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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 460862" data-attributes="member: 11647">You could use the split command via the Terminal.&nbsp; &nbsp; split -b2047m inputfilenamewill generate smaller filenames starting with the letter x and two appended sorted characters, eg: xaa, xab, xac, etc. The original file is left intact. I'd personally do this in a subdirectory. By the way, the 2047 number is the maximum you can use, so in your case you will get 2 or 3 files.To put the files back together, in the terminal simply type&nbsp; &nbsp; cat x* &gt;completefilenameVersion tracker listed several utilities to do this.Note that the splitting and recombining of files generates a great deal of disk activity. This can cause severe slow down of other applications. I was having issues with a few GUI apps I had open, and possibly network issues due to working with a 6.4GB file. So, patience is a virtue here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xstep, post: 460862, member: 11647"] You could use the split command via the Terminal. split -b2047m inputfilename will generate smaller filenames starting with the letter x and two appended sorted characters, eg: xaa, xab, xac, etc. The original file is left intact. I'd personally do this in a subdirectory. By the way, the 2047 number is the maximum you can use, so in your case you will get 2 or 3 files. To put the files back together, in the terminal simply type cat x* >completefilename Version tracker listed several utilities to do this. Note that the splitting and recombining of files generates a great deal of disk activity. This can cause severe slow down of other applications. I was having issues with a few GUI apps I had open, and possibly network issues due to working with a 6.4GB file. So, patience is a virtue here. [/QUOTE]

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