Message to Apple: Why do you fix things that aren't broken and break them?

Ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I've had problems. The biggest one is that I can no longer back up anything larger than 4GB which means I have to chop up captured scratch files (I'm a filmmaker) I cannot figure out why Apple would change this but it has caused nothing but problems. Today I was using QT 7 (because 10 is worse than anything else I ever had to use on a PC) to chop a 20GB file and the first 6 parts worked fine and then the 7th could not be saved because "the offset file was too big"
This really isn't a question to be answered, but a petition to get Apple to notice how ticked we are at the 4GB rule in finder. If you have had similar problems, post a reply. Maybe when ever MAC user in the united states has posted on this topic Apple will put Finder back the way it was.

Wrong forum.
If you want to report this issue to Apple's engineering, send a bug report or an enhancement request via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, join the Apple Developer Connection (ADC)—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report or enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure over submitting feedback is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.
BTW, IIRC, there's only a 4 GB limit when you're copying to a windoze formatted HD.

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