USB stick does show up on Windows but not on Mac OS X

[farkasam]

Hi All,

I just got a 4G kingston data traveler thumb drive. When i plug it into a desktop dell, i can add/remove files etc. when i plug it into my MBP, the drive doesn't show up anywhere. I'm running Leopard and have been using macs for years. any ideas??

Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

Have you taken a look at Disk Utility to see if it shows up there?

Also take a look at the Properties of the USB stick while you're in Windows to see what format (file system) the USB stick does use.

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[farkasam]

excellent thanks. it does show up in disk utility but not in my finder!

i was premature, just formatted it to Mac OSX (journaled?) and it appears in the finder now. thanks for you assistance.

 

[spinnerlys]

excellent thanks. it does show up in disk utility but not in my finder!

Can you click the MOUNT button in Disk Utility?

i was premature, just formatted it to Mac OSX (journaled?) and it appears in the finder now. thanks for you assistance.

You will not be able to use the USB stick in Windows with Mac OS Extended (HFS+) as a file system (format).


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[GGJstudios]

FAT32

• Read/Write from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• No individual file larger than 4GB.

NTFS

• Read/Write from native Windows.
• Read only from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write from Leopard: Install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G. You can install both with NTFS-3G for Mac OS X.
• To Read/Write from Snow Leopard: Guide: Enable native NTFS Read/Write in Snow Leopard
• (Be aware that some are of the opinion that enabling native NTFS in SL is unstable/unreliable, and favor the MacFuse/NTFS-3G method for Snow Leopard)

HFS

• Read/Write HFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write HFS from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer