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spooky3

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Sun Jan 30, 2022, 03:44 PM Jan 2022

Want to view and/or destroy 50+ old 3.5 inch disks - how best to do it? [View all]

Hi, i finally have time to get organized and have a lot of old floppies that I will probably want to wipe and recycle, or destroy if I can’t recycle safely. There may be a few files on some that I want to save, eg, photos, so I would like to view some before wiping.

What is the most efficient way to do this? I saw drives on Amazon, though consumers disagreed with the seller as to whether they were Mac compatible. My Mac (late 2020 with current OS) has USB 3 ports and I have dongles for basic USBs but there is some question about whether these will work.

Advice? Thanks.

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