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<blockquote data-quote="AndyClift" data-source="post: 1127456" data-attributes="member: 142515"><p>I spent all yesterday trying to get my Garmin satnav to read music on an 8 GByte SD card. 1 GByte cards were recognised but the 8 GByte card was ignored.</p><p></p><p>Both cards were formatted as FAT and both were readable on the iMAC when installed in the satnav and then the satnav plugged into the computer. Music copied to both cards OK and the music could be played back on the iMAC - but the satnav itself could not see anything on the 8 GByte card.</p><p></p><p>Garmin help was beaten but found the problem last night. Use Disc Utility to format the 1 GByte card and it shows as a FAT device with a FAT partition. Use the same method on the 8 GByte card and it shows as a Mac OS Extended device with a FAT partition - although I select the device and choose FAT.</p><p></p><p>To overcome the problem I put the 8 GByte card in my Digital camera, formatted it and then put it in the iMAC to copy the music. Everything worked OK.</p><p></p><p>Now to the obvious question. How do I make a proper FAT formatted card in the iMAC?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndyClift, post: 1127456, member: 142515"] I spent all yesterday trying to get my Garmin satnav to read music on an 8 GByte SD card. 1 GByte cards were recognised but the 8 GByte card was ignored. Both cards were formatted as FAT and both were readable on the iMAC when installed in the satnav and then the satnav plugged into the computer. Music copied to both cards OK and the music could be played back on the iMAC - but the satnav itself could not see anything on the 8 GByte card. Garmin help was beaten but found the problem last night. Use Disc Utility to format the 1 GByte card and it shows as a FAT device with a FAT partition. Use the same method on the 8 GByte card and it shows as a Mac OS Extended device with a FAT partition - although I select the device and choose FAT. To overcome the problem I put the 8 GByte card in my Digital camera, formatted it and then put it in the iMAC to copy the music. Everything worked OK. Now to the obvious question. How do I make a proper FAT formatted card in the iMAC? [/QUOTE]
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