Mac OS 9: USB Audio Skips When Copying Files to or From a Zip Disk
USB audio may skip and stutter when copying files to or from a Zip disk.
Products Affected
Mac OS 9.0, Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS 9.2
Symptom
When copying files to or from a Zip drive on a computer with USB speakers, audio playback skips and stutters. The behavior is most apparent when the Finder Copy window is the active window.
Solution
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The software driver for the Zip disk causes audio playback through USB speakers to skip. Iomega is aware of this issue and is investigating possible solutions for Mac OS 9 users of Zip devices.
You can minimize the behavior during file copies to and from the Zip drive by clicking in another window to make it active, instead of the Finder Copy window.
When copying files to or from a Zip drive on a computer with USB speakers, audio playback skips and stutters. The behavior is most apparent when the Finder Copy window is the active window.
Solution
- Use a USB Zip drive.
or
- Upgrading to Mac OS X resolves this issue.
The software driver for the Zip disk causes audio playback through USB speakers to skip. Iomega is aware of this issue and is investigating possible solutions for Mac OS 9 users of Zip devices.
You can minimize the behavior during file copies to and from the Zip drive by clicking in another window to make it active, instead of the Finder Copy window.