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bell11hotel Author

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Item can not be copied because it is too large for the volume's format.

I have macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. I need instructions on HOW to fix this problem, please.

Thanks,

Jim

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 8:03 PM

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Niel

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Posted on Oct 26, 2020 8:08 PM

Copy your files off, choose Utilities from the Finder's Go menu, open the Disk Utility, and reformat it; alternatively, use Windows to erase it in exFAT or NTFS.

A volume formatted as FAT32 cannot store files which are 4GB or larger regardless of its capacity; similar limits exist for some other file systems.

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