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Transferring QT file to USB stick
I am trying to put a 6 gig qt file of 720p video on a usb stick. One usb stick is 8 gigs and one is 15 gigs. Both times it says it will transfer for 20 min and then i get an error message. I’ve tried exporting from qt and dragging from desktop or saving the file to the stick and and it always says error. Anyone know how I can transfer this file? Thanks.
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7 Replies
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Sounds like your USB stick is formatted FAT32, which has a 4GB file size limit.
Use Disc Utility to reformat it as MacOS Extended.
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[John Pale] “Sounds like your USB stick is formatted FAT32, which has a 4GB file size limit.
Use Disc Utility to reformat it as MacOS Extended.”
Yep, they all come formatted FAT32 from the factory.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Would formatting a jump drive NTFS make it so it could hold large files and be seen on Macs and PCs?
Don WalkerJohn 3:16
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[Don Walker] “Would formatting a jump drive NTFS make it so it could hold large files and be seen on Macs and PCs? “
Not without a plugin installed such as Tuxera. Normally, NTFS is read only on Macs.
So, without Tuxera or and equivalent plugin, you could transport files to your Mac with NTFS drive, and you could playback copy off that drive, but you could not copy to the drive or use it to transport to a PC.
If you search the FCP Forum for Tuxera, you will see that someone posted a freebie alternative to a post I made recently. I know Tuxera works, I cannot vouch for the other plugin.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Macs cant write to NTFS volumes without additional software. They can read from them.
you can try this…
https://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/
Or you can get MacDrive for the PC which can let it read MacOSX Extended drives.
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John,
You’ll need some more caffeine to beat me to the punch… 🙂
David (aka – energizer bunny)
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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[David Roth Weiss] “You’ll need some more caffeine to beat me to the punch… 🙂
“Off to Starbucks!
🙂
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