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Help me Move a Project to an External HD
I tried to follow the directions of this post:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9834911
But I am having some issues. I have a FCP project going and it is taking up too much space on my internal HD. So I want to move everything from the folder I have of it on my desktop to my WD Passport. I tried to drag that entire folder to my external but it says “operation cannot be completed because an unexpected error occurred.” Any thoughts? I was able to drag each of the folders one by one, that is, all but the capture scratch folder…
Help me out guys so I can free up some internal HD space.
thanks
jared -
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How is your external drive formated?
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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well i am not 100%… i suppose it might be FAT32 but it is showing up on my mac desktop as the yellow icon… i have other things on there so i hate to reformat it but if that is the last ditch effort then so be it
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[Jared Smith] “FAT32”
And that would be the problem.
Fat32 has a 4GB file size limit. You will need to reformat the drive to MacOS Extended (doing so will erase what is on the drive) and then copy over your files again.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity! -
is there any other thing i should check before doing that… i hate to erase the external drive’s contents and then find out that was not the problem… better yet, is there a way to verify if it is fat32 while it is plugged into my macbook?
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Dragging folders is not a good way to move FCP files. Media Manager will copy the project and relink files. Just dragging will mean reconnecting – a tedious and unnecessary step.
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Zane is 100% correct about the 4 gig file limit with fat 32. You can select the icon on your desktop and hold the “command” key and “i” key at the same time to “get info” on your drive. AND do not move your project by dragging your folder to another hard drive… It will cause you problems. Just use the media manager to move or copy your project to anew location… Good Luck!
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