Portable USB Flash drives are one of my favorite peripherals of the past few years. Before USB drives, you’d have to burn files on a CD if you wanted to transfer them to a friend or co-worker. What a waste so that they can look at a 20mb file once and never again.
Now, with sizes ranging into 8gb for about $20, USB Flash drives are more economical than DVDs for moving files around. As wonderful as flash drives are, there are a few catches you need to be aware of with OS X.
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