On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Amanda Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve...
>
> On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:03 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, a few things to sum up from all your replies.
>>
>> 1) I can drag files from the web page or the desktop to the Flash
>> Drive (the 'Brute Force' method).
>>
>> 2) If I can do #1 the drives are not Write Protected
>>
>> 3) The one Flash Drive is a Kingston, the other is one I found and it
>> is called Secure_II
>> A) Both have space left
>> B) I have another Kingston that is new in the package and another
>> Flash Drive I got from Centrum (its pretty full so I haven't tried it
>> on this machine)
>>
>> 4) So, a Flash Drive won't show up when you click "Save image as" on a
>> website? For the record I am using Firefox but have also tried it with
>> Safari and iCab (I still have Opera to try but if its like this with 3
>> other browsers I doubt Opera would be any different)
>>
>> 5) Also, WHY would Apple make this the default setting? Don't they
>> know people use things other than their HD to save stuff?
>>
>> Thanks for all your replies thus far! :)
>
> When I mentioned the write protect tab, I was thinking of flash
> cards... The camera kind of things. So never mind there! :-)
>
> Anyway, I can't recreate your problem. I have 5 flash drives (128MB to
> 8GB) connected to a usb hub and they all appear in the save menu,
> regardless of the the setting of the triangle!
> This is only in Safari... I don't have other browsers readily available.
>
> Amanda
Well, I just tried it and if I go to Home I see the Flash Drives now.
No idea whats up.
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