I’ve previously copied my iTunes onto a 32gb stick directly from my iMac - then run a dot_clean and the car has read the stick.
As I’ve added more music I thought I would prepare another stick in the same manner. The car won’t read the data that had been prepared the same way.
Prior to download I used the iMac to delete any data already on the stick and I assume that formats it ?
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Onlineronk
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You need to format it to fat32. It won’t read Mac formats. You might need ex_fat format for big capacity usb sticks but I’m not sure if it reads that either.
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I use a mac, just format the stick as FAT 32 then copy the files.
I copy direct but have not needed to do any cleaning.
I think you only need to do that for updating the sat nav from USB sticks
I copy direct but have not needed to do any cleaning.
I think you only need to do that for updating the sat nav from USB sticks
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Onlineronk
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From disk utilities and clean, that will leave it Formated as Fat32 ?
When I copied my iTunes previously it (the car) wouldn’t read the stick unless subjected to the dot_clean regime?
When I copied my iTunes previously it (the car) wouldn’t read the stick unless subjected to the dot_clean regime?
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Onlineronk
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I formatted to Fat32 and dragged the iTunes files across.
I’ve used the stick in our 335 and it seems to be ok - it takes and age for the files to show on the system but it’s all good now!
Thanks for the info.
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I seem to remember 20Gb of which 12GB is user accessible via the USB port in the glove box.
Quite a while since I last looked at this so prepared to be corrected if someone knows differently.
Quite a while since I last looked at this so prepared to be corrected if someone knows differently.
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12GB User accessible sounds right to me
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Yeah, about 12GB useable, as I was recently looking at adding music...ended up with a 64GB thumb drive, like this https://www.mymemory.co.uk/sandisk-16gb ... drive.html in the glovebox....it's so small it doesn't stick out, so won't get broken.
I think you can change the hard drive for a bigger one, even SSD but you have to do lots of faffing with partitions, and the car still only says 12GB (even though it holds more).
I did mine on a mac, must've been exfat or fat32 and then used a PC to delete the . files that were hidden, because sometimes the car lists stuff twice.
I think you can change the hard drive for a bigger one, even SSD but you have to do lots of faffing with partitions, and the car still only says 12GB (even though it holds more).
I did mine on a mac, must've been exfat or fat32 and then used a PC to delete the . files that were hidden, because sometimes the car lists stuff twice.
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