Mac Mini USB Thumb drive problem/question

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Hey guys, Mid 2010 Mac Mini running Mavericks. I have a couple of 8 gb usb thumb drives that have nothing on them, yet "get info" shows them almost full and when I try to load a picture or something on them it says not enough memory left, but yet there is nothing on them. Are the usb drives corrupt, or is there a way to reformat them so that they are truly empty? One thumb drive is an 8 gb Lexar and the other is an 8 gb PNY. They are showing full but they don't have anything on them. Please help. Thanks.
 

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If there is nothing on these thumb drives you need to save…then yes…open up Disk Utility…and reformat them.:)

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I am not very computer literate, lol.........how do I access Disk Utility.
Thank You for your answers. Actually, I'm an idiot on this thing. :Confused:
 

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Hard Drive >> Applications Folder >> Utilities Folder >> Disk Utility application.

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Thank You very much Nick. I am learning so much here thanks to you guys. Thanks Again.
 

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