Re: [OT] 2GB file limit

FROM : James Bucanek
DATE : Mon Apr 04 02:11:21 2005

Dave DeLong wrote on Sunday, April 3, 2005:

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


HFS+ can, but a lot of the old APIs can't.  And there is still a lot of code out there that uses the old APIs (or internally uses 32-bit longs for file lengths/positions).

>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.


Very odd.  I've had no problem with Safari.  In fact, downloading files over 2GB is one of the few reasons I fire Safari up these days.

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James Bucanek <mailto:<email_removed>>