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Paulo Teixeira · March 11th, 2010, 03:10 PM

I'm using a Windows computer and I have NeoScene installed. This must seam like a very basic question but I have to ask anyway since for the last several minutes I'm having trouble finding the answer.

I got an external hard drive that is formatted to Fat 32 and my question is how do I deal with the 4 gig limit for large files? Their should be an option somewhere in which I can set it to make multiple 3.99 gig files. I really don't feel like reformatting that hard drive since I want it to work in both Windows and Mac computers.

David Newman · March 11th, 2010, 03:40 PM

This normally no practical reason to use FAT32 formatted drives, as the file size limitation and more painful that mild inconvience of using NTFS on the Mac.

Reformat to NTFS and use an NTFS tool or MacFUSE to add write capability (read is supported as standard.)

PARAGON Software Group - NTFS for Mac, communication channel between Mac OS X and Windows

Geek info on MacFuse.
MacFUSE: FUSE for the Mac! - Page 4 - AppleNova Forums

Paulo Teixeira · March 11th, 2010, 03:57 PM

That's what I was afraid off since I sometimes work in many different MAC computers although my home computer is Windows. The good news is that I don't have to spend any more of my free time looking for information on how to do it and that the hard drive doesn't really have much on it so it wont be a problem to reformat it.

Thanks for the quick response.

Don Blish · March 11th, 2010, 08:03 PM

I had occasion to "rescue" an HD movie on a friends full-to-the-brim iMac. The solution I had was to format the external as NTFS on my windows machine, then install the linux based NTFS writing module on the Mac so it could write to the drive. (I then authored on BluRay on my Win machine.)

March 11th, 2010, 03:10 PM	#1
Paulo Teixeira Trustee Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,773	CineForm + Fat32 Compatibility I'm using a Windows computer and I have NeoScene installed. This must seam like a very basic question but I have to ask anyway since for the last several minutes I'm having trouble finding the answer. I got an external hard drive that is formatted to Fat 32 and my question is how do I deal with the 4 gig limit for large files? Their should be an option somewhere in which I can set it to make multiple 3.99 gig files. I really don't feel like reformatting that hard drive since I want it to work in both Windows and Mac computers. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/PhotoVi...esEtc/featured https://www.pond5.com/artist/paulot

March 11th, 2010, 03:40 PM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	This normally no practical reason to use FAT32 formatted drives, as the file size limitation and more painful that mild inconvience of using NTFS on the Mac. Reformat to NTFS and use an NTFS tool or MacFUSE to add write capability (read is supported as standard.) PARAGON Software Group - NTFS for Mac, communication channel between Mac OS X and Windows Geek info on MacFuse. MacFUSE: FUSE for the Mac! - Page 4 - AppleNova Forums __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

March 11th, 2010, 03:57 PM	#3
Paulo Teixeira Trustee Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,773	That's what I was afraid off since I sometimes work in many different MAC computers although my home computer is Windows. The good news is that I don't have to spend any more of my free time looking for information on how to do it and that the hard drive doesn't really have much on it so it wont be a problem to reformat it. Thanks for the quick response. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/PhotoVi...esEtc/featured https://www.pond5.com/artist/paulot

March 11th, 2010, 08:03 PM	#4
Don Blish Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Portland OR Posts: 227	Use NTFS and add plugin I had occasion to "rescue" an HD movie on a friends full-to-the-brim iMac. The solution I had was to format the external as NTFS on my windows machine, then install the linux based NTFS writing module on the Mac so it could write to the drive. (I then authored on BluRay on my Win machine.)