USB stick

[ta70s]

Hi, I a 1GB USB stick and I want to put a 700MB file but my mac tells me that there is only 100MB free space but there is nothing on the stick. I have used it on a PC several times, what is the problem how do I fix it?
Thanks

 

[rogerinlondon]

It is one irritating thing with the Mac. You need to empty Trash with the stick attached. Deleted files are hidden on the stick and takes up space until you empty Trash.

 

[ta70s]

I tried that but nothing still only 100MB

 

[todd51]

You sure you emptied the trash with the flash drive attached to the computer??

 

[louishen]

Try reformatting it using disk utility (in Utilities)

Make sure you select Dos format (FAT 32) if you want to use it for both mac and PC