it's not showing up I won't this fit
whoa I thought I deleted these if any of
those situations seem familiar to you
not to worry I've got you covered
welcome to DIY and five hello everyone
and welcome to DIY and five the show
where we make tech tasks easy enough
that you can tackle them yourself my
name is Trisha Hershberger and today
we'll go over how to use a USB Drive
thumb drive or flash drive etc on a Mac
computer if you find the tips in today's
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future tips a flash drive is a small
portable Drive that plugs into a USB
port on your computer it's an
inexpensive and great way to transfer or
backup files quickly and easily they
come in a wide variety of designs and
capacities ranging from this cute little
guy to the oh so professional and beefy
Kingston DataTraveler elite g2 to begin
using a flash drive with your Mac simply
insert it into a USB port on your
computer modern Mac books like the newer
MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro may not
have a full sized USB a port at all only
offering the tiny or USB see alternative
while this may seem frustrating at first
USBC offers many advantages like faster
speeds and the ability to plug in an
upside down or right side up if you have
a computer that only works with USB see
you can either get a USB a 2 USBC
adapter or dock or you can purchase a
USB C flash drive like the Kingston
DataTraveler duo 3c good news here is
these are both relatively inexpensive
and pretty commonly available now that
USB C is quickly becoming the new
standard once you are able to insert the
drive for the first time your Mac should
install the necessary driver software
automatically and a USB icon should
appear on your Mac display if the icon
does not display try unplugging and
re-plugging it in or using a different
USB port on your computer you should
also double check that your Mac is set
to show external drives on the desktop
you can do this by going to finder
Frances general and making sure there's
a check mark next to external drives
another way to access your drive is by
going to finder and clicking the flash
drive from the sidebar on the left side
of the window once you've gotten your
USB Drive connected to your computer you
can use it the same way you'd use any
other folder on your computer copy files
by dragging them from one location to
another and a copy will be saved in both
locations to select more than one file
at a time click and drag the cursor over
the files you want to select remove a
file by dragging it to the trash then
click and hold the trash icon and choose
empty trash to fully delete the file
once you're finished using your USB
Drive you need to eject the device
before unplugging it you can do this by
clicking the USB icon on the desktop and
selecting eject from the file menu you
can also click finder and click the
upward pointing arrow to eject your
flash drive or you can drag the USB
drive icon from the desktop to the trash
can as a windows person this always
freaks me out but I assure you it will
not erase the contents of your Drive
just help you to safely eject it once
the drive is ejected you can safely
remove the flash drive and stow it away
for future use then there we have it
there are tons of simple tasks like this
that can be confusing if you aren't sure
what to look for or encounter a bump you
weren't expecting where do you find
yourself getting tripped up let us know
in the comments below and we'll do our
best to walk you through it either in a
comment or we may even make a full video
just for you thank you so much for
watching everyone and I'll see you next
time with more DIY and five