iphone video file too big to transfer

I have about a 2 minute HD clip on my iPhone that takes a while to "prepare" to share. Airdrop keeps failing, Export to Dropbox has errors, iCloud says "file too big to share". Any hints on how to get this file off my phone and into production in FCPX? BTW - this file also not downloading with i sync with iPhoto.


Thanks for any suggestions.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, 2.9Ghz - 1TB - Sierra 10.12.5

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 11:59 AM

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Posted on Nov 16, 2018 12:38 PM

Found the answer. This 2:49HD file was 1.7GB. Make sure you have storage space available on your iPhone to "prepare" the file for sharing. Airdrop worked great - just took about 2 minutes but it finally copied over once I deleted some files on my iPhone to make room.

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