Mac Os X Fat 32

[matt goode]

Hi, whatts the easiest / best way to format an SD card to fat32 through mac, with my old gp32 i formatted my smc through an old digi cam, any ideas? sorry for the stupid question. cheers,
Matt

 

[carlgeorge]

Use Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities>

As long as the card is mounted it should be visible on the left of the screen.

Then initialize it in your desired format.

 

[barnesy]

I don't know a way to do it through the GUI, but this page tells you how to do it from the command line: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...030613121738812

I found that I needed to unmount the card from the terminal before formatting it using the 'umount' command.

 

[barnesy]

Use Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities>

As long as the card is mounted it should be visible on the left of the screen.

Then initialize it in your desired format.

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Heh, that seems rather easier than my answer! I guess 'ms-dos file system' is what Disk Utility calls FAT32. Ah well, I was OK with the command line method!

 

[matt goode]

cheers guys,
I tryed the disk tool and got this:
File System : MS-DOS File System (FAT16)
Connection Bus : USB
Partition Type : DOS_FAT_32
After erasing this is what i got^