---
title: reasonsNotRecommendedForCaptureUse
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/reasonsnotrecommendedforcaptureuse
---

# reasonsNotRecommendedForCaptureUse

## Declaration

```swift
var reasonsNotRecommendedForCaptureUse: Set<AVExternalStorageDevice.ReasonNotRecommendedForCaptureUse> { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion A set of reasons why the storage device is not recommended for capture. Contains one or more AVExternalStorageDeviceReasonNotRecommendedForCaptureUse values indicating the issues with the device. Returns an empty set if there are no known issues.

## See Also

### Inspecting a storage device

- [isConnected](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/isconnected.md)
- [displayName](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/displayname.md)
- [uuid](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/uuid.md)
- [freeSize](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/freesize.md)
- [totalSize](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/totalsize.md)
- [isNotRecommendedForCaptureUse](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/isnotrecommendedforcaptureuse.md)
- [AVExternalStorageDevice.ReasonNotRecommendedForCaptureUse](avfoundation/avexternalstoragedevice/reasonnotrecommendedforcaptureuse.md)