We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The simplest cross-platform solution when you have to move data from your iPhone to a non-Apple device is still a USB flash drive. It works ...

USB flash drives are handy devices to have because of their usefulness. One obvious use case for a flash drive is, of course, storage. However, there are many extra ways to use your USB flash drive.

While it's not as necessary on newer hardware, old and less capable desktops or laptops could get a helpful boost from any USB storage drives lying around.