mac OSX file copy size limit?

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expat replied

21 May 2009, 08:24
Originally posted by Durbs View Post

Is the volume somehow formatted as FAT32? This cannot handle >4GB for a single file.

Er, that would be it. Doh!

(a) it's supposed to be exactly 4Gb not > 4Gb,
(b) I thought I had tried it to another disk, but obvously I only thought that, didn't do it.

Thanks.
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scooterscot replied

20 May 2009, 11:13
^ WHS - my own partition is HFS and I regularly transfer a 15 Gig DMG as a backup.
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Durbs replied

20 May 2009, 10:56
Is the volume somehow formatted as FAT32? This cannot handle >4GB for a single file.
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expat started a topic mac OSX file copy size limit?

20 May 2009, 08:23
mac OSX file copy size limit?

I tried copying a 4Gb file on my Macbook (OSX 10.5). It fails: do it in a terminal window with cp and it explains "File too large".

What's the problem? Is there a way round it? I have a workaround/more sensible plan, but I'm curious.
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