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Can I get my Kingston Flash drive to work on Mac?

rockitup
rockitup Posts: 677 Forumite
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I bought a "Kingston DataTraveler 120" 32GB Flash Drive about a year ago and on the Kingston website it does say Windows only.

Is there any workaround to allow it to be used on a Mac, like by re-formatting it or something? I did try this just once using my wife's windows laptop but it still didn't work.

When I plug it into the Mac's USB drive, it does not show on the desktop or in Finder.
Thanks

Comments

  • KillerWatt
    KillerWatt Posts: 1,655 Forumite
    If it is formatted using NTFS then the Mac won't see it, shouldn't have a problem if it's formatted to FAT32 though.
    Remember kids, it's the volts that jolt and the mills that kill.
  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
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    If it's formatted in NTFS then you need something like NTFS-3G (free)
    If there's nothing on the drive it's probably easier to reformat from scratch for the mac, or use FAT/32 if it's to be used on both systems.
  • rockitup
    rockitup Posts: 677 Forumite
    Thanks, I will give FAT32 format a try then.
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