This isn't really a USB question. "MSC" means "mass storage compliant". You don't really care, it sounds you want to perform operations on the raw disk, like partitioning the disk or formatting it, even if its interface protocol is not Mass Storage Compliant.
Search the Apple documentation for: "Disk Utility" diskutil hditutil Disk Arbitration Framework this should help you on your way. Stuart On 7/24/15, 12:00 PM, "[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:37:17 +0530 >From: simran charley <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Differentiate USB devices partitions. >Message-ID: > <caocgkxqjmbfeyjqw6uqaktugrxsz3ivvm9nuubi31cvfut4...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Hello, > >I am stuck at the issue, where I need to identify that the attached USB >device has the Mass storage Partitions on MAC OS-X. > >I have registered for the IOMedia notification. On connecting device I am >getting the raw device, I am performing operation on the same device. >But problem occurs when the device has mass storage partition. >I want to operate devices which don't have mass storage partitions. > >I need to differentiate, whether device has mass storage partition. >Came across one key kHasMSCInterface which has value like True OR False. >*MSC interface protocol* is defined by the *USB Implementers Forum*. > >But having doubt that can I use this key to differentiate between devices >between Mass storage and others. > >Any help will be appreciated. > >Thanks. >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><https://lists.apple.com/mailman/private/usb/attachments/20150724/5e9deda6 >/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Usb mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/usb/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
