Q: Copying to a USB
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Dec 11, 2011 10:15 AMby Graham_e,Thanks for your suggestions Niel
Yes I had emptied the trash and I used Disk utility to reformst the USB. I assume erase and is what you mean by 'reformat'. None of these procedures have helped so far. BTW my USB memory stick is 8Gb and I cant even copy one track let alone a playlist.
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Dec 16, 2011 9:17 AMby Graham_e,Further to my last. When I attempt to drag music files to my USB I get
The item “05 05 Every Captive Free (Live).m4a” can’t be copied because there isn’t enough free space.
Yet I do not have any files on the USB. The Get Info says I have
14,336 bytes (14 KB on disk)
Format MS-DOS (FAT12)'
Capacity 4.1 MB
Available 4.1 MB
Maybe this might help pinpointing the issue for me.
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Dec 16, 2011 9:18 AMby Limnos,Yes, erase.
If you are only uing this with a Mac, format it to Mac Extended. If using this with a Windows machine too, format to FAT.*
What does Disk Utility currently say about the format of the drive?
*I've seen a couple of posts recently in the Lion forum on issues with FAT formatted USB drives that I haven't seen in other system forums.
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Dec 16, 2011 9:44 AMby Chris CA,Yet I do not have any files on the USB. The Get Info says I have
14,336 bytes (14 KB on disk)
Format MS-DOS (FAT12)'
Capacity 4.1 MB
Available 4.1 MB
Since it is formatted FAT12, max size will be 16 megabytes, you won't get a even single song onto it.
If this is to be used with your Mac only, open Applications > Utilities - Disk Utility, sselect the USB stick and format it as HFS+.
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Dec 16, 2011 9:47 AMby Limnos,4MB! I didn't even catch that, or assumed it was 4GB. Did they even make USB flash drives that small? I know we have one around somewhere that is 32MB, but I thought that was a Model A.
You'll be lucky to fit even one song on a 4MB flash drive. It depends upon the track duration and the format file used.
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Dec 16, 2011 10:12 AMby Chris CA,HelpfulLimnos wrote:
4MB! I didn't even catch that, or assumed it was 4GB.
Graham did write it is an 8GB drive but formatting it t FAT12, the max size it will show as is 32MB, depending on how it was formatted but 4MB is typical (as used for a 3.5" disk). Don't know how it would have even gotten formatted FAT12. -
Dec 16, 2011 11:14 AMby Graham_e,Thanks for your comments and advice.
With disk utility there is only two options to reformat ExFAT and MS-DOS (FAT)
I have tried both formats on my 8GB Toshiba DVR Media USB but it still says not enough memory even for one track.
I have had many tracks previously on the USB but I don't know what happened when I reformatted to reuse it.
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Dec 16, 2011 11:21 AMby Graham_e,Eventhough the USB Flash Drive says it has 8GB capacity. The info at the bottom of Disk Utility says:
Mount Point : /Volumes/GRAHAMS Capacity : 4.2 MB (4,161,024 Bytes)
Format : MS-DOS (FAT12) Available : 4.1 MB (4,117,504 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : No Used : 14 KB (14,336 Bytes)
Number of Folders : 0 Number of Files : 512
Maybe this might help
