Moto Z storage...

[stewarta13wsb]

I've had a couple of goes at this but I think I should probably start a separate thread.
I'm struggling to get my head round this.

Courtesy of a wise man on another thread - "You set it up for Adoptable Storage I assume? Adopted Storage uses the SD card as the actual internal storage for the device, so it will not show up in a file manager - it is not a separate device any longer."

Moto Z = 32GB - SD Card 64GB

And of course he was correct - I did - even if I didn't quite know I had, or why/how

I still don't understand what these two screen grabs tell me. On File Manager I can't see what's in there, and on the other (in settings) it's there, and it's got stuff on it.

I lost what was on the SD card to have Adoptable Storage, I'd lose it again to swap back, but should I - which is better?
Is there a better file manager than the Moto one that came on the phone, that would show me more?

Thanks for any help.....

 

[Richy101]

Adoptable storage formats your sd card once you have opted to use it. From memory, if you reverse back to internal and external storage, apps are moved back to internal and sd card will be wiped. Even if you use Adoptable storage your internal and external memory is shown as per your screen shots.

I tried it when I had a 16gb moto x play. I found it not a great success and you had to move most apps onto sd card so wasn't as seamless as I was expecting. Matter of fact found it a waste of time and never tried it again.