Re: [OT] 2GB file limit

FROM : Dave DeLong
DATE : Sun Apr 03 20:17:13 2005

Yes, I'm aware that HFS+ can handle super large files, which is why I'm
so perplexed.

And I am using the latest Safari.  I've tried Safari 1.2.4 (v125.12),
FireFox, Interarchy, and Transmit.  None of them have worked.

Thanks (and I continue to apologize for the off-topicness)

Dave DeLong

On Apr 3, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Shawn Erickson wrote:

>
> On Apr 2, 2005, at 8:39 PM, Dave DeLong wrote:
>

>> I think I found my answer on the scitech mailing list at apple.com....
>>
>> I did "limit filesize unlimited" in the command line, and I'm going
>> to go try it again....

>
> You don't need that.
>
> I have files well into the 130GB range on my systems currently. HFS+
> supports files larger then 2 GB (talking TB in size) and most software
> carbonized for Mac OS X should being using APIs to allow that (all new
> applications should work unless the developer did something stupid).
>
> -Shawn
>
>