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 >> >> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
