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Hi all,
I want to buy a flash drive (or memory stick, if you prefer) to use with my late 2009 iMac which I just acquired. I have a couple of these flash drives already but they are from the time when they first appeared on the market. One is 512 MB (yes, that's right, mega-bites) and the other 2GB. Nowadays, it seems a challenge to find one of these gizmos under 16GB.
But the devil is in the details: my iMac has 4x USB ports but from the arcane Apple/Mac speak in the technical specs the ports all seem to be 2.0. There is another layer of arcania with hi-speed and super-speed which I have no idea about but I'll guess super speed is faster than hi-speed (which sort of makes hi-speed be actually be low-speed). I assume it's not very chic to say 'low-speed' in various tech circles, making hi-speed a sort of technical oxymoron.
My question is if I buy a flash drive that is a 3.0 device, is it true that it won't run any quicker than a 2.0 device because my iMac USB ports are all 2.0 (is that correct?) so it would be best for me to buy a 2.0 Flash Drive device, as I plan on keeping this machine for a while.
What are reliable, well-made devices and brands that might fit my needs? (I already have a SanDisk flash drive, which I like and seems very good but with very limited storage space).
After reading on-line, there seems to be some controversy if these flash drive devices need to be formatted or not upon initial use. I read an article stating they work better and more efficiently if formatted. Of course, I have no idea about any of this.
Thanks for your comments and advice in adv.,
Bob M.
I want to buy a flash drive (or memory stick, if you prefer) to use with my late 2009 iMac which I just acquired. I have a couple of these flash drives already but they are from the time when they first appeared on the market. One is 512 MB (yes, that's right, mega-bites) and the other 2GB. Nowadays, it seems a challenge to find one of these gizmos under 16GB.
But the devil is in the details: my iMac has 4x USB ports but from the arcane Apple/Mac speak in the technical specs the ports all seem to be 2.0. There is another layer of arcania with hi-speed and super-speed which I have no idea about but I'll guess super speed is faster than hi-speed (which sort of makes hi-speed be actually be low-speed). I assume it's not very chic to say 'low-speed' in various tech circles, making hi-speed a sort of technical oxymoron.
My question is if I buy a flash drive that is a 3.0 device, is it true that it won't run any quicker than a 2.0 device because my iMac USB ports are all 2.0 (is that correct?) so it would be best for me to buy a 2.0 Flash Drive device, as I plan on keeping this machine for a while.
What are reliable, well-made devices and brands that might fit my needs? (I already have a SanDisk flash drive, which I like and seems very good but with very limited storage space).
After reading on-line, there seems to be some controversy if these flash drive devices need to be formatted or not upon initial use. I read an article stating they work better and more efficiently if formatted. Of course, I have no idea about any of this.
Thanks for your comments and advice in adv.,
Bob M.