Apple iMac USB 2.0 User Manual download pdf

Setting up and using an external USB Flash

Drive (Thumb Drive) on your Mac

IMPORTANT! Backup your flash drive data!

1. Plug in the external flash drive into a USB port with enough power. This

is usually found on the CPU or monitor.

DO NOT plug the USB flash drive into the keyboard. The keyboard

does not have enough power to run the USB flash drive.

a). On the iMac G5, look on the back right side, find the USB 2.0 ports.

b). On the iMac Intel, look on the back, bottom for the USB 2.0 ports.

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Setting up and using an external USB Flash Drive (Thumb Drive) on your Mac IMPORTANT! Backup your flash drive data! 1. Plug in the external flash

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c). On the iMac G4, look on the back left side and find the USB ports. d). On the G5’s or G4’s, locate the 17” Studio Display. This monitor ha

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3. Open the Disk Utility program found in the Utilities folder located in the Applications folder. 4. The Disk Utility program opens to show

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7. If the USB flash drive is to be used ONLY with Macintosh systems and will NOT be connected to ANY Microsoft Windows computers, select Mac OS Exte

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Microsoft Windows Compatibility: To Format the flash drive for use with Microsoft Windows as well as Macintosh, we need to format the flash drive a

7. We want to select MS-DOS File system. 8. Type in the name you wish to give it. Remember that in a MS-DOS name you are limited to a certa

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I took this tidbit from Penn State’s own Website: “Remember to NEVER format the a disk as MS-DOS format for use on a Macintosh. Macintosh

Apple iMac USB 2.0 User Manual