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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>  >
>>
>
> >
>

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