback though.
Do you have a video describing how you created your own image file configured with your preferences?
I did that as a video for my Patreon supporters. You can see my public code for the Pi images here which should get you started: github.com/techcraftco/rpi-usb-gadget
Hey Rob, finally manged to get a pi4 8GB!! Ran the imager with the github image (raspios-lite-armhf-2022-04-04-arm64.img), ethernet popped up on my ipad but when I try to connect via blink ssh getting a connError(msg: "Socket error: Operation not permitted") error message. Tried setting up a HOST in blink but cannot seem to get it to connect - also tried multiple known working thunderbolt and USB C cables. Can even ping the pi ip address from Blink but be buggered if I can login! Any ideas?
Are you able to SSH in to the Pi from another machine or over WiFi if you power it from the wall socket? When you burned the Pi did you customise the image at all?
@@tech_craft Sorry about the late reply Rob, life gets in the way sometimes! I found that using an underscore when naming my pi (I have a naming convention on my home network that uses them, will probably now switch to camel case instead) meant I couldn't get to it. I'm now happily in and running code server and accessing via Blink after removal.
Did I miss it? So with this new image, we don’t need to do any customized settings in order to connect to ipad pro via usb? Can it by default connected once the image is burned?
That's correct.
Hey Rob, are you still using the Inateck USB C hub that you were testing a while back?
Not since getting the magic keyboard, the extra port for power means I’ve completely abandoned using a hub unless I need an SD card input. Then I’m just using a basic Anker SD reader.
Great video! I have a rasp2, a rasp4 and recently bought a Rasp pi zero 2w and it’s a bit confusing to me which usb cable I have to use in each of them to connect to the iPad and create the local LAN… Which device will be the usb host? Do I need any OTG adapter to connect the pi zero or a direct usb-c to micro-usb cable will work? Thanks for your interesting videos and useful content!
OTG on the Zero works with pretty much any micro USB-A cable - you don't need an adapter, just the setup. It is a different setup (I think), some instructions here: gist.github.com/gbaman/50b6cca61dd1c3f88f41
For the Pi2, I'm not really sure what the setup is and sadly I don't have one to test.
For the Pi4, if you're board is revision 1.2+ any USB-C cable will do. Older board revisions need one of the cables linked in the description.
Looking for pi's to do some research but trying to find one that is not going to break the bank is just about impossible. Ideas?
Honestly, right now, it’s pure luck finding one. They came back in stock in a local supplier recently and were gone in about an hour. The chip shortage is really hitting supply
Can I connect my iPad to the USB port in raspberry pi?
If you have a USB-C iPad then yes.
@@tech_craft I meant normal usb in the raspberry pi to USB C. The normal USB port will be like pendrive port
When pi connect to i pad . Command line or cmd automatically popup or you r using i pad command utility. Or any app to download in i pad .
Same question for laptop pc and linux
It doesn't pop up automatically (although that would be nice), you'll need an SSH client app. I use Blink Shell (blink.sh) on the iPad and Kitty (sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/) on Mac
Thanks for the video and OS image 🖖🏽 you got me all pumped up to start working on a Pi. Only problem is I can't seem to find a Pi-4 . Will a Pi-3+ suffice? I guess it'll be slower as it has no USB-C and I hope I'll still be able to use your image
The Pi3 has no USB OTG support unfortunately, so the the best fallback is to use WiFi. I'm in the process of reworking my setup for that at the moment.
@@tech_craft got the Pi-4, downloaded your image, ran the imager, hooked to the iPad and it's working!
Hmm not a wingwomen about what software to run on the iPad to ssh connect tongue pi ? Or is the iPad just a Monitor ?
I covered that in a little more detail in this video: VSCode on iPad Pro - Full Setup Guide with Raspberry Pi
ua-cam.com/video/11YfaGi0Fpk/v-deo.html
Thinking about getting a Tablet + Raspi for university after seeing this but (since i dont really like apple products) i wonder does the usb c connection on android tablets (samsung galaxy tab s specifically) work too? Dont wanna buy everything only to find out it wont work...
Thanks in advance for any help/ tips:)
I'm still working through getting this exact configuration to work with my S8, but I've seen a bunch of videos on UA-cam using a different tethering method that seems to work fine.
One thing for sure - the S8 powers the Pi with no issues.
@@tech_craft Sounds good:) pi 4bs (especially the 8gb ram version) are really hard to find but (as a computer science student) im kinda hooked on the idea now^^
I downloaded one of your preconfigured images, and while the pi boots, I don't see the ethernet option in the iPad settings when connected over USB C. Any help much appreciated!
