Hi Philippe If the file is definitely under 10GB, and the USB drive is 32GB, then yes, it should copy fine. But it sounds like, even though the USB drive is 32GB, it’s got files on it already. (If you’ve put files in the Trash but not empty it, the files will still stay on the Thumb Drive. So I’d either a) empty the Trash or b) reformat the Thumb Drive.
Before you do it, you could check the space on the USB drive, just to make sure. If you “Get Info” (Command-I) on the USB drive, it will tell you how much space is left on the drive. (It will show Capacity, Used, and Available). This will then show if it’s definitely got all the space free and available to copy the file. If it hasn’t then, you can do the above to clear the space. The other thing to check I just remembered as well. If it’s formatted as FAT-32 I think that has a “file size” limit,…but I could be recalling wrong. (Quick google search shows that yes, FAT32 has a 4GB file limit) https://superuser.com/questions/440509/getting-around-the-fat32-4gb-file-size-limit If it is FAT-32, you can reformat the USB drive as exFAT which should then working over the 4GB limit. Or,..if its going to a Mac User, then just format it as HFS+ Extended. That should then allow you to just copy the file onto it in one go. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 11 Apr 2020, at 12:03 am, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Dear WAMUG’ers, > > Can someone please give me some idea of how I can copy a 9.98 GB .mp4 video > on to a 32 GB USB key. When dragging and dropping my iMac says the file is > too large to copy across. > > I have no experience with videos but thinking logically I thought that > splitting the .mp4 file into 3 or 4 segments, hence smaller files, would that > work and what application to use? > > Is there a simpler method which would allow the copying from my main hard > disk to the USB key, and which application would do it? > > Many thanks hoping that you are all safe and surviving the current world > crisis. > > Please stay safe and well. > > Kind regards, > > Philippe Chaperon > > > Philippe dit la Grenouille ...🐸 > iMac 27- inch, Mid 2010 > mac OS High Sierra v. 10.13.6 > 20GB RAM > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
