How can I transfer my edited RAW files to a flash drive?

I have 30 RAW files (NEF) from a holiday party that I have edited, and would like to give to a friend for further editing. We both work on Macs. I selected the 30 photos in Bridge, went to "Copy to" and selected the flash drive. The raw files along with their xmp files show up. But unfortunately when I bring up the files on the flash drive using the "View as Cover Flow" option in Preview, they show up in the original RAW form - as if I'd just downloaded them off my camera again - without edits.
Many people have mentioned exporting and DNG conversion. With regard to the first: when I select photos, right click, and go to "export to" my only option is "hard drive". Once I select that, nothing appears to happen. No new folders or files seem to appear in my hard drive. With regard to the second: I am nervous about losing information via the DNG conversion. I want to make sure my friend has all the information pertaining to each photo in the event that she needs to do a more significant round of second edits.
How can I achieve this transfer? Also, should the fact that my friend plans on using Lightroom for edits bear any significance on my decisions? Thank you...

The Save as DNG is not in Bridge, It is only available in Camera Raw.
Open your file in ACR, at the lower left click the SAVE IMAGE button. From there you can select several different formats.
Select DNG and adjust the options. You can also embed the original raw file inside the DNG (but gives larger file size)
It's not clear if you are opening the files directly from the flash drive or saving them first to the hard drive.
I would recommend always saving files to the hard drive, eject the flash drive, and then open from there rather than directly from flash drive
We've all had flash drives that go bad or act wonky.
Not trying to work on the files while they still reside on the flash drive is just one less problem to worry about.
Good Luck

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