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Re: Thumb-drive format

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Thumb-drive format
Date 2014-07-22 21:49 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <c384ieFo7ndU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <2014072212484624068-xxx@yyyzzz>

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On 2014-07-22, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> I've been rooting around in desk drawers for my biggest thumb-drive 
> (16g), as I need it for some outboard gear.
>
> I note that it's format is MS-DOS(FAT32), and wonder if I should change 
> it to a mac-native or other format to ensure no universal access.  Is 
> MSF32 the best option?
>
> Chances are it will likely be used by me alone, but one can never tell 
> about these things. 

Just a note:

Simply formatting it with HFS+ will not ensure that others cannot read
the data on it. If you are concerned with the security of the data on
the thumb drive, then you should store an encrypted disk image on the
drive, and store your data within that encrypted disk image. In this
case, the format of the drive really doesn't matter much, since Mac OS X
can access disk images on HFS+ and FAT with ease.

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JR

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Thumb-drive format gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-22 12:48 -0700
  Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-22 15:56 -0400
    Re: Thumb-drive format gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-22 14:40 -0700
      Re: Thumb-drive format Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-23 13:15 +1200
        Re: Thumb-drive format John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-07-23 04:55 +0100
          Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-23 00:01 -0400
            Re: Thumb-drive format Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-23 02:56 -0700
              Re: Thumb-drive format dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-07-23 23:48 +1200
            Re: Thumb-drive format John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-07-23 20:30 +0100
              Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-23 16:39 -0400
                Re: Thumb-drive format John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2014-07-23 22:33 +0100
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-23 21:50 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-23 18:08 -0400
                Re: Thumb-drive format dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-24 08:54 +1000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-23 23:09 +0100
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-23 22:43 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-23 23:04 -0400
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-24 14:37 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-24 05:37 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-24 08:43 -0400
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-24 14:40 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-29 00:48 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-29 01:06 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-28 22:35 -0400
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-24 14:40 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-29 00:51 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-29 01:18 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-29 05:02 +0000
                Re: Thumb-drive format gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-23 17:00 -0700
  Re: Thumb-drive format Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@3q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-07-22 21:19 +0000
    Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-22 21:49 +0000
  Re: Thumb-drive format Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-22 21:49 +0000
  Re: Thumb-drive format Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-23 07:56 -0400
    Re: Thumb-drive format dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-07-24 01:26 +1200
      Re: Thumb-drive format Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-23 10:11 -0400
    Re: Thumb-drive format nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-23 09:33 -0400
      Re: Thumb-drive format Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-23 10:12 -0400
        Re: Thumb-drive format Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-23 15:57 +0100
  Re: Thumb-drive format Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-23 12:41 +0000
    Re: Thumb-drive format Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2014-07-23 08:30 -0700
      Re: Thumb-drive format dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-07-24 10:29 +1200
        Re: Thumb-drive format Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-07-26 21:28 +1000

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