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how to clear data from a USB stick on a Mac

Hi - have removed data from a memory stick, but from a 15MB Memory stick it is only offerring 354Kb of space and saying i have not enough memory to put on any new data, Years ago before i got this Mac , i could format it - have tried researching on web which suggests i right click something which cant do on Mac Book - any any ideas how i can clean up my mountain of memory sticks? ElMcV

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 18, 2013 8:09 AM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2013 8:15 AM

Try this:


With the stick plugged in, go to Finder->Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility. From there, you should see your memory stick appear in a sidebar on the left. Click on it, then click on the "erase" tab and follow the instructions.

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how to clear data from a USB stick on a Mac

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