Best USB flash drive for Mac?

dferigmu

I’d like to buy a 2GB USB flash drive (my first one) to transfer files between my Powerbook and PCs. I just want an easy-to-use one without any hassles.



The two main ones I've been looking at are the SanDisk 2 GB Cruzer Micro w/ U3 and the PNY 2GB Attache.



I have read that the SanDisk does some weird things on the Mac (partitions into two drives) but is higher quality than the PNY.



Does anyone have any suggestions?

gwoodpecker

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Originally Posted by dferigmu


I’d like to buy a 2GB USB flash drive (my first one) to transfer files between my Powerbook and PCs. I just want an easy-to-use one without any hassles.



The two main ones I've been looking at are the SanDisk 2 GB Cruzer Micro w/ U3 and the PNY 2GB Attache.



I have read that the SanDisk does some weird things on the Mac (partitions into two drives) but is higher quality than the PNY.



Does anyone have any suggestions?

Get a "disk2go® PURE" 2 GB USB stick (the blue one, not orange!). As far as I know, this is the fastest USB stick on the market (or was so three months ago). It is quite small, but not too small either. Link: http://www.disk2go.com/xx_EN/home.php (I'm not sure, though, whether you can buy those in the U.S.).



The U3 ones in general, I mean their U3 software, only work with Windows, not with the Mac.

cosmonut

Remember that if you're going to transfer files between Macs and PCs, the drive needs to be formatted for the PC. Out of the box it should be fine, however.

splinemodel

The biggest Flash drive for macs is an 8GB iPod Nano.

galley

Lexar JumpDrive Lightnings will read at 30MB/sec. and write at 21MB/sec.

http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/lightning.html