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Why can't I copy big files to new USB drive?

11 Feb 2012 10:00:40 PST

PROBLEM:
I cannot move ~15GB video files to my new Seagate Go-Flex 3.0TB USB drive from within iMovie 11 inte ...

11 Feb 2012 10:37:45 PST

I read you formatted said drives but missed where you deleted all the partitions on the new drive so you could get a tru ...

11 Feb 2012 13:20:25 PST

To reformat the 3TB disk, I used MacDrive on a PC, per a recommendation from multiple posts. On my Mac, I could not get ...

11 Feb 2012 13:29:16 PST

I use other tools and methods. It appears that you need to talk to the MacDrive folk to see what's up.
Bob ...

11 Feb 2012 14:15:29 PST

Disk Utility has no problems formatting USB drive, even the one in Snow Leopard, and the "strange state" that ...

11 Feb 2012 17:49:57 PST

The only tab I have to format with in Disk Utility is Erase. I have seen screenshots of people with 5 tabs including &qu ...

11 Feb 2012 17:52:54 PST

Sorry, I see I selected the existing partition, which is why "Partition" didn't show up.

Talk about &qu ...

11 Feb 2012 18:48:47 PST

So, I have an existing 1.5GB Seagate Go-Flex Desk drive that I have been using as my Time Machine for some time. No prob ...

11 Feb 2012 19:04:51 PST

I will have to agree with you about Seagate drives. My Mac Pro came with a single WD Green 1TB.
I kept the 1TB, adde ...

11 Feb 2012 10:47:07 PST

I don't know why you are having this problem.
But I do suggest that you upgrade to OS X 10.7.3 (Lion). The upgrade ...

11 Feb 2012 13:26:27 PST

I sampled a few posts around the Internet, Lion is getting some mixed reviews, so I have put off upgrading.

Durin ...

11 Feb 2012 13:56:03 PST

That was my first thought on reading your original post. AFAIK, Apple is not yet supporting USB 3, nor do I believe the ...

17 Mar 2012 12:02:32 PDT

I also suggest that part of your problem could be that you do not have enough memory.
My Mac Pro (mid 2010) had 3x1GB ...