Using a USB Drive on a Mac

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Copying files to a USB drive on a Mac is easy to do. Macs can read and write to FAT32 and ExFAT formatted drives (which is the default format for most USB drives) so you can share files between Mac, Windows, and Linux. Plug in the drive. Then just double click the drive when it appears on the desktop, double click Macintosh HD, and select and then drag the files you want to copy from one window to the other and wait until the copying is completed. You can copy and paste files to copy them as well. Or, use Save As... from an open file and select the USB drive as the destination. When you are done can safely eject the USB drive by dragging it to the trash or click the eject button next to the drive's icon in the left column of any Finder window. More Mac tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGx9qx31SY&list=PLAsUq-kEMSD4LGIy6Aoz5ZdkAGRIBc1MF&index=1 If you want to delete a file from the drive you can drag it to the trash and then from the Finder menu select Empty Trash. Secure Empty Trash takes longer but will make the file unrecoverable even with forensic file recovery software. Unless you are going to use the drive to install OSX from (boot from USB and install OSX on another Mac) there is no need to format the drive in Mac HFS since they will only work on Macs. You can reformat a USB drive on a Mac with the Disc Utility app. This is the Utilities folder, which is in the Applications folder. Use MS-DOS(FAT) or ExFAT and enable the GUID partition table to get the drive back to it's original file system which works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Macs can read but cannot write from USB drives that have been formatted as NTFS unless you buy additional software. All of these same tips also apply to hard drives and SSDs in USB SATA enclosure, SD cards, microSD cards, and CF cards on a Mac. Need technical support? Visit http://www.kingston.com/support/technical/search?productline=usb Lean more about Kingston USB drives at http://kingston.com/usb

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its opened bath i cant copy someting to it help me
thank you vey much information
This was extremely helpful, thanks!
My mac won't let me put anything in to the usb its just a orange something
Talking too fast for a novice!
This seems to have good information, but WHOA! Slow down! Speaking is too fast.
CAN YOU SPEAK ANY FASTER ? This is not an instructional video, it's an advertisement.
I've made and editing a video using premier pro on my Imac, The video is for someone with a PC. I've put the file on a memory stick out the video wont play on pc, what havei done wrong and how do i fix it
Can I click and drag a program like "Toast" onto a USB stick and install it onto my new MacBook Pro?
How did u get Microsoft on mac??
Thanks for this....best tutorial i have seen for this; was trying for ages but this sorted it! Cheers!
So you have to eject the drive before you pull it out, what if you don't eject it and just pull it out? Please tell my! Im curious?
Thank you for this GREAT video. I had NO idea how us the flashdrive. NOW I feel like an expert. As an author, I need a place to store my manuscripts. Wish I had one of these when I wrote my first book, "He Counts Their Tears", (find it at Amazon, it's a psychological thriller) but thanks to this video I can use it for the Sequel. THANK YOU!!!
i cannot open the pictures like that it comes up in a way that i cant copy paste
I can put over a 1,000 songs on my usb drive but when i want to play it in my truck theres like only a 100 songs on there can you please help me!!!?????????????
if i put photos on a usb then remove it could i then delete them off my computer?
thanks for the help
are mac pc vulnerable to get virus faster
After opening the big window, I get a message saying that none of these pictures can be imported to my photos, but all I want to do is look at them, NOT import them. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
Anyone hear moaning in the last 10 seconds ?