[zxhet]

Hi,
I'm running 10.7.2. I wanted to encrypt some of the files in my external hard drive so I created a sparse image (maximum size set to 550gb) and tried to move those files (200gb) into it. But it wouldn't allow that because "there isn't enough space". My understanding is that the sparse image will expand as needed as long as the files are within its size limit. So why is this happening? I also tried to create an image directly from those files. It was working at first but then it stopped after a minute because the files are too large.

So, is there a limit to how much you can encrypt at one time? How can I encrypt this 200gb folder?

Thanks!

[zxhet]

I had to use bundle sparse to solve this problem. The data transfer rate is ten times faster, too. Amazing! So I guess the regular sparse image is limited to 4.29G? cuz I can't drag any file bigger than that to a sparse image, and anything added after the image is already at 4.29G will become corrupted.

BTW, when creating the bundle sparse image, do the partition options matter? Do they affect the data transfer rate?