The message Cannot access the USB device. There may be a problem with the USB device or it may not be formatted as FAT32 appears on my Mac when I try to copy files. What should I do?
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The photo viewer can only read USB devices with a FAT format. To format your USB device in Mac OS X 10.4.x or 10.5.x, follow the steps below.
Note: All data on the USB device will be lost when it is formatted.- Connect your USB device to a USB port on your computer.
- Open the Macintosh hard drive and select Applications > Utilities > Disk Utilities.
- Select your USB device, then click Erase. A Volume Format drop-down box appears.
- Select MS-DOS File System (Macintosh OS X 10.4.x) or MS-DOS FAT (Macintosh OS X 10.5.x.)
Published: Jan 23, 2009
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