Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage Subject: Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? Date: 20 Oct 2016 15:30:53 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <191020160913063207%YourName@YourISP.com> X-Trace: individual.net k5VdLKfwlo//Pd65ExKY8glYJsyVnzucSMxOnskCE42hvduvv8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:U9P7e7R3+XgwJ7bl3oR+M9l9mcA= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1336 On 2016-10-19, Ant wrote: > >>> I love flash drives for being super tiny and light to stick into my >>> wallet to carry easily! Argh. > >> Yeah, very convenient for some situations like that and moving >> movies around like I do. > > That is what I wanted to and yet they die on me. Argh!!!!! No thanks. I find transferring files over a network to be *much* more convenient than lugging USB sticks with me wherever I go. My USB sticks are mostly used as macOS installer media. They sit in a drawer most of the time, just waiting to be used. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR