To reformat a thumb drive on your MacBook, first connect the drive to your computer. Open "Disk Utility," which you can find in the Applications > Utilities folder or by searching via Spotlight. Select the thumb drive from the list on the left, then click "Erase" at the top. Choose your desired format (like exFAT or Mac OS Extended) and click "Erase" again to complete the process.
Any standard USB Flash/Thumb drive will work with the MacBook Pro. The "best" will depend upon the specific needs of the individual user.
So far as I know, all you would need to do (if plug n' play doesn't work) is to reformat the drive.
Reformat the drive
Not unless you reformat the drive, although if the drive is a different format like a mac and you have a PC you might have to reformat the drive just to use it
One can learn how to reformat a hard drive by visiting the step by step instructions on either the Windows or Apple computer site (depending on the hard drive maker).
Reformat hd. On the XMB go into the settings menu and you will find "Reformat hard drive".
When you reformat a hard drive you change it to whatever formatting you have selected and it will overwrite whatever format was used before.
Thumb drives can be very useful. They can help you transport files with a tiny little flash drive in your pocket. If you want to get the most out of your thumb drive, be sure to keep it free from water. Also, when you are disconnecting it from your computer, be sure to first prepare your computer for disconnection. This means you should go into the settings or device manager and select disconnect this device before you unplug the device. Failure to do so might lose your data, reformat the drive, or cause other errors on your thumb drives.
yes
You can try to reformat the hard drive
Yes, when you "reformat" it erases the hard drive completely. It will be an empty drive, you will have to reinstall the OS from your disk/Apple internet or reinstall from a back-up after you do it.
The macbook air super-drive is basically a disk drive(like the ones you find in other mac laptops). You can use it to play dvds, cds and games.