Can't write to my USB stick

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When I try to put a file on my USB stick ("Untitled"), I get the error message:

"The item 'photo.jpeg' could not be moved because 'Untitled' cannot be modified"




  • The manual switch on the USB stick is set to unlocked.
  • In Get Info, the Ownership and Permissions info says "You can only read"
  • ls on "Untitled" gave me:
    Kap $ ls -ld Untitled/
    Kap $ drwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 0 23 Apr 2009 Untitled/
  • Tried using Disk Utility to reformat, but I can't (i.e. All the buttons in Disk Utility are unavailable)
Any suggestions?

Kap
 
Don't worry. I reformatted the stick on my PC and everything works now.

Thanks anyway. :)

Kap

P.S. I already tried changing the permissions - it wouldn't let me.

P.P.S. I would still be interested in hearing potential solutions to this problem that don't involve using a PC (if it ever happens again while I'm on the road).
 
If you were logged in with your account/log in name set to admin, you should have been able to change permissions manually in the Get Info window. Clicking on the padlock in that window - then typing in your password, should have allowed you to make the change.
 
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