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How To Format And Use a USB Flash Drive On Your Mac

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Hi this is Gary with MacMost.com.

Today let me show you how to use a USB Flash Drive with your Mac.

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So you can use a USB flash drive like this one as external storage for your Mac to store

files, archive things, or transfer between Macs or between Macs and Windows computers.

First you want to make sure you have a USB drive that will work with your Mac.

Older Macs use USBA which is this rectangular connection you see here.

Newer Macs use a use a smaller USBC connector.

Now this device actually slides so it will have USBC coming out the other end.

You can see how that looks different.

So you want to make sure you get the right connection for the Mac that you have or get

a flash drive like this one that has both connections.

If you're mismatched you're going to need an adapter.

For instance if you have an older USBA drive then you can simply use a USB Hub to connect

it or get a converter.

But these things are pretty cheap so a lot of times it may just be worthwhile to just

buy a new one that fits your current Mac.

So once you plug the drive in you should see it appear in a number of places.


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