Question about formatting USB 2.0 flash drive

[tomdkat]

Hi! In this thread, I asked a question about a problem I had transferring data from an iMac running OS 9.2 to a Mac mini running Tiger 10.4.5.

I have a different question about this. Does it matter if I format the USB drive in the iMac or the Mac mini? I think right now the drive is formatted as FAT16 and I'm thinking that caused the problem I described in that other thread.

Should I format the drive on the iMac if we're gonna transfer files using it from the iMac to the Mac mini or does it really matter?

Thanks!

Peace...

 

[bing]

do it on the mac mini. Stick with fat32 - i think its backwards compatible with 16 and its the norm for flash drives, should work everywhere.

 

[lurk]

Fat32 is not backwards with FAT16. Although they both work find with OS X you may have problems with older systems and embedded devices. For instance you digital camera might not read it.