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Hidden Files on usb

  • 08-01-2008 10:56am
    #1
    potato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Hey,

    I know how to format a usb on windows but have yet to master it on mac. Everytime I delete files from the usb on my mac they are still hidden on the usb and I have to put the usb into a pc to format completely to make space again.

    How can I change the settings for the usb on the mac so that when i put files in the trash they are gone......no hidden files lurking anywhere, so I do not have to keep formatting it on the PC.

    It's a fat32 file system on the usb.....and a macboook pro

    thanks for any help you can give....I'll be waiting patiently...until I have to format it again on PC!!


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  • #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    potato wrote: »
    Hey,

    I know how to format a usb on windows but have yet to master it on mac. Everytime I delete files from the usb on my mac they are still hidden on the usb and I have to put the usb into a pc to format completely to make space again.

    How can I change the settings for the usb on the mac so that when i put files in the trash they are gone......no hidden files lurking anywhere, so I do not have to keep formatting it on the PC.

    It's a fat32 file system on the usb.....and a macboook pro

    thanks for any help you can give....I'll be waiting patiently...until I have to format it again on PC!!

    The Mac doesn't delete the files it puts them in the Trash Can. To completely delete the files and regain the space they used you must empty the trash with the drive plugged in to your Mac.

    ZEN


  • #3
    potato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭potato


    oh...I thought it was going to be more complex than emptying the trash!

    thanks very much


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