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Connecting a usb flash drive to a MacBook Pro
I need to read some files from a usb thumb drive, but I plug it into my MBP, nothings happens. I was expecting it to mount automatically. Is this normal?
The same drive works fine with Windows Vista....
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Is there any way to boot an Intel Mac from a USB drive with Windows on it?
I’ve got an external USB drive that’s a bootable clone of a Windows XP hard drive (theoretically — I haven’t confirmed that a PC can boot from it).
I’m trying to get my Intel Mac mini to boot from it....
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Mount external USB drive in Single User Mode
How can I mount an external USB drive when I'm in Single User Mode on my Mac?
I'm not able to see it in /dev/
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Problem in Formating usb drive on mac os x
I have 4 GB USB drive and as I formated it with Mac OS X's Disk Utility in FAT format, it shows me 3.98 GB on my Mac but only shows me 200 MB on my Windows computer. Why this is so? What am I doing ...
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Is there such a thing as a firewire to usb 2 converter, for older Macs?
A friend has an old iLamp iMac, which only has USB 1. It’s got a FireWire 400 port though.
To make it less painful getting video etc. on and off his iPhone 4, it’d be great if he could get USB 2 ...
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How to create a bootable Ubuntu Linux (10.04) USB installation for Macintosh
I tried searching the Internet, but could not find a decent tutorial explaining how to create a bootable Ubuntu Linux (10.04) USB installation that could be run not only on a PC but also on Macs and ...
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Why do I get sparks from my usb connector when connecting it to my Mac
I have an external hard drive with its own power. When I touch the usb cable against the case of my Mac I get little sparks.
I have tried it on a PC but don't seem to get the same sparks
Why might ...
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Sending ASCII characters on Mac USB/RS232 cable
I have a RS232C/USB cable to connect an electronic device to my iMac Intel (MacOSX SnowLeo 10.6.3).
Is there a utility program that allows for sending ASCII characters on the USB port that the RS232C ...
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iPhone and Mac internet sharing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
iPod Touch Networking Without Wifi
I want to share my internet connection with my iPhone via the usb cable. I have a Macbook pro. What do you think? Is this possible? And if ...
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Is it possible to disable write caching on a USB mass storage device on Mac OS X?
On Windows, there's a setting for removable drives called "optimize for quick removal", which disables write caching so you can just unplug your removable drive without causing filesystem corruption.
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Remove ISO9660 Extension
I have an ISO9660 thing on my MP3 player and I can't seem to get it to be removed. Do you guys have any idea?
Kevin
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iPhone tethering via USB not working
I can't get USB tethering to work. My setup:
iMac with Mac OS 10.6.2
iPhone 3G, Sofware version 3.1.2 (Build 7D11)
The phone shows up in iTunes and syncing works as it should.
I went to System ...
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Will any USB DVD reader work with Apple Mac's?
Following on from this question:
Can Apple Macintosh computers boot from a USB volume?
Can I use any USB 2.0 DVD drive to boot a Mac from?
I had a look around my local PC World today and only ...
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Mac USB keyboard sometimes works, sometimes doesn't - how do I reset it?
I have a MacBook Pro with an external generic USB keyboard / hub. The keyboard stopped working - usually. If I unplug it and plug it back in a few dozen times, the keyboard usually starts working ...
John Templeton