USB ports have a piece of plastic in the top of their slots; you’ll also notice that the USB end of your flash drive has a plastic segment. You’ll need to insert the drive into your computer’s USB port with the plastic segment side of the flash drive on the bottom. If your flash drive won’t fit into your computer’s USB port, turn it over. Unfortunately, some Macs don’t have USB ports.
Your flash drive may actually open as soon as you plug it into your computer, in which case you won’t have to open the Finder.
If your flash drive opened when you plugged it into your Mac, skip this step.
Photos aren’t moved from your computer to your flash drive by default; they’re copied instead. If you want to move the photos off of your computer, you’ll need to delete them from your computer after moving them to the flash drive window. You can hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking photos to select multiple photos, or you can click and drag your cursor across as many photos as you wish to copy. To copy ALL of your photos, press ⌘ Command and A to select all, go to File, then Export, then select your flash drive from the export options.
For example, a flash drive with 64 gigabytes’ worth of space can store roughly 64 gigabytes’ worth of photos.
USB ports have a piece of plastic in the top of their slots; you’ll also notice that the USB end of your flash drive has a plastic segment. You’ll need to insert the drive into your computer’s USB port with the plastic segment side of the flash drive on the bottom. If your flash drive won’t fit into your computer’s USB port, turn it over.
On some computers, My PC is called “My Computer” instead. Windows may ask if you want to determine what to do with your USB flash drive. Clicking OK when prompted will allow you to select a Open folder to view files option which will open your flash drive’s window.
On some computers, My PC is called “My Computer” instead. Windows may ask if you want to determine what to do with your USB flash drive. Clicking OK when prompted will allow you to select a Open folder to view files option which will open your flash drive’s window.
If your flash drive opened when you plugged it into your PC, skip this step.
If your flash drive’s window opened when you plugged it into your PC, left-click Pictures.
If your flash drive opened when you plugged it into your PC, skip this step.
Photos aren’t moved from your computer to your flash drive by default; they’re copied instead. If you want to move the photos off of your computer, you’ll need to delete them from your computer after moving them to the flash drive window. You can hold down Ctrl while clicking photos to select multiple photos, or you can click and drag your cursor across as many photos as you wish to copy.
For example, a flash drive with 64 gigabytes’ worth of space can store roughly 64 gigabytes’ worth of photos.
