Moving large files from mac to PC

Pij · 27 Mar 2012 at 11:00

moved to windows after using macs for years, but I need to move a 40 odd gig file over to the new windows 7 pc, I cannot read NTFS on the mac, so thats out, and FAT32 file limit stops me aswell.

Any idea how I can get this over other than over the network.

Combat squirrel · 27 Mar 2012 at 13:15

Get an ntfs driver for the mac, or software is available for windows that can read mac drives, or do it over a network, a 1 gigabit should transfer around 60mb/s , so it won't take long, 40gb isn't that much.

twist3d0n3 · 27 Mar 2012 at 13:35

my mac seems to transfer bloody slow over the network to my server, about 8-10mbps. going the other way is speedy tho.

seems like it'll be your best bet though, unless you cba to find an ntfs driver for mac

Sp00n · 27 Mar 2012 at 14:11

Why not over a network?

bledd · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:31

Another option is to burn Ubuntu or LinuxMint to a CDR, boot from that on the Mac and copy the file to an NTFS hard drive.

Personally, I'd just do it the network way.

USB2 maxes out at around 30MB/s, Gigabit network is around 120MB/s (you'd expect a minimum of 50MB/s), 100Mbit network is around 12.5MB/s

Gammawolf · 27 Mar 2012 at 17:16

Windows and OSX support reading from exFAT, you'll be able to put your 40GB file on that file system no problem.