USB stick and larger files

[Peter Franks]

Seems anything over 4GB won't go to a USB on the Mac. I have a file which is 11GB and needless to say it won't transfer, so I changed the Fat 32 to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) which does do the trick, but.. it can then only be used on the Mac after.

Is there a way it can be viewed as other USB sticks work, without any reformatting?

 

[Weaselboy]

If you reformat to ExFAT is Disk Utility that will work with the 11GB file and can read/write in Windows and Mac both.

 

[Peter Franks]

Ooh. Thank you. I'll give that a try. Will it work on a USB port on a television like the unfornatted ones do?

 

[Weaselboy]

Ooh. Thank you. I'll give that a try. Will it work on a USB port on a television like the unfornatted ones do?

It will depend on the TV. I know not all TV sets support ExFAT and many require FAT-32... which is what that MS-DOS Disk Utility option is and also how most USB keys come from the factory.

 

[Peter Franks]

Thanks, Yeh, i've never had to change them, format wise, in all the years I've been using them. Just had this problem with larger files.

 

[Weaselboy]

Thanks, Yeh, i've never had to change them, format wise, in all the years I've been using them. Just had this problem with larger files.

Sounds like maybe you never had a file this large before, because that 4GB is a file size limitation with that FAT32 format.

 

[Peter Franks]

Yes. Quite possibly. I'll be home weekend so will check that out. Thanks again