USB Flash Drive for transferring between Mac & PC??

[Jack31081]

I'm looking to get a USB flash drive to transfer files between my Powerbook and my desktop PC, but from some of the related threads I found here it seems like Windows will format the flash drive when I use it. If this is the case, will I then be able to use it on my powerbook? Or inversely, if I use it first on my powerbook, will it be formatted as an HSF drive, making it unusable on my PC?

If anyone uses a flash drive for this and it works, or if you've tried and failed, let me know. Don't want to waste money on a flash drive I can only use on one computer...

thanks.

 

[Lord Zado]

Nope, it's not an issue at all. I do it all the time at work between the office Dell's and a co-workers powerbook G4.

 

[Matthias99]

The only issue I've had is that older Mac OSes (I'm talking like System 7/8 here) don't always have proper support for USB jump drives, and need drivers to be installed first. If there are no drivers for your particular drive, you're stuck. Mac OS 9 and OSX seem to support almost all of them out of the box.

 

[MarioBros]

Yes, it works. I use a Sandisk Cruzer Mini. I use it to transfer stuff from an Imac to a PC

 

[Nocturnal]

I second the SanDisk Cruzer Micro/Mini thumb drives. They're awesome.

 

[Childs]

Thumb drives are typically formatted as FAT32. Mac OS 10.x understands this filesystem just fine. I use a Lexar Jumpdrive all the time with my Macs and PCs. Its the best way to transfer files quickly, aside from networking.

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
The only issue I've had is that older Mac OSes (I'm talking like System 7/8 here) don't always have proper support for USB jump drives, and need drivers to be installed first. If there are no drivers for your particular drive, you're stuck. Mac OS 9 and OSX seem to support almost all of them out of the box.

neither does win98. if youre using 9/X and 2000/ME/XP, youll be fine. and if youre not, there are drivers. i do it all the time.