I've actually had iPhoto "delete photos from source" and have come up with a completely empty card . . . I've also manually deleted the files through finder (and hitting empty trash) before ejecting the CF and sticking it in my camera . . . same results, completly empty CF that is readable by the camera.
That being said, the camera must use a standard to write files with . . . but what is that standard, and what exactly is the MS-DOS format that the Mac offers?
IL Bill On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 08:00 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
I did one quick test, not all four. OS-X, 10.3.2. Formatted a CF (SanDisk 512 Ultra) as Mac OS Standard. *ist-D said "card is not formatted."
So I formatted the card in the *ist-D.
I am not sure the point of this. I would not expect the camera to use the computer's file system; I am just pleased that the computer is clever enough to recognize and deal with the camera's own native file system.
A more interesting test might be to allow iPhoto or other photo management system to "delete photos from source after downloading?" I expect that you will wind up with a perfectly fine empty card with camera-specific formatting preserved...if not, then a re-format doesn't take very long.
Stan
William M Kane wrote:
Ok gang:
Here's my test: I've been swapping my FujiFilm 128 MB card (el cheapo buy from Best Buy) in and out of the mac and *ist D to check how the format affects the *ist D. I used the Disk Utility to Erase the CF with each of the following formats. The following is a listing of format types, and the response from the *ist D.
Mac OS Extended: "This card is not formatted"
Mac OS Standard: "This card is not formatted"
UNIX File System: "This card is not formatted"
MS-DOS File System: "This card is not formatted"
Hmmmmmmmm.
Popped the card into the *ist D, and formatted it using the OSD . . . and the card works fine.
I found this activity to be fairly interesting. Any other Mac users willing to try this? I'm using Mac OS 10.2.8
IL Bill