Which image was it? I'll flash it up and check it.
@@tech_craft Thank you for your very prompt response. It was the arm64bit light raspios. I'm not sure if its an issue with the image because I had trouble trying to ssh into it over wifi.
Will the Raspberry PI 4 work with the new iPad Air? Im in the market for a new iPad.
I am informed by many viewers that it does.
Hi, thanks for the updated guide to connect iPad Pro to the raspberry pi, btw are you also gonna publish an update to the video “Mobile Raspberry pi with any iPad. No USB-C required”? I followed your tutorial but the WiFi client AP mode is greyed out for me, also, my previous comments were deleted by the YT
I'm working through a new WiFi setup at the moment and I'll share that ASAP.
@@tech_craft thanks a lot
Can I use mini computers with windows with the ipad or android tablet ?
You can certainly install Windows for ARM on the Raspberry Pi. Connecting that Pi to the iPad over WiFi shouldn't be a problem. Whether it will work over USB-C I'm not sure. Sadly I don't know enough about Windows to have a proper answer for you.
great video for setting up 👍. any chance you can talk about making a kali image connected by usb?
I can give it a go - I need to learn more about Kali so this is a perfect excuse.
Thanks for your videos - very interesting and professional. I like the way how you always completely solve the problems in detail. No other information beside your videos and links are needed to solve the problem - really nice.
There is one security related topic I do not really understand, if you use the USB-C connection between iPad and Raspi for IP4-network trafic: How do you connect this "combo" into the internet? How is the traffic routed and which one of the 2 computers is exposed to the internet - being a potenital attack target?
After clarifying this an additional question is : How is this exposed computer protected and which services are visible from the internet?
Background: I want to use your nice setup for a mobile working solution while travelling and while connecting the exposed part of your setup to potentially insecure networks.
With the USB-C connection neither device gets Internet from the other. Both need to be connected to the Internet over wifi. You can connect the Pi to the iPad's hotspot if you have a cellular iPad.
Depending on what OS you run on the Pi you'll have very few services open on the public internet. Probably only SSH and if you disable password authentication and disable the ability for root to login over SSH that shouldn't be a major issue.
It is possible use a USB tethering approach which kind of inverts the relationship between the devices. In this setup, the pi will get internet connectivity through the iPad but only if you have a cellular device.
@@tech_craft Thx for the quick in depth answer
To connect an older non usb iPad to the pi over wifi, do you still need to flash with etcher and then add the ssh file?
You can certainly do it that way, but it's almost certainly better to use the Pi Imager because of the need to configure the default user/password.
Hi! Thanks for the video, you always create a great atmosphere to listen and learn stuff!) Got a question: Currently using a MB Pro M1, and use RPi 3B+ as time Capsule server in my home network but I often need to interact with NTFS external hard drives. Is there a way to manage NTFS (wright and delete on it) from MB through RPi since it has now NTFS support package? Thanks in advance!
I think you have two very solid options for this. Assuming you have the NTFS drive mounted on the Pi you can:
1. Create an SMB share for it. SMB works really well from the Files app and this should be pretty seamless
2. Use an app like Blink or Shellfish to share the mount over SSH. This is my preferred approach because it requires less fiddling on the Pi but does require you to have the SSH app.
I'm going to show the SSH file sharing in my next video.
Thanks! Second option looks quite cool, definitely going to check on this apps. Waiting for your video regarding this!
I really enjoy your videos - thanks a lot! I have set up a raspberry pi 4 with your 64bit image and access the pi using Jumpdesktop and ssh. The only issue I have is with the keyboard. I have an apple folio keyboard (spanish version) and regardless of the keyboard settings I have tried out on the Pi, I cannot make the button work when I am logged into the Pi. Have you faced similar issues? I was hoping that you may have a solution to this issue! (otherwise the key works without problems). I have also tried to remap the key - this also didnt work. Any input on this is of course greatly appreciated!
Is the issue when SSH'd into a terminal or is it when running a shared desktop over Jump Desktop?
Its primarily with the Jump desktop,
Option works for me on my UK English Magic Keyboard by default. A quick peek in the Settings for Jump suggests that you might want to enable the Ignore Left Alt option - certainly worth a try at least if you haven't already!
