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: Jim Warthman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 10:02:02 -0700
Edmund, maybe I missed it, but I don’t see where Apple made disks incompatible.
What I think I read is:
1. Mark’s USB hub became “disabled” when he installed El Capitan. (It might be useful to know more, e.g. what brand & model hub, what troubleshooting steps he tried, etc.)
2. He used Disk Utility to format a USB flash drive, then the drive could not be ready by Windows. (It would definitely be useful to know what format & “scheme" he applied in Disk Utility! It would also be good to confirm that Mark reformatted the DEVICE, not the VOLUME.)
3. He had issues with several attempts at formatting the USB flash drive with Windows.
The only Mac-specific issues Mark has identified are:
1. His USB hub became “disabled”.
2. He doesn’t like the arrangement of ports on his Mac Mini.
He also had an issue formatting his USB flash drive on his Mac, but then again he had issues formatting the same drive using Windows, so maybe the drive is defective.
Enjoy,
Jim
> On Oct 18, 2015, at 5:53 AM, edmund ronald <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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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