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see this error when you are attempting to copy files to an external hard drive that is formatted as FAT. FAT32 is a Windows file system that can be read and written to by Mac OS X. The problem with
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FAT32 format is that they can not hold file sizes larger than 4GB, so if you are unexpected error code 0 mac trying to copy a file that is larger than 4GB to a FAT32 formatted drive you will immediately be presented with the ‘error code 0' the operation cannot be completed because an unexpected error occurred error code -50 message. The simplest solution is to use drives formatted with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or HFS+ file systems, however a Windows PC will not be able to access either of these file systems without additional software. There is no reliable way to http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/error-code-0.399322/ force FAT32 to accept file sizes larger than 4GB, and FAT16 is an even older file system with worse limitations of 2GB file sizes. Do note that if you want a drive to be properly accessible by both Mac OS X and Windows, you can format the drive as NTFS, and use an NTFS mounter for Mac OS X to try and write to the drive, however NTFS is not officially supported by Apple and you may run into some problems when writing data to http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/07/copy-error-code-0/ the destination device. You're much better off using a FAT file system if you want true Mac and Windows compatibility with a drive, and as long as you avoid enormous files or copy them directly between a Mac and PC - and not the intermediary disk drive - you won't see those Error Code 0 messages in the Finder when trying to copy anything. Enjoy this tip? Subscribe to the OSXDaily newsletter to get more of our great Apple tips, tricks, and important news delivered to your inbox! Enter your email address below: Related articles: Fix for "Close Firefox: A copy of Firefox is already open." errorHow to Quickly Fix Error Code -36 in Finder of Mac OS XFix the App Store "MZFreeProductCode .ClientCannotRedeemIosApp_explanation" Promo Code Redemption ErrorFix Mac App Store Error @@errorNum@@ Posted by: David Mendez in Troubleshooting 15 Comments » Comments RSS Feed Billy Balmer McGates says: May 7, 2010 at 6:07 pm FAT is a miserable file system and NTFS isn't much better. If you have a backup drive just do yourself a favor and keep it journaled, why bother with something Mac OS doesn't even support? Reply Jacob says: October 23, 2011 at 11:27 am I'm currently sailing, I have a Macbook and an external HD and most of my colleagues have external HD's, that are formatted as NTFS. So yes Billy Balmer McGates, why bother with making other peoples HD's work with your system, when you want to be able to share files, such as pictures from
rather funny code that got me confused for quite a while. Every time I tried to copy the file it would throw up an error box saying the file can't be copied, an "unexpected error has occurred, code 0". The solution was decisively simple and very easy http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2010/01/copying-files-error-code-0.html to overcome. Its due to the FAT32 partitioning system I was copying to. This post is going to explain how you can get around it. FAT32 has a file size limit. You can read more about it on wikipedia. Due to the way the http://ask.metafilter.com/180742/Workaround-for-error-code-0 allocation is set, it wont allow files bigger than 4GB. This wasn't a problem years ago when files didn't get this big, but with home movies and large files in general this limit can be reached. With normal day to day operations with your error code Mac you won't encounter this problem. However it may come across if you are using a FAT drive or USB stick. There are two ways to get around this problem. The first is to format your destination drive to a different format, for example you can convert it to HFS which can be used by your Mac. You may run into problems if you want to use Windows. Alternatively you can use a plugin such as NTFS-3G to write to NTFS drives, this allows you to write to error code 0 it on Windows and Mac and have large file sizes. For a table on formats I recommend this one. Formatting drives can be done in Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities. Formatting can be a bit of a pain. The best way is to split the file up using an application. One method on reducing files sizes is to archive it. Most of the time this wont do much in terms of file size and you still may end up with a large file. The best way then, is to split up the file into smaller chunks. The best method is to use an app called Split&Concat. This app takes a file and splits it up into small chunks of your choosing. You can then put it on a memory stick moving it a different location and then put it back together again. There is similar apps for Windows and I assume Linux. Hopefully you understand the problem that is faced by moving large files. There is different ways to store data, each of these have different limitations and can only be read by certain types of operating system. One file allocation system may be too much to ask. As a result the best way to transfer large files with this limitation is to split them up, or find a different way of moving them. If you want to leanr more about this sort of thing, but use Terminal instead I reccommend Mac OS X Toolbox or The Mac OS X Command Line from Amazon If you want to keep up with the
MetaFilter querying the hive mind Log In Sign Up MetaFilter AskMeFi FanFare Projects Music Jobs IRL MetaTalk More Best Of Podcast Chat Labs Search MetaFilter… Menu Home FAQ About Archives Tags Popular Random Workaround for error code 0 March 14, 2011 2:47 AM Subscribe Can I use A Windows emulator on Mac OS to copy large files to a FAT32 drive (and thereby avoid the error code 0)? I'm trying to copy large video files (+ 4.5 gigs) to an external drive formatted in FAT32 through Mac OS Snow Leopard. I get the 'error code 0' that apparently is a limitation in macOS when dealing with FAT32, limiting the size of files copied. Reformatting the external drive is not an option. I've tried using the windows emulator 'Crossover 10,' but it doesn't do the trick. Also, Pathfinder doesn't seem to avert the file transfer glitch. My question is whether I could VMWare Fusion or something similar as a workaround. posted by rudster to Computers & Internet (8 answers total) Fat32 has a file size limitation of 4gb. Won't work.posted by gjc at 2:50 AM on March 14, 2011 [1 favorite] The 4 GB file size limit not a limitation of Mac OS X, but of FAT32 itself. You'll need an NTFS file system as a destination, or split up the file into two or more chunks which are both under the 4 GB limit.posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:55 AM on March 14, 2011 [1 favorite] You'll need an NTFS file system as a destination, or split up the file into two or more chunks which are both under the 4 GB limit. Or do a bit of compression to get the file under the limit. What's the current length and compression scheme (including bitrate, if applicable) and what will the file be used for?posted by Mayor Curley at 3:42 AM on March 14, 2011 As others have said, this is a FAT32 issue. You don't need to use NTFS, though. Snow Leopard natively supports exfat (aka FAT64), and so do recent versions of Windows. You can format to exfat from within Disk Utility. If you really can't reformat the drive at all, then you'll need to split the files. On Windows, I'd use 7-zip for this (you can tell it to split files with zero compression - compression won't help for most video formats). For OS X, then I'm not sure what the best tool is - I'd consider Split and Concat. Or - use your video editing software to change the video settings to get them under 4GB by reducing the size or the bitrate.posted by siskin at 6:03 AM on March 14, 2011 You are not going to get a >4GB file onto a fat32 partition, it's a limitation of fat32. One thing you can do is use rar or 7zip as mentioned