Copy large files (over 4GB) from OS X to Windows shared drive using SMB

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Copy large files (over 4GB) from OS X to Windows shared drive using SMB

Hi there,

When I access my shared XP drive, large files (over 2GB or something) are not shown in the finder. Furthermore, when I try copying a 4 GB file over from my Mac, it fails with a 0 error.

How can I address this?

MacBook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 17, 2011 11:55 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 17, 2011 11:57 AM in response to KristofdeCarignan

Sounds like it is format as FAT which has limitation on files size.

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Kappy

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Jan 17, 2011 12:01 PM in response to KristofdeCarignan

Either you need to format your Windows drive using NTFS or break up the files into chunks smaller than 2 GBs which is the file limit of FAT32.

Unfortunately OS X can only read an NTFS drive. It cannot write to it without help such as using MacFuse with ntfs-3g-2010.10.2-macosx - CNet Downloads or MacUpdate. Other options can be found by searching these sites for "ntfs".

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