Techy people...mac

[ScotiaLass]

I have a MacBook Pro.
I have gone to put something on a 4GB flash drive and even though the drive is empty, the Mac is telling me it's almost full!
Solutions please!

 

[jefmcg]

Open terminal (it in Applications/utilities) .
type
ls /Volumes
and hit return.
you should see several directories listed, one that should look like your flash drive.
then type:
ls -A "/Volumes/<exact name of you flash drive as shown above including spaces>"
and hit return. that will show you all the files/folders that are there.

If there is nothing you want, the quickest thing is probably to reformat it. Otherwise ... endless options I guess.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Open terminal (it in Applications/utilities) .
type
ls /Volumes
and hit return.
you should see several directories listed, one that should look like your flash drive.
then type:
ls -A "/Volumes/<exact name of you flash drive as shown above including spaces>"
and hit return. that will show you all the files/folders that are there.

If there is nothing you want, the quickest thing is probably to reformat it. Otherwise ... endless options I guess.

Thanks.
I've re-formatted and hey presto....full capacity again, yay!
I've only been working with Macs for about 3 years now and got a Mac desktop last year

 

[jefmcg]

I got my first mac in the '91 I think, and was a unix user before that.