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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Media files disappearing from USB memory stick & SD card
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1557001"><p>Yep, 4GB is the limitation of FAT. It's in the directory structure, so that's probably why the thumb drive is empty...no way to write the data for the bigger file. Use Disk Utility to reformat the thumb drive (you will lose everything on it) or the card (same warning) and set it to Mac OS Extended (journaled). Once you do that, however, the stick and card will not be able to be read by a Windows machine unless it's reformatted back to something Windows can read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1557001"] Yep, 4GB is the limitation of FAT. It's in the directory structure, so that's probably why the thumb drive is empty...no way to write the data for the bigger file. Use Disk Utility to reformat the thumb drive (you will lose everything on it) or the card (same warning) and set it to Mac OS Extended (journaled). Once you do that, however, the stick and card will not be able to be read by a Windows machine unless it's reformatted back to something Windows can read. [/QUOTE]
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