Too large for the volume's format?

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.

Then you need to reformat the drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). It is currently formatted to be used with both a PC and OS X however you are running into it's limitation in that format. If you don't know how to format an EHD then please click Format, Erase, or Reformat a Drive

How is the EHD formatted? If you don't know in Finder's Side Bar highlight the drive and type Command I (I as in Ivan) and tell us what it says under Format?

Thanks, i think this fixed my problem. I am trying to format the external drive so that I can synchronise an external HD connected to my Mac with an external HD on a PC at another location using bittorrent sync. Hope it's going to work for me!!

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.

Hope this helps.

Your welcome.

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?

It's Catch 22: FAT 32 and both can read it, but you can't transfer large files. MAC OS Extended can only be read by a Mac.

To be read by both the files have to have been created by a cross-platform application.

Klaus1 is correct. There really isn't an elegant solution for using a single EHD for both PC's and Macs. If you are in a mixed environment where you have to have both PC's and Macs then you have to work out your own solution keeping in mind the compromises you will have to make. However if you are simply migrating from a PC to a Mac then it's best to complete the migration using the suggestions in Apple Switch Basics and then re-purpose the EHD by formatting to Mac OS Extended and use it as a backup drive or a drive for external storage. You can find Switch Basics at:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

Thanks. Just checked and sd card is in fat 32. How do i go about switching to ex fat?

i read the article you reccommended to original question but it doesnt mention anything about sd cards.

thanks. i'm just trying to access my files from both my mac and laptop. will keep your suggestion in mind if i'm ever getting rid of mac or laptop completely. still not sure which i prefer!!

Sinead55 wrote:

Thanks. Just checked and sd card is in fat 32. How do i go about switching to ex fat?

i read the article you reccommended to original question but it doesnt mention anything about sd cards.

I was replying to the OP, he does not have an SD card. You do, so leave it as Fat32

I did not link to or recommend an article either.

ok thanks.