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  • Re: Formatting a USB Stick as FAT32

    From paltysork@21:1/5 to Davoud on Mon Jul 11 04:19:00 2022
    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    I have always had success formatting USB sticks as FAT32 from Mac OS.
    By "success" I mean that others and myself have been able read and
    write to the FAT32 sticks from a variety of Mac OS and Windows
    computers without apparent errors.

    I recently bought a car that allows uploading startup-screen photos to
    its 12.3-in. GPS/Audio/Etc. display. It requires that a FAT32 drive be inserted into either of two USB ports in the center console. The drive
    must contain a top-level folder named "Image" that contains jpg (or
    jpeg) images. I formatted a USB drive as FAT32 under El Capitan and
    followed all instructions to the letter. Upon inserting the stick in
    the USB port the car's electronics apparently recognized it, reporting (correctly) that no music files were on the drive. When I went to the
    "Upload Photos" menu the system reported that no photos could be found.

    After a couple of tries I booted my MBP in Win 7 Pro. I reformatted the
    drive and copied the "Images" directory from within Win 7. This time
    the car recognized the "Images" folder and quickly uploaded the images.

    That done, I rebooted El Capitan and repeated the process--formatting, etc.--and the car again could not read the drive. Curiously, the car manufacturer's instructional video shows a man copying files to the
    drive from a MacBook Pro (but says nothing about where the drive was formatted).

    Anyone know what gives here?

    TIA!

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to paltysork on Mon Jul 11 13:18:11 2022
    On 11 Jul 2022 at 12:19:00 BST, paltysork <gediminasarba6@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to
    Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    I have always had success formatting USB sticks as FAT32 from Mac OS.
    By "success" I mean that others and myself have been able read and
    write to the FAT32 sticks from a variety of Mac OS and Windows
    computers without apparent errors.

    I recently bought a car that allows uploading startup-screen photos to
    its 12.3-in. GPS/Audio/Etc. display. It requires that a FAT32 drive be
    inserted into either of two USB ports in the center console. The drive
    must contain a top-level folder named "Image" that contains jpg (or
    jpeg) images. I formatted a USB drive as FAT32 under El Capitan and
    followed all instructions to the letter. Upon inserting the stick in
    the USB port the car's electronics apparently recognized it, reporting
    (correctly) that no music files were on the drive. When I went to the
    "Upload Photos" menu the system reported that no photos could be found.

    After a couple of tries I booted my MBP in Win 7 Pro. I reformatted the
    drive and copied the "Images" directory from within Win 7. This time
    the car recognized the "Images" folder and quickly uploaded the images.

    That done, I rebooted El Capitan and repeated the process--formatting,
    etc.--and the car again could not read the drive. Curiously, the car
    manufacturer's instructional video shows a man copying files to the
    drive from a MacBook Pro (but says nothing about where the drive was
    formatted).

    You probably want to go into Terminal and delete any invisible files such as .DS_Store from the drive after formatting it under macOS.

    --
    Tim

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to timstreater@greenbee.net on Mon Jul 11 10:13:31 2022
    In article <jj2m8jFspsjU1@mid.individual.net>, TimS
    <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

    On 11 Jul 2022 at 12:19:00 BST, paltysork <gediminasarba6@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to
    Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    ...


    You probably want to go into Terminal and delete any invisible files such as .DS_Store from the drive after formatting it under macOS.

    the original post was *eight* years ago, and there's a very good chance
    that it no longer matters.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to Alan B on Mon Jul 11 14:58:22 2022
    In article <tahpek$1p2a9$1@alanrichardbarker.eternal-september.org>,
    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@nospamgmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    ...


    You probably want to go into Terminal and delete any invisible files such as
    .DS_Store from the drive after formatting it under macOS.

    the original post was *eight* years ago, and there's a very good chance that it no longer matters.

    And a chance that the OP no longer monitors the group?

    it's a very good chance. davoud hasn't posted in a while. it's possible
    he still lurks, but i doubt it.

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to nospam on Mon Jul 11 19:16:52 2022
    On 11 Jul 2022, nospam wrote
    (in article<110720221013311303%nospam@nospam.invalid>):

    In article<jj2m8jFspsjU1@mid.individual.net>, TimS
    <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

    On 11 Jul 2022 at 12:19:00 BST, paltysork<gediminasarba6@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    ...


    You probably want to go into Terminal and delete any invisible files such as
    .DS_Store from the drive after formatting it under macOS.

    the original post was *eight* years ago, and there's a very good chance
    that it no longer matters.

    And a chance that the OP no longer monitors the group?

