OS X telling USB stick has no free space

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  1. cairnsiee, Mar 21, 2013

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    I know what you're thinking "empty your trash can" and well, i have. of course i searched google for help before posting here.

    I have tried everything I can think off i've even put it into a windows computer and it's telling me it's empty so why is osx doing this? Is it trying to make me buy a £400 Apple USB stick so i wont have this problem ?? :p ;)
     
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  2. Peace, Mar 21, 2013

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    Post a screenshot.
     
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  3. SandboxGeneral, Mar 21, 2013

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    You can use an app like DaisyDisk to see the "deleted" files and clear them off. There are other similar apps that do this as well.
     
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  4. cairnsiee, Mar 21, 2013

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    Trust issues eh ?
     

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  5. Peace, Mar 21, 2013

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    Nope. Not at all. I just wanted to see what you were doing.

    :)

    How big is the folder you are moving ? The thumbdrive might not be big enough to hold it.
     
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  6. cairnsiee, Mar 21, 2013

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    ITs a 2gb drive and im tying to put a few songs in there about 50mb each :(

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    Ok this worked it found 2gb worth of files BUT i have to pay to remove them... know a free application similar ?
     
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  7. Peace, Mar 21, 2013

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    How is the thumbdrive formatted ?

    Also you might try unmounting the thumbdrive then putting it back in.

    Just use disk utility to format the thumbdrive.
     
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  8. SandboxGeneral, Mar 21, 2013

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  9. cairnsiee, Mar 21, 2013

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    Eyyyyy it worked man thanks ! is there a rating score or what not on this forum i can give you? I take it not but anything to help who helped me man :p :D

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    Thanks to you too !
     
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  10. Peace, Mar 21, 2013

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    No worries. The moderators here already have me rated.

    :D

    *cough* *cough*
     
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  11. cairnsiee, Mar 21, 2013

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    Judging by your name... your forum account picture and location.. i'd say you were pretty "high" *wink wink * ;)

    Right on if so man :p
     
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  12. Peace, Mar 21, 2013

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    Since you're a newbie a FYI.

    there's a little blue up icon on the bottom right of every post. It's called the up vote.

    That's how folks vote on a post.

    Enjoy your music.
     
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