USB stick isn't recognized

rghthndsd · rghthndsd #1 (**permalink**)

04-02-2012, 05:45 PM

Using a MacBook Pro 10.6.8

Bought an 8gb USB stick from ThinkGeek, one of the really small ones (link). It works perfectly fine on windows, where I formatted it to be FAT32. However my MacBook Pro won't recognize it, even when looking at the disk utility. I doubled checked and it still works in a windows computer.

Is there any thing else I can try to make it work?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

04-02-2012, 08:19 PM

Why did you have to format the drive? Normally, flash drives and thumb drives even as large as 32 GB are factory pre-formatted to FAT-32.

rghthndsd · rghthndsd #3 (**permalink**)

04-02-2012, 08:22 PM

Didn't have to, but when the drive wasn't recognized it was the first thing I did.

I also edited the OP to say it is an 8gb drive.

chscag · chscag #4 (**permalink**)

04-02-2012, 08:30 PM

OK, so you tried it on your Mac first and it wasn't recognized? Then you re-formatted it on your Windows PC to FAT-32; Windows recognizes it but the Mac still won't?

If that's what happened, send the flash drive back and get a refund. It's either not compatible with a Mac or the drive may be glitchy.

rghthndsd #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 02, 2012 Posts: 2	04-02-2012, 05:45 PM Using a MacBook Pro 10.6.8 Bought an 8gb USB stick from ThinkGeek, one of the really small ones (link). It works perfectly fine on windows, where I formatted it to be FAT32. However my MacBook Pro won't recognize it, even when looking at the disk utility. I doubled checked and it still works in a windows computer. Is there any thing else I can try to make it work? Last edited by rghthndsd; 04-02-2012 at 08:24 PM.
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,994 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	04-02-2012, 08:19 PM Why did you have to format the drive? Normally, flash drives and thumb drives even as large as 32 GB are factory pre-formatted to FAT-32. Community Guidelines
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chscag #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,994 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	04-02-2012, 08:30 PM OK, so you tried it on your Mac first and it wasn't recognized? Then you re-formatted it on your Windows PC to FAT-32; Windows recognizes it but the Mac still won't? If that's what happened, send the flash drive back and get a refund. It's either not compatible with a Mac or the drive may be glitchy. Community Guidelines
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