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imac not reading flash drive...
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Marco338
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Sep 2, 2008, 04:04 PM
 
I noticed recently that my imac is not reading my usb flash drive (pny 2 gb). My macbook is reading it fine, but not my imac. I have tried various things/suggestions...
1. I have made sure the finder preferences where set to read external drives...
2. I refreshed/deleted the finder.plst file...

None seem to work..Any other suggestions???
     
ibook_steve
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Sep 2, 2008, 07:49 PM
 
Have you tried all USB ports? Longshot: Have you tried connecting it to a powered USB hub? I doubt it's possible, but if not enough power is being provided, you wouldn't see the drive. Then again, if it works with the MacBook...I'd try a hub anyway just to make sure.

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