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under system profiler i see that my usb is recognizing the rca is plugged in but it doesnt pop up on my mac desktop,i dont know how to get to it otherwise to drop songs into it,my mac is a 10.3,any help????

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Quick add for , and thanks to for the pointer — a few practical checks that help when an MP3 player is seen on the USB bus but does not show up on the desktop.

First, confirm the Finder will show connected volumes (Finder -> Preferences -> enable the options to show connected disks in the desktop and sidebar). Next, open Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and look for the player in the left pane; if it appears there, select it and click Mount. If Disk Utility does not show a disk, the player is probably not presenting itself as a standard USB mass-storage device.

If you like the Terminal, use these commands to inspect and attempt a manual mount (replace identifiers with what you actually see):

diskutil list
sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk1s1
ls /Volumes

If the device presents with a nonstandard protocol (MTP or a proprietary interface) the Mac may not mount it as a disk. In that case you can either use a helper app that adds device support or move files via a Windows PC. Other simple tricks: try a different USB port or a powered hub, check Console (Applications/Utilities/Console) for kernel/USB messages when you plug the player in, and only consider reformatting the device if you have backups — reformatting will erase everything.

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under system profiler i see that my usb is recognizing the rca is plugged in but it doesnt pop up on my mac desktop,i dont know how to get to it otherwise to drop songs into it,my mac is a 10.3,any help????

You might give XNJB a try. (GOOGLE it) It works for me on my Mac running Panther.

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You might give XNJB a try. (GOOGLE it) It works for me on my Mac running Panther.

Thanks that worked,so easy now

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