LaCie Floppy Drive got slower

bcooper202bcooper202
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in macOS edited January 2014
I recently upgraded to 10.1.5, and since then it takes even longer for my system to recognize a floppy disk inserted into my LaCie floppy drive. It was pretty slow beforehand, but now seems to have gotten even slower -- painfully so. Any hints on why, or a work-around? Why is OSX so slow on external disk recognition generally?

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    majormattmajormatt Posts: 1,077member
    I know, floppy disks in OSX are just so slow. They seem to transfer at 10KB/sec oppossed to 60-100k/sec in OS9 or whatever it is.



    When I use OSX to transfer files to a floppy, they seem to get corrupted when I try to use 'em on my 6116.



    Hmm.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
    A floppy?

    What the hell is that? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 3 of 8
    bcooper202bcooper202 Posts: 8member
    [quote]Originally posted by Flounder:

    <strong>A floppy?

    What the hell is that? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
  • Reply 4 of 8
    wolfeye155wolfeye155 Posts: 425member
    As much as I love cutting edge, a floppy disk is the best thing that transport small files to and from school. Being a public high school student where the computers don't have Zip Drives or CD Burners, a floppy is good because I can edit my stuff and re-save it. I was thinking about buying a SmartDisk USB Floppy Drive solely for this reason.



    [ 06-12-2002: Message edited by: wolfeye155 ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 8
    graphitemangraphiteman Posts: 428member
    [quote]Originally posted by wolfeye155:

    <strong>As much as I love cutting edge, a floppy disk is the best thing that transport small files to and from school. Being a public high school student where the computers don't have Zip Drives or CD Burners, a floppy is good because I can edit my stuff and re-save it. I was thinking about buying a SmartDisk USB Floppy Drive solely for this reason.



    [ 06-12-2002: Message edited by: wolfeye155 ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Why don't you just e-mail the files to yourself? It is even easier now that Mac.Com is accessible through Webmail. <a href="http://webmail.mac.com/"; target="_blank">http://webmail.mac.com/</a>;
  • Reply 6 of 8
    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
    iDisk, anyone?
  • Reply 7 of 8
    wolfeye155wolfeye155 Posts: 425member
    Teachers get bitchy whenever we do anything online...
  • Reply 8 of 8
    scott f.scott f. Posts: 276member
    [quote]Originally posted by wolfeye155:

    <strong>Teachers get bitchy whenever we do anything online... </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Get yourself (or get your Parents to get you) one of those USB memory sticks... you can plug it right into the extra USB port on the keyboard and get them up to 128MB in size... over 100 Floppies worth of storage that fits in your front pocket without breaking. They are (if I remember correctly) fairly inexpensive.



    Just don't forget it's plugged-in and LEAVE it on the keyboard at school...



    - Scott



    Edit: Here's the first link that popped-up on a quick google search. I'm sure the 64MB and 32MB versions are MUCH cheaper:



    <a href="http://www.asiasoft.com/details_ACMDH128.html"; target="_blank">http://www.asiasoft.com/details_ACMDH128.html</a>;



    <a href="http://www.asiasoft.com/details_ACMDH128.html"; target="_blank">web page</a>



    Edit #2: Yep... the 32MB version is in the $55 range. Obviously... there are OTHER manufacturers to look into... they get even SMALLER (in physical size) than the one I linked to. Good luck.



    Hope you get to "Drop the Floppies" soon.

    - Scott



    [ 06-12-2002: Message edited by: Scott F. ]</p>
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