USB stick name in capitals?

Simms · Simms #1 (**permalink**)

08-28-2008, 12:00 AM

Everytime I rename my USB stick to whatever name, it looks fine (for example, I name it "Stick"), but the next time I plug it into my Macbook it comes up as "STICK" - in capital letters. It doesn't really matter, but I was just wondering why this happens? And can it be changed so it doesn't happen? Cheers.

kahlil88 · kahlil88 #2 (**permalink**)

08-28-2008, 01:59 AM

This happens to me as well. My guess is that it's related to the filesystem. Flash drives typically come formatted as FAT32, which is very old and maybe doesn't support lowercase letters in the volume name.

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Member Since: Jan 29, 2008 Location: Mendocino, CA Posts: 671 Mac Specs: 17" MacBook Pro A1151 2.16 GHz	08-28-2008, 01:59 AM This happens to me as well. My guess is that it's related to the filesystem. Flash drives typically come formatted as FAT32, which is very old and maybe doesn't support lowercase letters in the volume name. There is no system but GNU and Linux is one of its kernels. Join the FSF as an Associate Member!
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Simms #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 08, 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 106 Mac Specs: 13" Black MacBook \| 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo \| 4GB RAM \| 160GB HDD	08-28-2008, 12:00 AM Everytime I rename my USB stick to whatever name, it looks fine (for example, I name it "Stick"), but the next time I plug it into my Macbook it comes up as "STICK" - in capital letters. It doesn't really matter, but I was just wondering why this happens? And can it be changed so it doesn't happen? Cheers.
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