October 28, 2016- still garbage. Nothing more to say.
Steer well clear of this garbage. Seagate isnt doing anything.
If you purchase the drive to stream movies to your iOS devices, youll end up with a paper weight- a cheaply made, ugly, POS paperweight.
Update: Jan 3, 2015.
Still no fix.
I emailed Seagate again and they state the issue is with Apple. The tech support person said to get in touch with Apple in attempt to put pressure on them to work with Seagate and get a fix. Pfft...yeah, sure. So Im guessing Ill just sell this POS drive. I love it when tech companies blame other tech companies for why their products dont work.
Update- still doesnt work in iOS 8. "We are working on a fix"...sure you are Seagate. The SanDisk iXpand has been ordered.
If you follow the instructions in the product description to get the firmware update, you wont be able to find it on the seagate site. You have to search for it. Once I found the correct firmware update, I actually needed a previous update so I could accept the latest update that is supposed to help with ios 7 compatibility. The only problem is, you cant drag and drop the necessary files (i.e., the .bin file). I used the installer packaged with the drive to wipe it- once I did that, the updates could be applied. Ill update on its functionality.
Update: finally got the update to install properly. I agree with everyone else- the UI is esthetically challenged.