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Old 02-03-2025, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bopat View Post
The Mac and the PC need to see the correct formatting on the thumb drive to be able to use it. I'm guessing when you erased it you formatted it with a format that was incompatible with your Windows PC.

To fix it, just put the thumb drive in your Mac and erase it with GPT partitioning and exFat formatting, then the drive will work on both your Mac and your PC.
I'm only going to use it on the Mac from now on. I hope I didn't break it. It's a 64 Gig.

I'm going to replace the battery on the PC and sell it. it's a HP 15"- Core I7- 16 Gigs of Ram- HD display-Solid State HD. In great condition.