I need to transfer some files to another computer. My CD/DVD drive rejects the cd within 10 seconds. Thought I would just put them on a thumb drive instead but there is no option. Just an option to burn a cd
MacBook Pro, iOS 10, MacBook Pro4,1
How are you trying to place them on a thumb drive? Are you using an App?
You should be able to simply drag the files from their folder in Finder to the USB drive icon also in finder.
Much like you would on a Windows PC.
Can you see the thumb drive icon on the desktop? Usually looks like this:
By default, Mac OSX hides external drives and devices. You can make them visible on the desktop by making sure you are in the Finder (command-tab until "Finder" appears in the upper left of your menubar) and selecting Finder Preferences:
and then checking all the boxes under the "General" tab:
If you plan to keep using the computer, you can try a drive cleaning disk on the optical drive. Surprisingly often, the drive is only dirty, not dead and a cleaning restores it to full function.
Just drag the files to the thumb drive.
Okay - will attempt that. As you can tell I am a novice to Apple products. lol. Thank you so much
Thank you. Will attempt this.
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