<html><head></head><body>You should be able to use those.  Usually it just means that it will physically look similar to Apple equipment.<br>
Just make sure that it's got a USB and not lighting out other type of connector that you don't have.<br>
<br>
Brian Cluff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On April 29, 2017 6:44:52 PM MST, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">okay... this means I'm now in the market for an external drive. I'm looking through amazon and run across drives that support mac. can I get those?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Brian Cluff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@snaptek.com" target="_blank">brian@snaptek.com</a>></span> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    Sounds like your drive may have developed some bad blocks and
    formatting it caused it to recover... but I wouldn't use that drive
    for backups anymore because it's dying and it's only a matter of a
    short amount of time before it fails and you loose everything.   In
    fact, I wouldn't use a thumb drive for backups at all.  They aren't
    designed to be written to in bulk over and over like you are trying
    to do and they will fail quickly.  Get yourself a good external
    drive.   You should go with a regular spinning drive as there are no
    advantages to backing up to flash over USB.  A flash drive will fail
    a lot more quickly than a spinning drive with the way you are using
    them though.  You'll also get a whole lot more space on a hard disk
    drive so you can alter your backup procedure to keep multiple
    versions. <br /><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
    <br />
    Brian Cluff</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br />
    <br />
    <div class="m_-1341003479186983904moz-cite-prefix">On 04/29/2017 05:49 AM, Michael wrote:<br />
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">it is going very slowly though for some of the
        files.</div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br />
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:37 AM,
          Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br />
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
            <div dir="ltr">well.... I format the drive and things are
              transferring now.</div>
            <div class="gmail_extra">
              <div>
                <div class="m_-1341003479186983904h5"><br />
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:15
                    PM, Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
                    wrote:<br />
                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                      <div dir="ltr">I think I fried it in my glove
                        compartment.</div>
                      <div class="gmail_extra">
                        <div>
                          <div class="m_-1341003479186983904m_-9187802223305538690h5"><br />
                            <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 28,
                              2017 at 8:14 PM, Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
                              wrote:<br />
                              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                <div dir="ltr">
                                  <div>$ sudo fsck /dev/sdd</div>
                                  <span>
                                    <div>[sudo] password for bmike1: </div>
                                    <div>fsck from util-linux 2.20.1</div>
                                    <div>e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)</div>
                                  </span>
                                  <div>fsck.ext2: No medium found while
                                    trying to open /dev/sdd</div>
                                  <span>
                                    <div><br />
                                    </div>
                                    <div>The superblock could not be
                                      read or does not describe a valid
                                      ext2/ext3/ext4</div>
                                    <div>filesystem.  If the device is
                                      valid and it really contains an
                                      ext2/ext3/ext4</div>
                                    <div>filesystem (and not swap or ufs
                                      or something else), then the
                                      superblock</div>
                                    <div>is corrupt, and you might try
                                      running e2fsck with an alternate
                                      superblock:</div>
                                    <div>    e2fsck -b 8193
                                      <device></div>
                                    <div> or</div>
                                    <div>    e2fsck -b 32768
                                      <device></div>
                                  </span><span>
                                    <div><mount device></div>
                                    <div>bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo fsck
                                      /dev/sdd</div>
                                  </span><span>
                                    <div>fsck from util-linux 2.20.1</div>
                                    <div>e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)</div>
                                  </span>
                                  <div>/dev/sdd is in use.</div>
                                  <div>e2fsck: Cannot continue,
                                    aborting.</div>
                                  <div><br />
                                  </div>
                                </div>
                                <div class="gmail_extra">
                                  <div>
                                    <div class="m_-1341003479186983904m_-9187802223305538690m_6776926447661382553h5"><br />
                                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri,
                                        Apr 28, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Michael
                                        <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
                                        wrote:<br />
                                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                          <div dir="ltr">
                                            <div>$ sudo fsck
                                              /media/bmike1/GORILLA64</div>
                                            <div>[sudo] password for
                                              bmike1: </div>
                                            <div>fsck from util-linux
                                              2.20.1</div>
                                            <div>e2fsck 1.42.9
                                              (4-Feb-2014)</div>
                                            <div>fsck.ext2: Is a
                                              directory while trying to
                                              open
                                              /media/bmike1/GORILLA64</div>
                                            <div><br />
                                            </div>
                                            <div>The superblock could
                                              not be read or does not
                                              describe a valid
                                              ext2/ext3/ext4</div>
                                            <div>filesystem.  If the
                                              device is valid and it
                                              really contains an
                                              ext2/ext3/ext4</div>
                                            <div>filesystem (and not
                                              swap or ufs or something
                                              else), then the superblock</div>
                                            <div>is corrupt, and you
                                              might try running e2fsck
                                              with an alternate
                                              superblock:</div>
                                            <div>    e2fsck -b 8193
                                              <device></div>
                                            <div> or</div>
                                            <div>    e2fsck -b 32768
                                              <device></div>
                                            <div>
                                              <div> $ sudo fsck
                                                /dev/sdd1</div>
                                              <div>fsck from util-linux
                                                2.20.1</div>
                                              <div>fsck.fat 3.0.26
                                                (2014-03-07)</div>
                                              <div>0x41: Dirty bit is
                                                set. Fs was not properly
                                                unmounted and some data
                                                may be corrupt.</div>
                                              <div>1) Remove dirty bit</div>
                                              <div>2) No action</div>
                                              <div>? ^C</div>
                                              <div><unmount
                                                device></div>
                                              <div>bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $
                                                sudo fsck /dev/sdd1</div>
                                              <div>fsck from util-linux
                                                2.20.1</div>
                                              <div>e2fsck 1.42.9
                                                (4-Feb-2014)</div>
                                              <div>fsck.ext2: No such
                                                file or directory while
                                                trying to open /dev/sdd1</div>
                                              <div>Possibly non-existent
                                                device?</div>
                                            </div>
                                            <div><br />
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div class="gmail_extra"><br />
                                            <div class="gmail_quote">
                                              <div>
