On Feb 5, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
> > > On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:01 AM, imaclist group wrote: > >> == 1 of 1 == >> Date: Wed, Feb 4 2009 10:20 am >> From: michael bluestein >> >> >> 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. > > With Disk Utility running where you can see the flash drive, use Help > in the top menu bar. Enter something like "format drive." That > should give you all the information you need to proceed. I am using > OS X 10.5.2 Leopard, but I believe the older versions give the same > info. Look for the page "Erasing a hard disk or volume." That > process will work for the flash drive. Go for the Mac OS Extended > option. With a flash drive, you will not likely gain advantage from > the "Journaled" option. > > Al Poulin > > In fact, since the 'journaled' option increases the 'writing' cycles, I would avoid that due to the finite' (limited) write cycles available on the 'Thumb Drives'. JMHO Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
