Elsewhere some say there is no ability to add external storage. While you can connect to external drives or thumb drives - nothing happens. True? False?
False. But iPads are PORTABLE devices, they are not intended for multiple dongle and cable connections, so external storage is over WIFI or cellular connection in most instances, but you can also use hardwired if you need to. Drives connected to a WIFI router can be external storage or alternately you can access everything on your Mac. . . and save work there or on the cloud.