Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-13 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Lorie, Just tested. Never mind Quick Na. Do make sure General is expanded. That should resolve it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/12/2022 10:37 PM,

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-13 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No, don't open the drive. Just select it then do the command i. Maybe Quick Nav is on? Turn it off if so. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/12/2022

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
oh ok. that might be the problem. I highlighted it. didn't open it though. does the information thing work better if it's open? > On Jun 12, 2022, at 8:24 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > IF the drive is large enough, it may take some time before that information > is available. > > Dave Carlson

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Dave Carlson
IF the drive is large enough, it may take some time before that information is available. Dave Carlson Engineer, Farfar, Woodworker, Pioneer, Musician, and Oregonian On Jun 12, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: I was looking for size and memory used. vo read those but no info to go

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Lorie, I get it now, what you are missing is, you need to u VO right arrow to read through that information. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/12/2022

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No Lori. Command i (Get Info) only gives you information about the phusical drive. As I already said, use command shift c to see the list of drives, and open your USB drive to view its contents. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was focused already on the drive in question. I. had pressed command i and was reading the information. the problem is that I would hear size: and then nothing. it would go on to the next thing. it didn't say collapsed but I guess I could try expanding it. same thing happened with "memory

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, As ET said, press command, shift, c to open the list of drives in finder. Arrow to the drive in question and press command i. I then VO right arrow through the options and am able to get the info such as the drive size, available space etc. If there is anything that is collapsed you will

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was looking for size and memory used. vo read those but no info to go with them. > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:07 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > What “particular” info are you looking for? There are a number of items in > the Info window that may need expanded or

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, What “particular” info are you looking for? There are a number of items in the Info window that may need expanded or interacted with to gain more info. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Whups that should be command shift c. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/12/2022 7:04 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    You need to use command v

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
You need to use command v to open the Computers window in the Finder. Navigate to said USB drive and open the folder to view its contents. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail:

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Herbie Allen
I’ll preface this by saying someone who’s actually done this would know, but did you do Command I on the actual label of the drive itself? If so, there might be multiple categories at the top. > On Jun 12, 2022, at 02:55, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I put a thumb drive in my Mac mini running

information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
I put a thumb drive in my Mac mini running Monterey that I was planning to put some data on. I pressed command i for info. I wanted things such as size and memory used which vo read but it didn't read the actual info just the heading or title or whatever you would say. is there some other