                                                <div class="m_-1341003479186983904m_-9187802223305538690m_6776926447661382553m_8894404612006651865h5">On
                                                  Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at
                                                  7:43 PM, Carruth,
                                                  Rusty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com" target="_blank">Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com</a>></span>
                                                  wrote:<br />
                                                </div>
                                              </div>
                                              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                                <div>
                                                  <div class="m_-1341003479186983904m_-9187802223305538690m_6776926447661382553m_8894404612006651865h5">
                                                    <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
                                                      <div class="m_-1341003479186983904m_-9187802223305538690m_6776926447661382553m_8894404612006651865m_1816762674183447793m_-348182850990009178WordSection1">
                                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">What
                                                          does fsck say?</span></p>
                                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                                                          PLUG-discuss
                                                          [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@l<wbr />ists.phxlinux.org</a>]
                                                          <b>On Behalf
                                                          Of </b>Michael<br />
                                                          <b>Sent:</b>
                                                          Friday, April
                                                          28, 2017 4:41
                                                          PM<br />
                                                          <b>To:</b>
                                                          PLUG<br />
                                                          <b>Subject:</b>
                                                          Rsync ran like
                                                          30-40 minutes</span></p>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <div class="m_-1341003479186983904m_-9187802223305538690m_6776926447661382553m_8894404612006651865m_1816762674183447793h5">
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">this
                                                          is what
                                                          happened in
                                                          that time:</p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> $
                                                          rsync -aWuq
                                                          --delete-before
                                                          --progress
                                                          /home/bmike1/Documents
/media/bmike1/GORILLA64</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">^C</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          rsync.c(632)
                                                          [sender=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          io.c(521)
                                                          [generator=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> $</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">I
                                                          then removed
                                                          the quiet flag
                                                          and:</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> $
                                                          rsync -aWu
                                                          --delete-before
                                                          --progress
                                                          /home/bmike1/Documents
/media/bmike1/GORILLA64</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">building
                                                          file list ... </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">63787
                                                          files to
                                                          consider</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">deleting
Documents/Business/Photography<wbr />/PropertyPhotographing/Private<wbr />Clients/Alliya
Maqsood/2016/2016101020/8230 Dames point crossing Blvd #802 Jacksonville
                                                          32277</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">deleting
Documents/Programs/darktable-2<wbr />.0.6/src/common/.profiling.h.Y<wbr />hVpro</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Documents/</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><truncate)</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">hangs
                                                          at:</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Documents/Programs/darktable-2<wbr />.0.6/src/control/jobs.c</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">^Crsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          rsync.c(632)
                                                          [sender=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          io.c(521)
                                                          [generator=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">So
                                                          I run again
                                                          and:</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync
                                                          -aWu
                                                          --delete-before
                                                          --progress
                                                          /home/bmike1/Documents
/media/bmike1/GORILLA64</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">building
                                                          file list ... </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">63787
                                                          files to
                                                          consider</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync:
                                                          [generator]
                                                          write error:
                                                          Broken pipe
                                                          (32)</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">^Crsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          rsync.c(632)
                                                          [sender=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync:
                                                          [sender] write
                                                          error: Broken
                                                          pipe (32)</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">and
                                                          again:</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">$
                                                          rsync -aWu
                                                          --delete-before
                                                          --progress
                                                          /home/bmike1/Documents
/media/bmike1/GORILLA64</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">building
                                                          file list ... </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">63787
                                                          files to
                                                          consider</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Documents/</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><truncate></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">this
                                                          time it hung
                                                          at :</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Documents/Programs/hugin-2016.<wbr />2.0/mac/Applications.xcodeproj<wbr />/project.pbxproj</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> 
                                                                 32,768
                                                           15%  
                                                           0.00kB/s  
                                                           0:00:00  ^X^C</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          rsync.c(632)
                                                          [sender=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">rsync
                                                          error:
                                                          received
                                                          SIGINT,
                                                          SIGTERM, or
                                                          SIGHUP (code
                                                          20) at
                                                          io.c(521)
                                                          [generator=3.1.0]</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">I'm
                                                          thinking this
                                                          flash drive
                                                          got fried in
                                                          the glove
                                                          compartment of
                                                          my car. What
                                                          do you think?</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal">--
                                                          </p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                        </div>
                                                      </div>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <br />
                                                  </div>
                                                </div>
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