Is there any way to get a file larger than fat32 file size limit from a mac to a PC?


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Is there any way to get a file larger than fat32 file size limit from a mac to a PC?
by Footbaggin on Jul 7, 2006 at 8:13:10 am

I desperately need to get a 13 gigabite video file from a mac to a PC. Mac Opener does not work. No PC I try with NTFS drives can recognize a mac drive with mac opener. Is there any way in the world that I can transfer a 13 gb file from a mac to a PC? Please help.

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Re: Is there any way to get a file larger than fat32 file size limit from a mac to a PC?
by Arson XL on Jul 8, 2006 at 4:28:18 am

find a free FTP or web server

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Re: Is there any way to get a file larger than fat32 file size limit from a mac to a PC?
by praxisseizure on Jul 10, 2006 at 2:46:52 am

mac drive. it's free for 15 days. works like a charm.

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Re: Is there any way to get a file larger than fat32 file size limit from a mac to a PC?
by Dark Russell on Jul 10, 2006 at 8:24:29 pm

I agree...or get PC Maclan and copy between machines.

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Re: Is there any way to get a file larger than fat32 file size limit from a mac to a PC?
by Ben Wharton on Jul 13, 2006 at 11:20:04 pm

Or a slightly different route -

Why not zip or RAR the file up into a set of files? WinRAR (maybe Winzip too) will allow you, via "split to volumes" to divide up one file into many - say each of 650Mb.

So that will give you around 20 files.

Then burn the files to 3 DVD Data disks. If you want/can create chunks that are bigger than 2Gb remember to create a UDF formatted disk, NOT an ISO.

Then copy the files over to your Mac from the DVDs and unzip / unrar the first file which will reconnect all the others in the series and voila you'll have your 13Gb of footage ready to use on your Mac.

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