What is a USB Flash Drive and What Is It Good For, Anyway?
USB flash drives are one of those things in life that are foreign at first, but once you use them successfully, you never think about them again. They are that simple. These devices even seem magical when you use one for the first time, especially if you have been using computers for decades. What is a USB Flash Drive? In simple terms, they are storage devices for computer files. If you used to use floppy disks or CD-Rs to temporarily move and store files, flash drives are their replacements. The key advantages flash drives have over these other storage media is that (like most advances in tech) they are smaller, faster and hold much more data. How Do I Use One? When they are formatted correctly, they are easy to use. Just plug in the drive directly into an open USB port somewhere on your new Mac, or on an external USB hub. I have extra USB ports on my Apple and Dell displays as well as a hub under my desk. However, I recommend you plug in non-powered USB devices like flash drives dire
