That happened to me on my PC desktop. I had a port which either didn't work at all or occasionally worked but would stop and start. I was still under warranty with Dell and they wound up sending someone out who said the port was no good. I remember he had to take the machine apart to put in a new usb. This was a few years ago but I remember being surprised how much work he had to do to replace one usb port. I could be wrong, but I recall the motherboard being involved. The work was done at my house. I would call Apple, it isn't an easy fix. Jane

Intersting Jean, because that's the kind of flash drive I am using, (a Cruzer one). I haven't used another kind yet, so will have to experiment. Yes, it is an interesting comparison to other appliances I have around the house. Like a coffee maker for example, that has a green light for on. It is OK to unplug it while the green light is on, but it still means the device is "on" which to me says the program that supposedly disengages the flash drive doesn't work. It would be like having the "Off" button broken on your TV. Yes, if you wanted to turn off the TV you could uplug it and then plug it in when you wanted to turn it on, same with a lamp or something. Like I said, I'm not worried per se, just curious as to what is going on inside the computer.

Absolutely! All you need is a computer w/floppy drive---or external floppy drive. Insert your floppy disk, save the designs to a folder already set up and named (how about 'Floppy designs') on your computer (I use My Documents). Just choose to "MOVE TO FOLDER" or COPY TO FOLDER if you want to keep the floppies as back-up. Now the designs are in your computer for sorting into category folders....and you can ''copy'' your choices to the memory stick for stitching out. Eeezy Peeezy. I would save my floppies just in case of computer crash--or whatever. If you don't have a drive, one can be bought for about $20 bucks or less. I got 2 of them from ebay for about $24. My machine uses the floppies and cards. My Bro service person told me I could not do a USB upgrade. Double drat! Hope this is the answer you were looking for.

I can't answer your question, but here's a link to a TIVO forum that might be able to tell you. You could also enter USB in that forum's search feature and possibly up with an answer. If that doesn't help, there's also another forum run by TIVO where you could ask. Here is a link that might be useful: TIVO