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<blockquote data-quote="Bob M." data-source="post: 1812020" data-attributes="member: 200112"><p>Well, I did buy a SanDisk USB Flash Drive 16GB at a very economical price. I'm not a power user and it'll be all I'll ever need. I don't ever use Windows type machines, only Macs - my iMac and my MacBook. I have many friends who use flash drives and most just plug them in after buying and start copying/moving files without any formatting first (I've asked around).</p><p></p><p>After reading a little more about it, it seems formatting a flash drive does two things: 1) it first erases the flash drive completely, then 2) it sets up a file type format that the user chooses (like FAT or FAT32 or exFAT or others). It seems to me that if you buy a brand new flash drive, it is most probably pre-erased (no files on it) and if you don't format it and just start using it, it must choose a default file type format. So I guess I'd like to know what that default file format is and I'd assume it would be a good choice for Mac computers. Is that reasonable assumption make?</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>Bob M.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob M., post: 1812020, member: 200112"] Well, I did buy a SanDisk USB Flash Drive 16GB at a very economical price. I'm not a power user and it'll be all I'll ever need. I don't ever use Windows type machines, only Macs - my iMac and my MacBook. I have many friends who use flash drives and most just plug them in after buying and start copying/moving files without any formatting first (I've asked around). After reading a little more about it, it seems formatting a flash drive does two things: 1) it first erases the flash drive completely, then 2) it sets up a file type format that the user chooses (like FAT or FAT32 or exFAT or others). It seems to me that if you buy a brand new flash drive, it is most probably pre-erased (no files on it) and if you don't format it and just start using it, it must choose a default file type format. So I guess I'd like to know what that default file format is and I'd assume it would be a good choice for Mac computers. Is that reasonable assumption make? Thanks, Bob M. [/QUOTE]
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