Hello Kyle and thanks for replying to my post. Actually I am running 10.3.9 but will be upgrading OS to Tiger later today. As i said I see the sandisk in system profiler under USB and I also see it in the Disk Utility application. Of course I do not know how to use disk utility. I so not understand any of the terms as New Image, unmount and a few others. so I do not know how to fix the sandisk through the disk utility. Anyway the computer does recognize the flash drive but that is the extent of it.
I will try again after I install the newer OS. Using a flash drive sure is handy when one needs it. Thanks again Michael On 2/5/09, Kyle Parish <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
