My friend gave me his MBA usb drive and I was wondering if there is a way to reformat it so i can use it as a storage flash drive. He said he knows someone who's done it before but he went to China.
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MacBook Air SOFTWARE REINSTALL DRIVE
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It should be fairly easy, just open disk utility (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility) You have to plug in the stick and then select it, choose erase and check its FAT32 not OS X otherwise you'll change it to another mac HD rather than a storage device. Then click ok, this should work ok but check on youtube for guides etc.
How big a storage flash drive does it become then? Wondering as link does not work
it's an 8GB drive.
why would you want to bother?
Because they don't need the software and want an apple branded usb stick....
It's a strange idea to get rid of your installation drive. What will he do when his MBA fails and he needs that drive ?
Use remote disc...
Also the OP doesn't have a macbook air so it's of little concern to him