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Flash Drive Files

  • 12-02-2014 10:07am
    #1
    sticker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,061 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I am trying to transfer a clients portfolio of images from his Mac to my PC. I have tried two seperate 1tb flash drives - the file folder 'appears' to transfer to the flash drive on the Mac display, but when connected to a PC - it's not there...

    I have hidden files/folders ON in windows explorer - tried two sepearte PCs also - Windows 7 and Vista.

    The drive has other folders on it historically - they are still there just not the recently transferred folder of files.

    I transfer files via devices daily so this is not new to me -

    The drive is working fine - just refused to accept files from this Mac!

    Any ideas?!


Comments

  • #2
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Could be a formatting issue. If his drive is formatted for Mac (HFS) it might not show on a PC that reads FAT and NTFS.


  • #3
    sticker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,061 ✭✭✭sticker


    Zcott wrote: »
    Could be a formatting issue. If his drive is formatted for Mac (HFS) it might not show on a PC that reads FAT and NTFS.

    Any idea of a workaround?!!


  • #4
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Not sure myself but a Google brings up this:

    http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/3369574/how-read-mac-os-hfs-drives-in-windows-for-free/


  • #5
    sticker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,061 ✭✭✭sticker


    Zcott wrote: »
    Not sure myself but a Google brings up this:

    http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/3369574/how-read-mac-os-hfs-drives-in-windows-for-free/

    Downloaded that app - thanks, but I cannot bring up a directory of drives so I can view the flash drive.


  • #6
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    make the flashdrive fat32 format (ex fat in disk utility on mac)


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  • #7
    sticker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,061 ✭✭✭sticker


    Any Mac users know of any free apps to compress the file size of images to make them handier to upload to Dropbox and the like?


  • #8
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Preview will resize them.


  • #9
    sticker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,061 ✭✭✭sticker


    Zcott wrote: »
    Preview will resize them.

    What is "Preview" - ? I'm looking to reduce the file size for transfer...


  • #10
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    It's the built in picture viewer for OSX. I'm pretty sure there are resize tools in it.


  • #11
    dmeehan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭dmeehan


    As Stuxnet says, format the drive using FAT. I think this is the only compatible format that allows read and write on both Windows and OSX.


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