Format Sandisk Cruzer in OS X
I went to my local Best Buy to pick up a Sandisk 2GB USB thumbdrive. I noticed there was programs already loaded on it for the PC, but I wanted all of my $20 worth on this drive.
When I came home and plugged it into my Powerbook (g4 550) it mounted two volumes; a “NO NAME” image and U3 image. U3 was where all of the PC software was. My first thought was to open Disk Utilities (in Apps folder) and just format the drive. The people at Best Buy said I can return it, so I had nothing to loose.
I come to find out that I couldn’t trash or format the drive because I didn’t have the proper permissions. I’m the one who bought the thing on my laptop, I have the permission. After that short outburst I put my thinking cap on.
I figured out that if you unlock the U3 application (apple + I or CTRL “Get Info”) I could open up the Finder window for that app. I clicked on the little lock (which was engaged) to unlock it and it worked. I then trashed the file and other folders on the drive. Then I was able to format the drive in Disk Utilities.
Now I have all 2GB of storage to work with and more important: NO Windows apps that will pop up when I plug my drive in at the office.