OS X telling USB stick has no free space

[cairnsiee]

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 ??

 

[Peace]

Post a screenshot.

 

[SandboxGeneral]

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 ??

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.

 

[cairnsiee]

Trust issues eh ?

 

[Peace]

Trust issues eh ?

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.

 

[cairnsiee]

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

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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.

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

 

[Peace]

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.

 

[SandboxGeneral]

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 ?

• DiskInventory X
• OmniDiskSweeper
• JDisk Report
• GrandPerspective

 

[cairnsiee]

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.

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

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• DiskInventory X
• OmniDiskSweeper
• JDisk Report
• GrandPerspective

Thanks to you too !

 

[Peace]

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

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Thanks to you too !

No worries. The moderators here already have me rated.



*cough* *cough*

 

[cairnsiee]

No worries. The moderators here already have me rated.



*cough* *cough*

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

Right on if so man

 

[Peace]

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.