![]() What you have is essentially a “virtual memory-leak” on your hands. That’s some FINE operating system, that NEEDS to take a dump every two steps just so that it can find its way out of the woods.Īnyway, I think that if you connect your Sansa to a *real* computer – in MSC (disc) mode – and make sure you tell it to let you see hidden and system files, and NOT hide extentions (because if I recall correctly,some of the Macturds are “extension-ONLY” filenames), you’ll quickly find out where all your storage went. I mean a LOT of ■■■■ that serves NO purpose whatsoever in the real world (other than eating up space and getting in the way), but, apparently the Mac NEEDS that ■■■■ just to keep track of what IT’S doing. Now, 4KB ain’t a whole lot of space – unless you’re talking about thousands of files – unless you’re in a scenario in which the good ol’ Mac is constantly sticking 'em where they’re not needed – and, never *deleted* (since they’re invisible to the Sansa TOO!).īut wait, there’s more! Every DISC (such as a flash drive – such as a Sansa) that the Mac touches will have installed onto it a *large* set of directories, subdirectories, indexing files, etc. YOUR problem (which was *my* OTHER problem, when dealing with what was done to that flash drive), is that whether it’s dealing with zips, or any *other* kind of file, the Mac has a *very* interesting habit of creating “shadow” files (which are, ON a Mac, apparently invisible to the user).Įach “shadow” file has the SAME name as the *real* file – but, farted around a bit (long extension, extra undercores, etc.) – and, is about 4KB. The problem was that in *addition* to downloading them, it *also* EXPANDED them – silently, with no warning, with no concern about how much space it would take to hold the zips AND their contents.īut that’s not what’s causing YOUR woes (although it *does* set the stage, by demonstrating the mindset that went into designing Mac behavior). She brought me some files she downloaded at work – on a USB “thumb” flash drive. I found this out the hard way – my wife is *forced* to use a Mac at work (your tax dollars at work). The problem is that Macs have this problem of walking the dog EVERYWHERE they go. I think I know what’s going on – basically, the problem is that you’re using a Mac. If you decide you need that, you can email me direct and I can save you the trouble of installing Developer Tools and just email it to you (zipped).Īgain, I realize this may be more technical than you want to get into, or more time than you want to invest, but I did remember my problem with my laptop so thought I would just throw this out. One of the suggestion requires an Apple utility call USB prober. And I know this is not a crazy speculation because I found an excellent link that offers a long list of things you can try to fix the problem if it exist. But it’s possible something has happened to your drivers. With OS X 10.4.11 (what I’m running, also), everything should be fine. Given the similarity in behavior of your Clip with your Mac, I have to wonder if you don’t have a USB issue with your Mac. Reason: my laptop is old and running OS 9.2.2 which does not have a USB 2.0 driver and the Clip is designed for USB 2. When I first tried my Clip on my laptop, it was not recognized. I recall I had a very similar problem myself. But obviously it would be nice to not have to resort to a forum like this for support.įor what it’s worth, I do agree with you completely regarding a simple standard reply from Sandisk to the effect “we do not support Mac”.īelieve it or not, I actually have another idea to address your problem, though I realize you may have decided you no longer want to put time into it. So in reality they have no responsibility to those of us using the Clip with our Macs. I am in no way a spokesperson for them or connected to them in any way, but you will see that their product package indicates the Clip is compatible with Windows only (at least it was that way when I purchased mine). Sounds like a real possibility this is just a USB issue with your Mac.įinally, regarding support form Sandisk. And if not too much trouble, reboot your machine before you do that. Sooo, I’m hoping (for your sake) you have only tried one of your available USB ports on your Mac. We also know you are not seeing the display that indicates communication via USB on your Mac (at least that what you seem to be saying). This last post from you possibly offers a clue. Interesting about the USB mode under Vista.
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