The file "" can't be copied because it is too large for the volume's format

I've come across this error whilst trying to transfer a 7 gigabyte file onto various hard drives. It is apparent that file sizes smaller than this can be transferred however there seems to be a problem with this. I've tried to use the help of various forums but I simply have to no clue what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Specs; Macbook Pro 13-inch, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, OSX 10.9.4

You need to either segment the file or reformat the drive as Mac OS Extended, exFAT, or NTFS.
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Big file can't be copied because it is too large for the volume's format

even thought i have formated my hard drive as an mac extended. but still facing the same problem so what could be the solution of this kind of problem..

HFS+ has a volume size limit of 8 exabytes, and so far I haven't seen any drives in those volume sizes.
What's likely the problem is there isn't enough free space to copy the file to your hard drive.

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i have a macbook pro and a external hard drive 1tb. the thing is i can not copy any file that is more than 4gb. i know that fat partiotion has restriction. How i can format my external hard drive so i can copy and paste file on it from windows and mac os?

That is because the drive if formatted FAT32 and with a FAT32 formatted drive you can't store any file that is larger then 4GB (actually you can't store/save any file that is 4GBs. It has to be Slightly smaller then 4GB).
So you need to format that drive with Mac Extended (Journaled) with a Partition Table of GUID or format it exFAT.
exFAT if you plan on using that external on both Mac and Windows computers. Mac Extended (Journaled) if it will only be used on Mac computers.
If you format it exFAT do that on a Windows computer as Mac screws up the formatting and it then can't be read on Windows computers. Doing it on a Windows computer it can be read and written to on both Win and Mac.

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I am attempting to tranfer a movie from my local hard drive to my WD 2TB HD and the comment on my screen is: The item “Mam's Australian Adventure.mov” can’t be copied because it is too large for the volume's format. Can you help me?

How is your WD drive formatted? If FAT32 you have probably hit its file size limitation. Unless you are also running Windows, your external drive should be formatted as HFS Extended (Journaled).

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Hello,
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Way can not copy and past to my external hard

babanoel7777 wrote:
Way can not copy and past to my external hard
Your file is too large to be saved on the destinaion drive, that usually means that the fie is over 4GB and the drive is formatted MSDOS (Fat32)
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I felt like I needed to.
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I am having a similar problem. I am evaluating Numbers 09 for the first time and would like to get rid of Excel, which seems incredibly slow to open. I'm ready for a change and I like the look and feel of Numbers.
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http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/apirefs.1111/e15862/toc.htm
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5868958?tstart=30
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Geoff.

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