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Steps to debug a USB flash drive problem
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1. Click the magnifying glass icon near the upper-right of your screen, type "Terminal", and open that program.
2. Paste (or type) the following into Terminal and press enter:
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1
3. Click the magnifying glass icon again, type "Disk Utility", and open that program.
4. Choose "Debug" in the menu bar, select "Debug Message Level", and set it to "All messages".
5. Click the "Log" icon in the upper-right of the Disk Utility window. This will open the "Disk Utility Log" window.
6. Plug in your USB drive. You will see a lot of text scroll by in the "Disk Utility Log" window.
7. Move to the "Disk Utility Log" window and press Command-s to save the log file.
8. Have someone who knows what they're looking for look at it. If you want me to look at it, send it to joshua (at) joshuamcgee (dot) com.
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