New NA Map Version 11.0 is out
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I've had various brands of formatted exFAT USB drives where one will work and another won't. IMO the problem was caused by how each drive was partitioned.
Noted in the Operator's Guide for my car is a note:
Noted in the Operator's Guide for my car is a note:
Due to the wide range of USB devices available on the market, playback cannot be guaranteed for all USB devices.
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The operator guide about USB drives is more a disclaimer due to the wide variety of junk USB drives sold as well as the unknown sizes that may come out in the future that are not explicitly supported. It's their way of saying YMMV.
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I would seriously doubt it. The way a storage partition is formatted is not OS specific meaning exFAT is the same regardless of OS.
BTW, I don't own a Mac, but I thought Macs cannot write to NTFS partitions. I didn't think they can even format a partition in NTFS. I could be wrong though.
BTW, I don't own a Mac, but I thought Macs cannot write to NTFS partitions. I didn't think they can even format a partition in NTFS. I could be wrong though.
Sort of funny, I had downloaded the new maps version 11.0 (full US and Canada) onto another drive that was formatted exFat (and had previously worked just fine on my car when I downloaded Version 10.2) - so I copied those files from the exFat thumb drive onto the NTFS thumb drive. I thought for sure that would not work. But the files moved from one thumb drive to the next and when I plugged the NTFS drive into the car, the 11.0 version immediately loaded into the car. So it's all good now but I'm still shaking my head about it.
And many thanks to Lapchien!
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So while the NTFS worked great, it wasn't all wine and roses. I do own a Mac but I was able to use a third party utility to format one of my SanDisk thumb drives to NTFS (that was sort of a pain). Great first step, but the Mercedes Download Manager would not write to the NTFS drive (it saw the drive but would not let me write to it).
Sort of funny, I had downloaded the new maps version 11.0 (full US and Canada) onto another drive that was formatted exFat (and had previously worked just fine on my car when I downloaded Version 10.2) - so I copied those files from the exFat thumb drive onto the NTFS thumb drive. I thought for sure that would not work. But the files moved from one thumb drive to the next and when I plugged the NTFS drive into the car, the 11.0 version immediately loaded into the car. So it's all good now but I'm still shaking my head about it.
And many thanks to Lapchien!
Sort of funny, I had downloaded the new maps version 11.0 (full US and Canada) onto another drive that was formatted exFat (and had previously worked just fine on my car when I downloaded Version 10.2) - so I copied those files from the exFat thumb drive onto the NTFS thumb drive. I thought for sure that would not work. But the files moved from one thumb drive to the next and when I plugged the NTFS drive into the car, the 11.0 version immediately loaded into the car. So it's all good now but I'm still shaking my head about it.
And many thanks to Lapchien!
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So then I bought a new drive (SanDisk) and formatted that one as exFAT and it also did not work.
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So while the NTFS worked great, it wasn't all wine and roses. I do own a Mac but I was able to use a third party utility to format one of my SanDisk thumb drives to NTFS (that was sort of a pain). Great first step, but the Mercedes Download Manager would not write to the NTFS drive (it saw the drive but would not let me write to it).
Sort of funny, I had downloaded the new maps version 11.0 (full US and Canada) onto another drive that was formatted exFat (and had previously worked just fine on my car when I downloaded Version 10.2) - so I copied those files from the exFat thumb drive onto the NTFS thumb drive. I thought for sure that would not work. But the files moved from one thumb drive to the next and when I plugged the NTFS drive into the car, the 11.0 version immediately loaded into the car. So it's all good now but I'm still shaking my head about it.
And many thanks to Lapchien!
Sort of funny, I had downloaded the new maps version 11.0 (full US and Canada) onto another drive that was formatted exFat (and had previously worked just fine on my car when I downloaded Version 10.2) - so I copied those files from the exFat thumb drive onto the NTFS thumb drive. I thought for sure that would not work. But the files moved from one thumb drive to the next and when I plugged the NTFS drive into the car, the 11.0 version immediately loaded into the car. So it's all good now but I'm still shaking my head about it.
And many thanks to Lapchien!
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Doubtful, but possible. Most USB thumb drives are partitioned by the manufacturer and are not typically partitioned by the end user unless they have a specific need to. The reason for many USB drive failures is that many are cheep and have poor quality control. Some even are fake and are much lower capacity then they claim to be. One must be very careful when buying USB thumb drives and should stick to mainstream name brands. Still not a guarantee, but less likely to be a problem over white label or no name brands.
The operator guide about USB drives is more a disclaimer due to the wide variety of junk USB drives sold as well as the unknown sizes that may come out in the future that are not explicitly supported. It's their way of saying YMMV.
The operator guide about USB drives is more a disclaimer due to the wide variety of junk USB drives sold as well as the unknown sizes that may come out in the future that are not explicitly supported. It's their way of saying YMMV.
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I would seriously doubt it. The way a storage partition is formatted is not OS specific meaning exFAT is the same regardless of OS.
I would also doubt this since it's unlikely that MB would remove support for exFAT, but anything is possible. If anything, it would be more likely, but still doubtful, to drop support for NTFS. It's older and has less support across devices. NTFS is better for security and fixed disk storage devices that need to control access, but is not a typical choice for USB thumb drives that often do not need the extra overhead for a temporary and portable storage medium. The exFAT file system is the better choice for removable storage in most of the typical use cases.
My MBUX version is E262.3-4975 and has been the same since I bought the car in August.
BTW, I don't own a Mac, but I thought Macs cannot write to NTFS partitions. I didn't think they can even format a partition in NTFS. I could be wrong though.
I would also doubt this since it's unlikely that MB would remove support for exFAT, but anything is possible. If anything, it would be more likely, but still doubtful, to drop support for NTFS. It's older and has less support across devices. NTFS is better for security and fixed disk storage devices that need to control access, but is not a typical choice for USB thumb drives that often do not need the extra overhead for a temporary and portable storage medium. The exFAT file system is the better choice for removable storage in most of the typical use cases.
My MBUX version is E262.3-4975 and has been the same since I bought the car in August.
BTW, I don't own a Mac, but I thought Macs cannot write to NTFS partitions. I didn't think they can even format a partition in NTFS. I could be wrong though.
