Re: USB 2 in OS X in Cruzers

[wallis parnelle]

BEWARE ........ LOVE MY CRUZER 256MB, BUT YOU CAN NOT TRASH THE USB2  
WINDOWS DRIVER ON THE DRIVE OR IT WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE. Sansdisk is  
replacing mine, due to this, as there is no way to reinitialize the  
drive if the driver info is thrown out, so be careful about deleting  
file off it. Sansdisk has beeen fantastic, in helping me with the  
problem.
On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 11:06  AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

On Friday, November 28, 2003, at 03:24  PM, Len Gerstel wrote:

I know the theory is that USB 2 works in OSX. I have a generic 5 port  
OHCI
USB 2 card in my beige running 10.2.8 that works fine as a USB 1 card  
with
a mouse, printer and a camera.

Is there any way short of buying a USB 2 peripheral and plugging it  
in to
see if the card supports USB 2 on my Mac?
The card may support 2.0, but prior to 10.3 the drivers aren't there,  
and I'm not sure the drivers in 10.3 are universal. A;; the theory  
about USB 2.0 is over the fact that Apple used a USB 2.0 chipset in  
later G4's.

I do know to enable USB 2 on my Sonnet Trio card requires a driver  
from sonnet, whereas usb 1 on the same card doesn't.

That said, I've found these Cruzer USB memory sticks from Sandisk  
<http://www.sandisk.com/consumer/cruzermini.asp> to be an incredibly  
useful sneakernet device. 256MB ones are $50 at Costco, where I got  
mine, when they have 'em in stock. I love mine and use it all the  
time. If you need, get one and see. Even at USB 1 speeds it's quite  
useful.

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Bruce Johnson


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