How to Use a Usb Flash Drive on a Mac?

Mac Tips

Simply insert it into a USB port on your computer modern Mac books like the newer MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro.

How do I Find a USB Drive on a Mac?

Insert your USB flash drive into your Macs USB port.
Click "Finder" from the Macs Dock.
Click the name of your USB flash drive in the left pane under "Devices." Doing so opens the flash drive and displays its contents in the right pane.

Can I Use a USB Stick on a Mac?

You can use any USB flash drive on a Mac computer provided that it has been formatted. If you have an old flash drive or one that was formatted to work with Windows or another operating system, you can still format your flash drive to work on a Mac.

How do you Flash a USB on a Mac?

Connect the flash drive that you want to format.
Go to Applications and Utilities and launch Disk Utility .
Select your storage device from the list on the left and click on the Erase tab.
With everything set, you may click on the Erase button to start the formatting process.

Why is my USB Flash Drive not Showing up on Mac?

If your flash drive or external hard drive is not showing up there, go to Finder > Preferences > Sidebar, and under Locations, you need to tick the option "External disks". By selecting this option, we can make sure that the connected external USB hard drive or flash drive will normally show up in the Finder.