Re: New Mac OS - little things that are most annoying
Re: New Mac OS - little things that are most annoying
- Subject: Re: New Mac OS - little things that are most annoying
- From: edmund ronald <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:53:20 +0200
Playing games that make disks incompatible is an old Apple tradition
EDMUND
On Oct 18, 2015 05:33, "Mark Stegman" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I know this is not about colour but it is a Mac forum...
>
> I (bravely) upgraded to the new Mac OS X (El Capitan). It immediately
> disabled my USB hub which meant I had to reconfigure my connected devices
> in order to connect one 8gb USB flash drive to my Mac Mini 1TB Fusion Drive
> where the sockets are inconveniently located out of sight at the back of
> the machine and so close together you have to pick it up to get them in.
> But it looks nice.
>
> I then opened the Disk Utility which I discovered had been redesigned in
> order to format the USB drive to give to someone with a PC. The new Disk
> Utility looks nice too however, after formatting the flash drive it was
> unreadable in any PC.
>
> I formatted the same USB drive in a PC as FAT 32. It only allowed me to
> create a single partition of 200mb.
>
> When I plug it back into the Mac I have two partitions: one with the
> original data that should have been erased when formatted in the PC, and
> new files that I copied from the PC for testing.
>
> I repeated the task using ExFat. Same result. I did it again using a 4gb
> USB flash drive. Same result: Two partitions, no data erased after
> formatting on the PC (Windows 7).
>
> I am glad to have discovered these idiosyncrasies before performing the
> same task on one of my external hard drives or relying on a my USB ports
> for a chain of printers.
>
> Before someone replies with an obvious and simple explanation resulting
> from something I am doing wrong I would like to get in first. I appreciate
> Apple has set the benchmark in terms of style but it is these 'little
> things' that take away the gloss. When will they learn that, in a world of
> practical necessity, form is nothing without function?
>
> I like the style but I need the substance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Stegman
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