Thank you for your well presented video. What advantages are there in using the iPad connected to the Raspberry Pi, apart from providing a convenient terminal? For example, are there any developments to allow apps on the iPad to communicate with the Raspberry Pi OS? I’m new to this iPad connection, so sorry if it’s a silly question. 🤷♂️
Not a silly a question at all. I have a video showing how the Pi can be used as a host for Visual Studio Code: ua-cam.com/video/11YfaGi0Fpk/v-deo.html.
Apps on the iPad can communicate with the the Pi directly without any special permissions. For example, if you have a Pi running NextCloud, then the NextCloud app on the iPad can access that directly.
@@tech_craft Thank you for your reply to my question. I have an older iPad Pro so I have no USB port. However I have been thinking of upgrading to the current iPad Pro, so this is another reason for me to upgrade. It would be nice to talk to the older iPad using wi-fi, but I expect that would open a can of worms! Thank you again for your excellent video and work to produce the Raspberry Pi image for easier connection via USB. 👍🏼
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Thank you !
Great to see you back Rob!
Really good of you to upload your base images!
Ubuntu version? ;)
I’ve started playing around with Ubuntu and Kali. Once I get them working I will share
@@tech_craft You're a good man!
A litten question, functions that with a SSD too?
Certainly does. I’ve used mine with both the Samsung T5 and the Sandisk Extreme Portable.
Did I understood it right that the iPad Ethernet USB C sharing won't share internet into the Pi ? Only a local assigned IP for SSH/VNC? So you still have to use the Pi's WiFi to get internet then? Many thanks for putting up this series of videos and images.
That's right - the Pi has to have it's own connection over WiFi. If your iPad has cellular you can tether to the iPad's hotspot from the Pi.
@@tech_craft thanks!! using your image and booting into gui mode from a display with keyboard and mouse, i can't get internet even though connected to wi-fi. any reason why ? also if i turn on vnc, later on the ipad even though o can ssh i can't vnc (even though the service is on)
Can you share the output of the ifconfig command? I'm surprised that the WiFi isn't working, I haven't had any issues at all.
Regarding, VNC, which client are you using?
@@tech_craft realized it was actually my home WiFi not assigning DHCP, now solved thanks! Now I am struggling with a very laggy Chromium. Any tips for that? :) I'm using VNC Viewer on iPad OS
Chromium is a bit of an issue that seems to keep coming up with the Pi. I gave up and went with Firefox!
I haven't used the built-in VNC on the Pi for a while - I'll have a mess around with it and see what I can find out.
If I’m not into coding, can I use a Pi for anything good?
If you use the GUI then absolutely. It's a full computer so whatever you like you can install. I like to keep a GUI around for a 'real' Chrome and Firefox browser.
Thank you!
Not booting on ipad
Does it boot when plugged into the wall socket? Issues like this are usually cable related.
@@tech_craft yes it comes on when I plug it in the wall.. it also comes on when I plug it in the iPad, however how can I get the gui to show on iPad?
Ah. I see what you mean. The GUI doesn't show without extra effort. That requires setting up VNC on the Pi and then having a VNC client on the iPad.
I've never actually showed that in detail because I don't really use that, but I'm shooting a video on this very soon.
Pleased to see u back dude looking great 👍
Thanks. Almost feeling great as well. Recording one video was enough to stress the old vocal chords at the moment.
I use Android, which means, If I connect my Pi to my phone or tablet to the Pi's USB 3 plug, And share my Device's Internet connection with it via USB tethering, I can actually use it and I dont need to Flash a custom os!
What box do you use for your Pi?
The Aluminium Armor case. Great case, not looked back since switching to it ~18 months ago: geni.us/UJHpNId
Can you check the link? It seems to be pointing to the Anker SD drive adapter on Amazon.
I was looking at raspberry pi 4’s and holy crap are they expensive? Am I missing something?
The chip shortage has hit Raspberry Pi prices pretty hard. Normally they are very reasonable - hopefully things settle down again.
Has anyone tried getting the iPad / Pi setup with the Pi inside an Argon One m.2 case?
I can't seem to get the iPad to recognise the Pi when it is in the case.
It gets power and boots up fine but the iPad never gets an IP address so I can't ssh to it. I've tried booting from a SD card and a SSD drive and the behaviour is the same. As soon as I whip it out of the case everything works fine.
Tried ubuntu and Raspios - so I'm guessing the usb-c interface on the case is causing the issue.
I wonder if the OTG support that’s needed gets dropped when using the Argon. I need to get one ordered and do some more testing.