It says right on the package OS 8 -- yes 8!) or higher. But what is USB 1 and backwards compatible?
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Trinette Rani Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > The US B 1.0 could be the case. Also are you sure PNY works with OS 9? > Most newer thump drives only support OSX. They may say Mac OS,but > that mostly means OS X. > > On Feb 21, 2009, at 1:37 PM, michaelangelo wrote: > > > > > I'm back with the same problem but with a different flash drive (I > > gave up and returned the other one). This one is a PNY 4 GB, which > > claims to be compatible with OS 8 and higher. > > > > I am trying to set up the flash drive so I can move files back and > > forth between: > > My iMac g3 Dalmation, which has OS 9.2.2, and > > My iMac g3 FlowerPower, which has OS 10.4 on it. > > > > 10.4 recognizes the flash drive with no problem. 9.2.2 does not. I > > have gotten advice here in the past to reformat the flash drive on the > > 9.2 machine using Disk Utility. I don't seem to have that program on > > my hard drive or on the (original) 9.1 disks that came with the > > Dalmation. I only have utility programs called Drive Setup and Disk > > First Aid and neither of these will recognize the flash drive. > > > > On the PNY site they do say: Compatible with most PC/MAC laptop and > > desktop computers with available USB 2.0 port (Backwards compatible to > > USB 1.0) > > > > Is it possible my old Dalmation is USB 1.o and that is the problem, > > and if so what does Backwards Compatible mean, and what do I do about > > it? > > > > Last, if there is a utility program for 9.2 called Disk Utility (the > > utility does exist on my OS10.4 machine) where do I find it on my > > original installation disks and is it available as a free download > > from Apple? I looked there but didn't see it. > > > > Thanks so much. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
