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“Installation was a snap. I just plugged it into a USB...”

written by Alan Somers. on 27/05/2000

Good Points
Works great with a USB-upgraded Mac clone.
SmartMedia can be accessed on a Mac just like a hard disk volume.
Fast!

Bad Points
Mac driver is just a tad buggy.

General Comments
Installation was a snap. I just plugged it into a USB hub connected to my USB-upgraded PowerCenter Mac clone, installed the provided software, and rebooted.



I had a minor scare the first time I tried inserting a SmartMedia card into the reader. I got the dreaded "could not be read" dialog. However, when I clicked the "Eject" button and the driver told me to take the card out, I just pulled it out and shoved it back in again. When I did that, an "untitled" volume showed up on my desktop. I was then able to open the volume like any other Mac volume, drag the picture files onto my hard drive, drag them again to the trash, and empty the trash.



For the most part, the driver works well. However, a couple of times when I tried emptying the trash after dragging the files there, the Finder quit with an error and restarted after I acknowledged it. I have found that the Finder crash does not occur as long as I close all of the volume's Finder windows before emptying the trash.



I originally chose this reader/writer because it was inexpensive compared to most others. I have not regretted the decision at all.

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