Windows and mac share USB flash drive?

[passive101]

Can I use the same flash drive in windows and on the macbook or do I need different ones?

[Sam]

Yes, the same USB flash drive can be used in both operating systems perfectly fine, any file saved in either OS can be opened in the other. Mac OS X has lots of device drivers, so most products work on both Mac OS X and Windows, like cameras, flash drives, mice, keyboards, etc.

[alland]

Yes you can. It will work seemlessly. Just know that it will just add .trashes folders and .versionsofyourfile files. These are completely harmless to your Linux, BSD or Win systems.

[passive101]

Cool. Thanks for the heads up about the added files as well. I got a cordless mouse and I figure I'll just put the drivers on the flash drive and transfer them over to the macbook IF it gets here tomorrow.

[Starlight]

As long as it's formatted properly it will work fine with both (FAT).

[SaferSephiroth]

Yes you can. It will work seemlessly. Just know that it will just add .trashes folders and .versionsofyourfile files. These are completely harmless to your Linux, BSD or Win systems.

I know this is an old thread, but i didn't know about that until recently. Does it do the same with external hdds formatted in NTFS? I have ntfs-3g

[sasanac]

macs can read NTFS but unfortunately they can't write to it natively. I believe there is a utility which may help.
This page (link below) explains it quite well.. how good it is I have no idea as I've not tried it, been meaning to but not had the spare time!

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lif...-mac-os-x.html

[sulkorp]

Yea any drive thats connected to osx will have hidden files with . periods infront.
Its just like a hidden file in windows, except in osx you just put a period infront to make it hidden.

[00fez]

I have an old 256mb flash drive so it works pretty well for me, I am not in need of bigger file storage yet.

[Sam]

I have an old 256mb flash drive so it works pretty well for me, I am not in need of bigger file storage yet.

Really? I have a 1 GB flash drive and I fill it up. I'm looking at a good 4 GB flash drive myself.