usb formating ?

sportyone · sportyone #1 (**permalink**)

06-22-2011, 08:30 AM

Hi, I have a problem?
I am making a slideshow of images to display on a vertically mounted 50" Sony LCD.
all the images have been setup in photoshop as JPG's on my Mac & work from the 4GB Lexar USB perfectly in Preview.
however when putting the USB into the Sony LCD, the slideshow runs through the images fine except it shows a small thumbnail of each image between each of the large full screen images ?
I rang Sony & explained what was happening & they suggested I start by formating the USB Stick to FAT 32 ??

how do I do that on my Mac ? when I go into disk utilities there is no tag for formating to FAT 32 ?

please help me ASAP if you can, how do I do it on my a mac. I have several Mac's using different OS systems from 10.1 to 10.6 if that helps ?

thanks

Slydude · Slydude #2 (**permalink**)

06-22-2011, 12:03 PM

Open Disk Utility and click the drive you want to erase in the list at the left of the scream Now click the "Erase" tab. On that screen is a drop down menu which I believe defaults to OS X Extended set it to FAT 32. Name the disk and choose erase. ATPM 17.05 - How To: Using the Free Disk Utility on Your Mac

sportyone · sportyone #3 (**permalink**)

06-23-2011, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slydude

Open Disk Utility and click the drive you want to erase in the list at the left of the scream Now click the "Erase" tab. On that screen is a drop down menu which I believe defaults to OS X Extended set it to FAT 32. Name the disk and choose erase. ATPM 17.05 - How To: Using the Free Disk Utility on Your Mac

thanks, but my disk utility only drops down to show 4 OS, 1, MS DOS & a UNIX file tags ?

so where do I find the FAT 32 ??

Slydude · Slydude #4 (**permalink**)

06-23-2011, 09:56 PM

Selecting the MS DOS option will format the drive as FAT 32.

sportyone · sportyone #5 (**permalink**)

06-23-2011, 10:02 PM

thanks heaps, cheers

Slydude · Slydude #6 (**permalink**)

06-23-2011, 10:11 PM

No problem.

chas_m · chas_m #7 (**permalink**)

06-24-2011, 03:14 AM

For the record, I very much doubt that will solve the problem. Good luck though.

Leukeh · Leukeh #8 (**permalink**)

06-29-2011, 01:36 AM

And keep in mind it's going to erase everything on the USB so make sure you have the images stored on your computer too...

sportyone · sportyone #9 (**permalink**)

06-29-2011, 05:53 AM

Thanks

Slydude #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 15, 2009 Location: North Louisiana, USA Posts: 3,898 Mac Specs: 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.8,3 8 GB mem, 2.66 GHz Mac Pro - Dead, iPhone 4	06-22-2011, 12:03 PM Open Disk Utility and click the drive you want to erase in the list at the left of the scream Now click the "Erase" tab. On that screen is a drop down menu which I believe defaults to OS X Extended set it to FAT 32. Name the disk and choose erase. ATPM 17.05 - How To: Using the Free Disk Utility on Your Mac Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh No matter what time it is where I am it's early morning somewhere in the world. At that hour of the morning follow my advice at your own risk. Anything sounds good before your first cup of coffee
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Member Since: Nov 15, 2009 Location: North Louisiana, USA Posts: 3,898 Mac Specs: 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.8,3 8 GB mem, 2.66 GHz Mac Pro - Dead, iPhone 4	06-23-2011, 09:56 PM Selecting the MS DOS option will format the drive as FAT 32. Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh No matter what time it is where I am it's early morning somewhere in the world. At that hour of the morning follow my advice at your own risk. Anything sounds good before your first cup of coffee
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Member Since: Nov 15, 2009 Location: North Louisiana, USA Posts: 3,898 Mac Specs: 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.8,3 8 GB mem, 2.66 GHz Mac Pro - Dead, iPhone 4	06-23-2011, 10:11 PM No problem. Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh No matter what time it is where I am it's early morning somewhere in the world. At that hour of the morning follow my advice at your own risk. Anything sounds good before your first cup of coffee
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Member Since: Jan 22, 2010 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 13,705 Mac Specs: 2009 MacBook Pro, Black speakers, Black Benq second monitor, black iPhone 4, Black 2012 iPad, etc.	06-24-2011, 03:14 AM For the record, I very much doubt that will solve the problem. Good luck though. Cheers, chas_m -- My essay for switchers and newbies
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sportyone #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 22, 2011 Posts: 4	06-22-2011, 08:30 AM Hi, I have a problem? I am making a slideshow of images to display on a vertically mounted 50" Sony LCD. all the images have been setup in photoshop as JPG's on my Mac & work from the 4GB Lexar USB perfectly in Preview. however when putting the USB into the Sony LCD, the slideshow runs through the images fine except it shows a small thumbnail of each image between each of the large full screen images ? I rang Sony & explained what was happening & they suggested I start by formating the USB Stick to FAT 32 ?? how do I do that on my Mac ? when I go into disk utilities there is no tag for formating to FAT 32 ? please help me ASAP if you can, how do I do it on my a mac. I have several Mac's using different OS systems from 10.1 to 10.6 if that helps ? thanks
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Member Since: Jun 22, 2011 Posts: 4	06-23-2011, 10:02 PM thanks heaps, cheers
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Member Since: Jun 22, 2011 Posts: 4	06-29-2011, 05:53 AM Thanks
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