[Steve King]

"Misifus" wrote in message
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| Arny Krueger wrote:
| "Ty Ford" wrote in message
| al.NET
| On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:13:52 -0500, Arny Krueger wrote
| (in article
| ) :
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| It turns out that modern flash drives include an
| intelligent controller that wraps FAT32 with a
| journaling file system. So, when you pull it out of the
| port and before it is ready the next time you plug it
| in, it backs out the last file that was partially copied
| and leaves the disk whole and ready for your next usage.
| This either happens using stored power, or is completed
| the next time the drive is plugged in, but before it is
| made available to you.
|
| I'd be happy if the same USB stick could be read by both
| PC and Mac.
|
| I guess the "U" stands not for Universal, but for
| Uncooperative.
|
| I'm under the impression that Macs can read FAT32 drives.
|
| I can see big problems for those thumb drives with Security software
that
| only runs under Windows.
|
|
|
|
| I don't know about FAT32, but my Macs read several thumb drives just
| fine. I am cautious about "Ejecting" the drives before I pull them.
|
| -Raf


I'm having no problem carrying wave audio files from my PC based system to
my editor who is using a G5 with Final Cut Pro. He just plugs the memory
stick into the G5 and pulls off the files.

On another note, I have been playing with MacDrive software on my PC, which
allows me to read and write to MAC drives. On the set we transfer P2 files
to a P2 Store Hard Drive. At the end of the day we transfer those files
from the P@ Store drive to a small LaCie drive. I bring that drive back to
my studio, where I move the files to a larger 1 TB drive. Both the small
LaCie and the TB drive are MAC drives, which allows my editor to use them to
update his (my) Terrabyte drives. This way we keep HD files in at least two
places at all times. The MacDrive software is seamless. The MAC drives
simple show up on my Windows Explorer window.

Steve King