Just bought a new Western Digital Elements harddrive and started draggin some video files to it when i got this messege:
"The item “My Item” can’t be copied because it is too large for the volume's format
Is there any way i can drag files to it that are bigger than 4GB ?
Sinead55 wrote:
if you do this can you still access your info on both a pc and a mac or is it now only available on a mac?
If you want OSX and Windows access, and you want large files as well ...... ExFat should be the choice for you.
Im having the same problem.
Except I have a 1TB Transcend portable hard drive, and I ahve already transfered a single folder that was 194GB in one go.
Another that is 52GB
Im trying to transfer a folder with 10GB and getting the error
The item "-" can’t be copied because it is too large for the volume's format
how can this be???
when i have already put 600 GB on there already????
not tried rebooting yet, but i upgraded to mavericks last night, and i bet it has something to do with that ! 🙂
Any suggestions, as I cant put 600GB on to my computer to reformt, as this was new only last week.
Hmmmmmm
Thanks
Cake.
All that matters is the external drive's format, and that is something you did not mention.
How is the drive formatted?
the ExFat reformat on a 16gb USB drive i have is now working nd allowing a 14gb video to transfer.
My only issue now would be to get it to work on a Sony HD tv... Will give it a go tonight.
I know that my LG Smart TV does not allow files off a MAC OS formatted drive but reads Fat drives
Klaus1 is right. if you want windows to access the drive and you want to transfer larger files try formatting the disk with the "ExFAT", otherwise use the Mac standard "Mac OS Extended".
RayTimes3 wrote:
I think you will be better off using some cloud storage space for Mac to PC transfer.
This error doesn't appear for uploading to Google Drive, Dropbox or Microsoft Cloud things like that.
If your internet is robust, transferring using cloud is actually even quicker than hard drives
Nonsense, Internet data transfer rates are much lower than hard drive transfer rates.
I think this is gonna work. so far i can copy the large file now to the SD card while its formatted to Exfat
Real simple... stop wasting time with your personal files . Online there are 1000's of channels to watch; 100's of movie providers like NETFLIX, HULU, AMAZON, CRACKLE, YOUTUBE. Etc. And between the "free 30 day trials" and regular free programs, it's easy.
I am sure you could watch TV 24/7 for ten years and still miss a lot.
Oh? You like to work with computers? Program? Be creative instead of keeping a couch warm? Then, why waste your short life with "canned" junk on TV?
You have a choice: be a watcher, or be a doer. Enjoy your live. Live your life, not just watch someone else's idea what life should be. ( Those are actors out there, not real people with real feelings and ideas. They do and say what they are paid for. )
I hope this helps. We know how difficult decisions are.
It's now 2016, using macOS 10.12.2, and I ran into the same situation, with a 32GB MS-DOS (Fat32) formatted USB flash drive. Except this happened:
After formatting the drive, I was able to copy onto it a 31GB .imovielibrary with no problem. I was using the drive as a backup as well as sneakernet to copy the library to a different Mac. After I finished the intended .MP4 movie, I erased the drive and attempted to copy the 8.74GB movie onto the drive. The nasty "This item can't be copied because..." error showed up. I bombed the Finder just to be sure it wasn't at fault. Nope. Still had the problem. What The?!
But as per advice here, I RE-formatted the USB to ExFat and was then able to copy the 31GB file. Great! Except why was I successful with a 31GB file earlier?! Figure that out. (0_o) I wasn't using any verboten characters. The file name wasn't too long. All I can say is: Microsoft. (;_;)
You sir, are the best!
Thank YOU! I was having this problem & the Ex-Fat formatting resolved my issue
Too large for the volume's format?
