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Hello, I am trying to free up space on my computer, and copying this to my external hard drive does not work. However, I did it with another smaller fcp project and it worked. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Mar 3, 2018 6:07 PM

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Niel

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Mar 3, 2018 6:12 PM in response to GIP14

Volumes formatted as FAT32 cannot accomodate files which are 4GB or larger; a bug in High Sierra causes the Finder to treat the limit as 2GB.

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Mar 3, 2018 6:13 PM in response to Niel

Ahh I see. So I have to wait until an update to be able to do it?

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Niel

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Mar 3, 2018 6:16 PM in response to GIP14

If it's between 2GB and 4GB, yes, or use a method other than the Finder to copy it.

If it's 4GB or more, you won't be able to without reformatting the volume.

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Mar 3, 2018 6:18 PM in response to Niel

I love apple but gosh they can be annoying sometimes

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