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post #1 of 14
9/16/06 at 1:11am
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I'm a first time mac user(been using the macbook for 2 weeks now). I can't seem to get my sandisk cruzer mini working on my macbook. When inserted, it recongized as a blank cd
Is it not compabitable? How do I get it to work?
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post #2 of 14
9/16/06 at 10:34am
you try formatting it with disk utility?

i have the 1gb stick, works fine on mB, and all PCs
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post #3 of 14
9/16/06 at 8:29pm
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Originally Posted by kgeier82
you try formatting it with disk utility?

i have the 1gb stick, works fine on mB, and all PCs
no, exactly how do I format it?
thanks for the help.
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post #4 of 14
9/16/06 at 8:48pm
go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility, pick it from the column on the left hand side, and then click on "Format" or something along the lines of that.... make it FAT32 if you're planning to use it on non-mac systems.
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post #5 of 14
9/16/06 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by abf
go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility, pick it from the column on the left hand side, and then click on "Format" or something along the lines of that.... make it FAT32 if you're planning to use it on non-mac systems.
Its under partition right? Under format, the only option is mac os extended(journaled) Will this make is FAT32?
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post #6 of 14
9/17/06 at 12:57am
yeah, Partition is what i meant. lol...ok, i am not on a mac right now so i can't give you the details... sorry.

option #2 that you have is to boot a linux livecd and then in console use cfdisk to create a fat partition.

i am sure once kakaze or seablade or someone shows up, they'll be able to maybe give you a linux-less solution to the problem.
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post #7 of 14
9/17/06 at 1:12am
I've heard that some models of Sandisk flash keys don't work well OS X.

You can try formatting it as HFS+ but you won't be able to use it on any computer other than a Mac. If you have access to a Windows system try formatting it FAT32 there and see if it fixes anything.
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post #8 of 14
9/17/06 at 2:31am
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nope, still the same after formatting it to FAT32. Maybe if I remove the u3 software, it might work. I rather keep the u3 though.
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post #9 of 14
9/17/06 at 4:33am
What is u3?

You don't need any special software, generally, to use hardware like that on a Mac.
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post #10 of 14
9/17/06 at 9:51am
seriously....flash drives are typically plug and play on any OS you stick em in (windows 2000 and up, linux 2.4 and up, os 9 and up)
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post #11 of 14
9/17/06 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by Kakaze
What is u3?

You don't need any special software, generally, to use hardware like that on a Mac.
http://u3.com/
it came preinstalled but can be removed. Pretty neat if u ask me.
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post #12 of 14
9/17/06 at 1:04pm
uninstall it, try again. if it works, screw u3.

there should be an option to format as a "ms-dos partition" use that.
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post #13 of 14
9/18/06 at 2:01am
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thanks for all the helps guys.
uninstalling the u3 did fix the problem. works fine on both my mac and pc.
I did like the password protection using the u3 software. Any other way to password protect it?
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post #14 of 14
9/18/06 at 12:14pm
no so itll be compatible with BOTH xp and OSX.

sorry
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