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to TimS on Tue Jul 12 10:31:04 2022
    On 2022-07-11 13:18:11 +0000, TimS said:
    On 11 Jul 2022 at 12:19:00 BST, paltysork <gediminasarba6@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to
    Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    I have always had success formatting USB sticks as FAT32 from Mac OS.
    By "success" I mean that others and myself have been able read and
    write to the FAT32 sticks from a variety of Mac OS and Windows
    computers without apparent errors.

    I recently bought a car that allows uploading startup-screen photos to
    its 12.3-in. GPS/Audio/Etc. display. It requires that a FAT32 drive be
    inserted into either of two USB ports in the center console. The drive
    must contain a top-level folder named "Image" that contains jpg (or
    jpeg) images. I formatted a USB drive as FAT32 under El Capitan and
    followed all instructions to the letter. Upon inserting the stick in
    the USB port the car's electronics apparently recognized it, reporting
    (correctly) that no music files were on the drive. When I went to the
    "Upload Photos" menu the system reported that no photos could be found.

    After a couple of tries I booted my MBP in Win 7 Pro. I reformatted the
    drive and copied the "Images" directory from within Win 7. This time
    the car recognized the "Images" folder and quickly uploaded the images.

    That done, I rebooted El Capitan and repeated the process--formatting,
    etc.--and the car again could not read the drive. Curiously, the car
    manufacturer's instructional video shows a man copying files to the
    drive from a MacBook Pro (but says nothing about where the drive was
    formatted).

    You probably want to go into Terminal and delete any invisible files such as .DS_Store from the drive after formatting it under macOS.

    Yep, those invisible files can cause issues with some devices that
    aren't expecting them. They can also confuse novice people (e.g. taking
    a USB thumb drive into a high street print shop and they try to open
    the invisible file instead of teh proper PDF file).

    There are a few utility apps that will delete the invisible MacOS files
    when ejecting the drive, without needing to use the Terminal. The two
    best known ones are:

    - "Blue Harvest"
    <http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest/>

    - "CleanMyDrive"
    <https://macpaw.com/cleanmydrive>

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Alan B on Tue Jul 12 14:19:52 2022
    On 2022-07-11 18:16:52 +0000, Alan B said:

    On 11 Jul 2022, nospam wrote
    (in article<110720221013311303%nospam@nospam.invalid>):

    In article<jj2m8jFspsjU1@mid.individual.net>, TimS
    <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

    On 11 Jul 2022 at 12:19:00 BST, paltysork<gediminasarba6@gmail.com> wrote: >>>
    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to >>>>> Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    ...


    You probably want to go into Terminal and delete any invisible files such as
    .DS_Store from the drive after formatting it under macOS.

    the original post was *eight* years ago, and there's a very good chance
    that it no longer matters.

    And a chance that the OP no longer monitors the group?

    True, but someone else might find it when searcghing for the same problem.

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  • From Wolffan@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 12 08:46:09 2022
    On 11 Jul 2022, paltysork wrote
    (in article<39ba9298-0530-431e-9dba-6153ace2d861n@googlegroups.com>):

    On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 5:10:13 a.m. UTC+3, Davoud wrote:
    On at least one of my Macs the system is /apparently/ not equivalent to Windows in formatting a USB stick as FAT32.

    I have always had success formatting USB sticks as FAT32 from Mac OS.
    By "success" I mean that others and myself have been able read and
    write to the FAT32 sticks from a variety of Mac OS and Windows
    computers without apparent errors.

    I recently bought a car that allows uploading startup-screen photos to
    its 12.3-in. GPS/Audio/Etc. display. It requires that a FAT32 drive be inserted into either of two USB ports in the center console. The drive
    must contain a top-level folder named "Image" that contains jpg (or
    jpeg) images. I formatted a USB drive as FAT32 under El Capitan and followed all instructions to the letter. Upon inserting the stick in
    the USB port the car's electronics apparently recognized it, reporting (correctly) that no music files were on the drive. When I went to the "Upload Photos" menu the system reported that no photos could be found.

    After a couple of tries I booted my MBP in Win 7 Pro. I reformatted the drive and copied the "Images" directory from within Win 7. This time
    the car recognized the "Images" folder and quickly uploaded the images.

    That done, I rebooted El Capitan and repeated the process--formatting, etc.--and the car again could not read the drive. Curiously, the car manufacturer's instructional video shows a man copying files to the
    drive from a MacBook Pro (but says nothing about where the drive was formatted).

    Anyone know what gives here?

    TIA!

    --
    I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
    you will say in your entire life.

    usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
    SHUT UP!!!!!

    Oh, look. It’s a GoogleGroups user zombifing a necrothread from 2016. What
    a surprise.

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