On 01/04/2008, at 6:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
I have has some strange behaviour with thumb drives.
I have deleted all files from the thumb drive.
You did not say that you deleted the files AND EMPTIED the TRASH !
That is the only way you clear the thumb drive ... and if you don't
clear
the trash you end up like Clyde with a thumb drive that has a reduced
capacity .
Bob
Then copied new image files to the thumb drive.
Then shot down the road to get the prints made.
I have finished up with the new prints and prints of the deleted
files when collecting the photos.
On 01/04/2008, at 8:47 AM, Clyde McLennan wrote:
Hi,
I have found that when USB memory sticks (thumb drives) that
after deleting some files that the capacity of the drive is reduced.
On further investigation, I find that if I then transfer that USB
memory stick to a windows computer there are additional directories/
files that have a name like 'trashes'. These apparently were put
there by OSX, and contain, I think, the previously deleted files.
If this is correct, then that would explain why the USB memory
stick capacity seems to reduce after deleting files in OSX.
I find that I can recover the memory capacity by doing a reformat
in Windows, or deleting in Windows these 'trashes' files/
directories'.
But what can I do in OSX to stop them from appearing, or if they
are created, how can I get rid of them as they don't show up on the
OSX 'Finder'.
With thanks ... Clyde
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Stephen Chape
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