Does the job, but not polished – FileHub Plus Review

The FileHub Plus is a good device. It's software should be better. I think the app is written by a company different than the device manufacturer. I am using v.2.024. Given what other people say about newest version, I am glad I did not update to recent newest. One particularly good feature is this workflow: Copy JPG + Raw files from camera card to attached USB drive. Then copy just JPG files to iPad's camera roll. In contrast, if you use Apple's "Camera Connection Kit" cable to import camera card, it will copy both JPg and Raw files, consuming much iPad drive space. The FileHub allowed me to have a backup of all my photos while on a long trip. I copied from camera cards to SSD drive and to flash drive. I wish I could copy from the SSD to the flash stick, but there is only one USB port. I wish I had brought a small, bus-powered USB hub to allow more than one drive to attach to FileHub. Some issues I notice: -- In the rename file or folder feature, there is no ability to place an insertion point in the middle. One must delete from end back to point you want to change. -- While file is moving, the progress bar does not update. It just shows all of the bar. While moving folder, it does show progress. -- When copying to iPad or iPhone, app lets you choose an album as destination, but this does not work; probably a limitation by Apple. File only goes to camera roll. So app should allow only that. -- There is no way to identify which files you have already copied from card to USB drive. The app will ask if you want to replace, which is proper behavior. But I wish it could know that before starting the transfer. -- When I get message asking if I want to replace, and I choose Cancel button, the file stays on the current transfers list and cannot be cleared off. It only goes away when I start a new transfer. The file stays in current transfers list even after force-quitting the app, and even after disconnecting and reconnecting the USB drive. Very annoying.
Review by Gnurps1 on FileHub Plus.