It should show up on the desktop when you plug it in. If not, when in Finder, type a command-comma to open Finder Preferences. There should be a series of checkboxes to show specific items on the desktop. Be sure that external drives is checked.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:49 PM, josh gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > Good afternoon: > I'm Josh, and I just joined this list today. I have a question, > since this is dealing with flash drives and mac and all. > I just got a macbook pro last Monday, and I love it!!! So, how can I > find my flash drive in finder? In windows I just typed g and then a > colon and it popped up. This doesn't seem to work in lion. Thoughts? > And Arthur, thanks for that command on ejecting. I got that same > error when I just pulled it out. > Thanks! > Josh > > On 6/25/12, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: >> No that was not on the mac. lol! That was on the unnamable os if memory >> serves me. >> On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Arthur Barney wrote: >> >>> Hi Sarah, >>> no, I thought she was having problems ejecting the Flash Drive. >>> She does say in some part of the message that it wasn't ejected properly. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:41 PM >>> Subject: Re: Transferring files to the Mac >>> >>> >>>> ok. are you saying when you put the flash drive in you get the error >>>> that the disk cannot be read and the flash drive does not show up in the >>>> list of drives? if so then cmd e will not in this case work. Maybe try >>>> reading it with disk utility and mountain it there with cmd shift m. >>>> >>>> Tc >>>> On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Arthur Barney wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Sarah, >>>>> never had any problems with that Key combination. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:45 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: Transferring files to the Mac >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I believe the poster did that and got the strange error message they >>>>>> wrote down. I'm stumped as well as most of the time I can eject flash >>>>>> drives i use in the studio. and that has wave files. with no >>>>>> problems. >>>>>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Arthur Barney wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> press CMD + E to eject >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Byrne" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 11:28 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Transferring files to the Mac >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> They are my miscellaneous flash drives, with mostly documentation, >>>>>>>> but a little music, some .exe files, just a bunch of stuff I carry >>>>>>>> around to student computers. The Apple spoke a message about the >>>>>>>> drives not having been ejected correctly, and if I could figure out >>>>>>>> how to do it the Mac would fix the drive; but I couldn't figure it >>>>>>>> out. 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