On 2/7/07 8:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently said: > >Sorry for bothering the list with a MAC questions but you are the only MAC >users I really trust as I know we have at least 2 important things in >common: the love for E-mailer and MACS, > >I need to purchase a thumb drive for my Mac that I know will also be >compatible with PCs. I have managed to "waste" money on two thumb drives >now that only work on PCs (and have U3 software on them).....I run OS >10.4.6 (and Classic 9.2.2) Extended Format on my G4 Titanium laptop (yep, >it is still chugging along). > >Can anyone recommend a thumb drive that will work cross platform >seamlessly? > >Mary Lou > >___________________________________________________________________________ Mary Lou,
I do not understand how a PC thumb drive could be "incompatible" on a MAC, unless it has been formatted on a PC in a "PC-Only" format such as NTFS. I have purchased three different thumb drives at different times, and so far as I know, none of them were advertised as being "PC Only" or "MAC Only". All three of them work equally well on my work PC running WinXP, and on my home computers (one running OS8.6, one running OS9.2). If you take the thumb drive and insert it in a USB jack on your MAC, what happens? Can you initialize (erase) it there? If so, you should be given an option to format for a PC. Also, if the device has been initialized/formatted on a PC, you should have the option to specify FAT format, which is usable on a MAC. Two of the three thumb drives that I have purchased have been Kensington Data Traveler types. They have a good guarantee, and are made well. Regards, Joe Getchel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
