Re: thumb drives (jump drives)
Hello Kyle and thanks for replying to my post. Actually I am running 10.3.9 but will be upgrading OS to Tiger later today. As i said I see the sandisk in system profiler under USB and I also see it in the Disk Utility application. Of course I do not know how to use disk utility. I so not understand any of the terms as New Image, unmount and a few others. so I do not know how to fix the sandisk through the disk utility. Anyway the computer does recognize the flash drive but that is the extent of it. I will try again after I install the newer OS. Using a flash drive sure is handy when one needs it. Thanks again Michael On 2/5/09, Kyle Parish parishky...@gmail.com wrote: What OS are you running Michael. If it's OS9 than that could be your problem. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:20 AM, michael bluestein blueste...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have been reading these posts and I can use some help. First off I am very new to macs. I know nothing about the disk utility. I just thought that macs had flash drives made for them. So I grabbed my sandisk and tried again to get it to work. Now no drive shows up but system profiler recognizes it and it also shows up in the disk utility. I cannot figure out how to use it. Is there a website that will enlighten me. I am just ignorant when it comes to macs. I do not understand how the disk utility works. It is all greek to me. Where can I get some info on using the disk utility. Thanks to all Michael Bluestein Prospect Park PA 19076 On 2/3/09, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Feb 2, 2009, at 9:08 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: If you have a san disk that has a problem they have mac friendly utilities on their site btw. I got one version of the cruzer with a backup software site that was PC only at one point. 5 minutes on SanDisk's website and it was fixed. Wow. Guess the pissed-off Mac users finally got through to them. Their U3 removal software originally did not run under 10.5, and at one point they were saying they were not going to upgrade it to do so. read through that thread on their web site http://tinyurl.com/apb9nm Also, contrary to may people's syatements in that thread, the only issue was NOT that an extra CD icon would appear. If you tried to reformat or re-partition the device using Disk Utility, you could brick it. I have several of them, and they work fine, but I was pissed that I had to find a friggin' PC to get their pre-installed crap off the things. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Safari Panic
At 10:54 AM + 2/5/2009, Simon Royal wrote: It wasn't a normal panic. Not the dark box with 'you need to restart your Mac' written in lots of languages. It was similar to the text when you start up in verbose mode. Ohkay. So what do the logs say? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Safari Panic
At 10:54 AM + 2/5/2009, Simon Royal wrote: It wasn't a normal panic. Not the dark box with 'you need to restart your Mac' written in lots of languages. It was similar to the text when you start up in verbose mode. If you started up in verbose mode, I think that you get a similarly verbose kernel panic message. Tim --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: thumb drives (jump drives)
On Feb 5, 11:03 am, michael bluestein blueste...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Kyle and thanks for replying to my post. Actually I am running 10.3.9 but will be upgrading OS to Tiger later today. As i said I see the sandisk in system profiler under USB and I also see it in the Disk Utility application. Of course I do not know how to use disk utility. I so not understand any of the terms as New Image, unmount and a few others. so I do not know how to fix the sandisk through the disk utility. Anyway the computer does recognize the flash drive but that is the extent of it. I will try again after I install the newer OS. Using a flash drive sure is handy when one needs it. For reformatting the flash drive, the Help function in Disk Utility should work as I mentioned in my previous post. If there is a problem doing that, I'm not sure that the long discussion on SanDisk's web site that Bruce Johnson pointed to earlier in this thread will help. That U3 business seems to be an entirely different issue. But I like Randy B. Singer's statement in SanDisk's thread; see Message 21 of 41 in the third page. I notice that some folks simply quit trying with SanDisk drives and got another brand. New Image has to do with Disk Utility's function to create a specific copy of some file, or folder, or entire drive and putting that on another volume or drive or CD or DVD. Mounting a drive means that you can see a drive or volume. In a working computer, that simply means that the hard drive works, the operating system works, and that you are accessing the drive's contents. For a flash drive or CD/DVD, it means you can see its icon and the computer can work with its contents. Unmount means that you are quitting your access to a particular drive or volume. For your main, internal drive, that is automatic when you shut down. For flash drives, CD/DVDs, external hard drives, unmounting means that you are dragging the icon to the Trash in the Dock. In OS X, the Trash icon morphs into an Eject icon in the process. When unmounting flash drives, you must ensure that you have closed all files and quit any applications on it, at the risk of permanent damage to the contents. The book by David Pogue, Mac OS X Tiger Edition The Missing Manual would be an excellent investment. You can also borrow excellent books for your stage in this game from the public library. Hope you do well with your Mac. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: thumb drives (jump drives)
On Feb 5, 7:53 pm, michaelangelosm...@scicable.com wrote: Yes the problem is trying to use it on my iMac with 9.2.2 (the package says it runs on 9.1 and higher so there isn't suppose to be a problem, but alas, there is. Try reformatting it to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended). Enter initialize drive in Finder Help and use the instructions for Initializing a hard disk, cartridge, or optical disk. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Safari Panic
Tim I started in normal mode and got this bizarre message. Simon -- If you started up in verbose mode, I think that you get a similarly verbose kernel panic message. Tim --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: thumb drives (jump drives)
On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:29 PM, ./aal wrote: On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Al Poulin alpou...@cox.net wrote: On Feb 5, 7:53 pm, michaelangelosm...@scicable.com wrote: Yes the problem is trying to use it on my iMac with 9.2.2 (the package says it runs on 9.1 and higher so there isn't suppose to be a problem, but alas, there is. Try reformatting it to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended). Enter initialize drive in Finder Help and use the instructions for Initializing a hard disk, cartridge, or optical disk. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ dont format flash with a journaling filesystem it will shorten the life of the flash, HFS+ is NOT the Journald File System! Chuck D. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: thumb drives (jump drives)
Hi I have an Iomega 128MB Mini USB drive which I have had for about 10 years, it is still going strong, it has outlived many other USB drives. Since the move to OSX (back in 10.1) it has been formatted to HFS+ and it is used every day. Don't see how HFS+ can shorten the life of a drive. Simon --- dont format flash with a journaling filesystem --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: thumb drives (jump drives)
On Feb 6, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Simon Royal wrote: Hi I have an Iomega 128MB Mini USB drive which I have had for about 10 years, it is still going strong, it has outlived many other USB drives. Since the move to OSX (back in 10.1) it has been formatted to HFS+ and it is used every day. Don't see how HFS+ can shorten the life of a drive. Simon --- dont format flash with a journaling filesystem Repeated Re-rites of data as the 'journaling' routines complete Disk Access. Chuck D. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
