Formatting a USB Drive via a Mac OS for Use in USB Equipment & Windows PCs
To properly format a USB drive via a Mac OS for use in Messager USB, USBi, Night Answer or Multi-Messager USB, be sure to select the "MS-DOS" format.
An improperly formatted USB drive could result in the Messager USB and/or Messager USBi not reading the USB drive. The correct way to format a USB drive for use with a Messager USB and/or Messager USBi using Mac is;
- Insert the USB drive in the Mac’s USB port (Note: do not use a USB hub)
- Open the “Applications” folder
- Select “Utilities”
- Launch “Disk Utility” by double-clicking on it
- Click on the drive for the USB drive
(Be sure to click on the correct drive, as you will erase everything on the selected drive)
- Choose "Erase"
- Under Volume format, choose MS-DOS (FAT) & then press erase
- Press erase again to confirm that you want to erase the drive
- Wait for the Disk Utility to finish erasing the USB drive
- Drag the icon of the USB drive to the “Trash” folder (icon) on the desktop, remove the USB drive from the computer & empty the “Trash” folder
- You can now reinsert the USB drive & load the audio file(s)