I just found I can capture doing something on my desktop as a tutorial to send to a friend. I did one, but it was more than 28Gb ...it was 128, and would not go through. Icloud bounced it back---too large to send. How do I send ANY size video by email ? And can my friend open it on her end without special software? Even if I get software to send, can it then be opened by anyone else?
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
If someone else can open the video file depends on what format the file is in and what operating system and applications they have installed on their system.
As for getting them the file, video is big. Any video of over a few mins will be tough to email as all email providers have limits of the size of files they will send.
You might want to look into getting an account with a file sharing service such as Dropbox. Then you can upload the file to your Dropbox account and the other user can get it from there.
I do not quite understand. Quicktime allows me to video my desktop and show me doing something on it...as in tutorial. But, maybe it would export to Youtube or somewhere, but not to email. Seems useless then. To send even photo booth video, has to be less than 50 seconds. Maybe won't still go through.
I am a basic mac user. I attempt these things though because I felt Mac could do it. Frustrated Quicktime can video my desktop and screen to show what I am doing on there, but once done, it can't be sent. 😟
I attempt these things though because I felt Mac could do it. Frustrated Quicktime can video my desktop and screen to show what I am doing on there, but once done, it can't be sent. 😟
The limitation is not with the Mac or Quicktime, the limitation is with the file size and email. Email is just note designed to transfer files of this size.
Use Dropbox or some other file sharing site, it will work out better for both you and the person you are sending the video to
regards
Another consideration is the recipient's internet connection speed - mine is DSL and an OS upgrade (about 4 GB) takes about 1.5 - 2 hours. You mentioned that you wanted to send a video of 128 GB - even if I could download 4 GB in one hour, it would take 32 hours to download that video. Obviously, that would not be acceptable. It would also clog up bandwidth down the pipes, so that is probably one reason why ISPs put limits on email/attachment file sizes.
Get yourself a Youtube account and upload to that. You can set the movie to be restricted to just those you want to see it and send them a link to it via email.
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Most e-mail providers have limits on how large an attached file can be, which is why you can't e-mail it. Try Frank's Dropbox suggestion.
Hi you can also try compression for the file.
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kel
I didn't see the 128 GB part.
Just be aware that YouTube has a 15 min limit on videos. If your video is longer then that you will need to request that long videos be turned on on your account.
I want to email a quicktime video of my screen but file too big.
