These are like comparing apples to Oranges. The reason the sony flash drive probably worked is because it was likely FAT filesystem. The new drive you bought is likely NTFS, you do not have to make it Mac only, you just need to format it as FAT32. You cannot do this in Windows XP or later for drives of this size, but you can format it in Mac OSx. MacFUSE is a programming API combined with a System Driver that allows developers to code to allow more filesystems to be supported on Mac.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Archie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a Sony Flash memory USB for a couple of years to port files > between Windows. A year ago I have a Macbook Pro. Without a second > thought I slotted Sony chip into the Mac and surpriised to find that I > can read and write files on to it. Albeit Mac created a couple of > files and folders which looked pretty harmless to me. A week ago I > bought Seagate FreeAgent 500G and came across problem well documented > on the Web. Mac can read but cannot write to it unless I turn it into > Mac use only. Very different from Sony memory chip. > Does Sony know something we don"t? I would appreciate if Amit can > shine some light onto this. Thanks. > > Archie > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. 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/macfuse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
