Mac OS X: How to transfer a 6gb file from Mac to an External HD?
How to transfer a 6gb file from Mac to an External HD?
by ailunchiu - 3/15/09 1:12 AMHow to transfer a 6gb file from Mac to an External HD + Keep this External HD compatible w/ both PC and MAC?
Hi,
currently I am using MacOSX Leopard.
I have a 6 GB file that I need to transfer it from my Mac book pro to my external HD. my mac gives me error when I transfer this 6GB file. It says "Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred. (Error code 0)"
I realized FAT32 which is my current external HD format can only transfer a file size less than 4 GB.
So, what extension should I format my external HD, and how do I format my external hard drive to be compatible with both PC AND MAC to transfer more than a single 4 GB file?
Please help,
thanks!
Try this,
by mrmacfixit
- 3/15/09 7:25 AM
In reply to: How to transfer a 6gb file from Mac to an External HD? by ailunchiu
I use a program called NTFS for Mac from Paragon.
It allows the Mac to read and write to a NTFS formatted disk very easily.
Once installed, you treat the NTFS disk as you would any other disk that is attached to your Mac.
It works very well.
Check it out Here . It has a free trial too
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I forgot to mention
by mrmacfixit - 3/15/09 7:40 AM
In reply to: Try this, by mrmacfixit
You have to format the external drive as NTFS which will allow the Windows machine to read and write on it and the Paragon software will allow the Mac to do the same
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thanks for your reply!
by ailunchiu - 3/15/09 11:31 AM In reply to: I forgot to mention by mrmacfixit
hi mrmacfixit
really thanks for your replied!
just wondering after I format the external drive as NTFS by uses of the software Paragon, does it read from both PC and MAC? or is it actually partition the external drive to 2 disks? does mac also reads, and able to transfer files to a NTFS external HD? 
thanks!
First answer
by mrmacfixit - 3/15/09 1:42 PM
In reply to: thanks for your reply! by ailunchiu
You do not use the Paragon software to format the drive as NTFS, you do that on the Windows machine.
Beware, ALL the information on that drive will be deleted when you format it.
Once it is formatted, the Mac can read and write, courtesy of the Paragon software, to that drive and the Windows machine can read and write because it is a format native to Windows.
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one more question..
by ailunchiu - 3/15/09 11:40 AM In reply to: I forgot to mention by mrmacfixit
AFTER switching to my FAT32 HD to NTFS HD, can I transfer a 6GB file to the external HD? really thanks for your help, I hope it works!
Once the drive is formatted NTFS,
by mrmacfixit - 3/15/09 1:44 PM
In reply to: one more question.. by ailunchiu
you "should not" have any problems moving a 6GB file from the Mac to the drive.
Don't forget to correctly "put away" the drive when you have finished with it on the Mac, just drag it to the trash icon in the dock and to correctly eject it from the Windows machine.
Good luck
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NTFS for Mac OSX works the other way also.
by divendave - 3/21/09 12:27 PM In reply to: How to transfer a 6gb file from Mac to an External HD? by ailunchiuI also had the same problem adding a beautiful iMac 24" 3.06Ghz 4Mb dual core with 1Tb HD to my network. I know it wasn't necessary to give that much info but I love saying. We got NTFS for Mac OS X for transferring files between the new Mac and the MS machine using the same 1TB external HD. But, with further use and having the Airport Extreme allowing the HD on the WiFi and not connected directly to any machine allows access by iTouch and other devices. You can format your external HD to by Mac compliant and install NTSF for Mac OS X on your MS systems. This also makes your network a bit more secure as most attacks are going through MS systems not Macs. So far this is working great and we feel more secure having the external hard drive with all back-ups in a different location and out of reach of most accidents. Also, if anything happens to any or all computers the HD is in a more secure area protecting us further from data loss.
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