flash drive question

[back alley]

about what size drive would i need to put about 300 images onto?
average size image is around 7mb.

also…is there an easy way to transfer a set of flickr images onto a flash drive?
it would save me from doing it from my unorganized computer files.

 

[Gerry M]

Not sure if I figured this correctly, but shouldn't those 300 file total ~ 2100 mb? If so, a 4gb flash drive should be more than adequate.

 

[back alley]

i have next to no math skills…
thanks for the use of your brain gerry!

 

[btm240]

Flash drives have become so cheap I would just buy the largest unless this is a product you are giving/selling someone.

I saw a 32gig drive for 11.00 usd the other day.

 

[back alley]

i am selling some e files and using a flash drive for the transaction.

 

[helen.HH]

your going to flash people...hmmmm
just teasin

 

[btm240]

i am selling some e files and using a flash drive for the transaction.

Ah okay I see why the need for the cheapest way 😛

 

[back alley]

your going to flash people...hmmmm
just teasin

way too old for that!
scary...

 

[back alley]

Ah okay I see why the need for the cheapest way 😛

not necessarily the cheapest but i hate to buy one too small and then have to get another bigger one.

 

[willie_901]

It.s hard to find anything smaller than 8GB in Walgreens, etc. around here.

There is a computer electronics store that's a 10 min that might still sell 4 GB flash drives.

Reformat the drive in your Mac as a FAT. This format can be read by PCs and Macs. Never use a flash drive without formatting it first.

 

[biomed]

also…is there an easy way to transfer a set of flickr images onto a flash drive?
it would save me from doing it from my unorganized computer files.

Joe,
This is for a PC - It will be a bit different on your MAC
Click on the image you want in flickr. It will now be open in the "lightbox".
Right click on the image and select the image size you want to download. The image will now be open in the "Photo/All sizes" page. On the second line down from "Photo/All sizes" page title is the "Download the (image size you chose) size of this photo". Click on the "Download the (image size you chose) size of this photo" and either download it to a folder on your computer or your flash drive. I don't know if there is a way to download multiple images from flickr. It may take a while to do the 300 images one at a time.

Hope this helps,
Mike

 

[f16sunshine]

It.s hard to find anything smaller than 8GB in Walgreens, etc. around here.

There is a computer electronics store that's a 10 min that might still sell 4 GB flash drives.

Reformat the drive in your Mac as a FAT. This format can be read by PCs and Macs. Never use a flash drive without formatting it first.

+1 on format to FAT before starting. Use the disc utility in your applications.

I bought a "pack" of 8gb thumbs at Costco a couple years ago at that time they had packs of 4GB's also.
Have been trading them in and out since 2012.
Scandisk brand..... Costco price.

So cheap you may as well have a few spares handy.

Cheers!

 

[Bob Michaels]

Joe: check out CompUSA.com That is where I buy mine since they have a local store near me. I don't know about shipping to Canada.

They have a large selection of 4Gb and 8Gb for $6. They sell as thumb drives as small as 1Gb and as large as 1Tb ($1,570 for that one)

 

[back alley]

thanks guys…

reformat to fat?

 

[willie_901]

Yes.

This option is in the Disk Utilities App.

The App is found in the Utilities Folder - a sub-folder in the Applications Folder. You can find this Folder on the Finder Go drag-down menu.

Insert the flash drive; select the flash drive on the left side. Click the Erase tab, then double check that the flash drive is selected. Next select the format.

 

[back alley]

i just tried it on a 2gb drive i had here…easy and done!
thanks

 

[back alley]

follow-up…

i had 365 images of various sizes amounting to 2.11gb…

having used various cameras over the last few years the size of the files varied from about 2mb to 13mb…
they all fit easily onto a 4gig flash drive.