Pre Doesn't Allow USB Drive Mode in Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6

Hi All--
One other question. I have two Macs, a MacBook Pro late 2006 running Mac OS X 10.5 (leopard) and a MacBook 2008 running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). The older MBP prompts me to choose USB Drive Mode, but the newer Macbook does not. I was hoping to transfer some Amazon MP3 store purchases to the newer mac and cannot. I have not tried any sort of hacks or anything... the phone's fairly new; only had it a couple of months.
Thanks for any assistance you can provide
Allen
Pre (Verizon)
P101EWW Rev A
PalmOS 1.4.1

Hmm, Snow Leopard doesn't treat the phone any differently, if its a standard USB port you should still get the on-screen prompts for USB Mode or Just Charge. 
However, you can try the Option-Sym-U keys pressed all at once, this should also kick you into USB Mode (it was put in place for folks with a broken screen to get their photos, etc, off the phone before replacing).

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