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Compacting 6 GBs to fit on DVD

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Is there anyway with either Apple archiver or with Stuffit Deluxe 12 that i can compact a 6.29 GB file to fit onto a DVD? I have an ISO that need to fit to one. And also i have a 2.23 GB file that i need to compact down to less tan 1.5 GBs, how can i do that one?
 
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Doubtful. You will have to get a dual-layer (which are expensive). They can hold a bit more than 8 GB. Your MBP has a superdrive, so it would be no problem. Or use an iPod or another portable drive.
 
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Does this sound wierd, but i tried putting it onto one of my portable drives, and it gave error code 0, saying it was an unknown error to put it there.
 
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Oh yeah, it can't be formatted as FAT32...which is what most drives are formatted as :O FAT32 can only hold single files as big as 4 GBs.

Sorry :( You might just have to get the dual-layer disc.
 
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cheesybanana said:
Oh yeah, it can't be formatted as FAT32...which is what most drives are formatted as :O FAT32 can only hold single files as big as 4 GBs.

Sorry :( You might just have to get the dual-layer disc.
Click to expand...

Or just format the external drive with HFS+. If he hasta share it with a Windows computer, then use Windows to format it in NTFS and download a couple free packages to enable OS X to read and write NTFS volumes.

MacFUSE
NTFS-3G
 

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