OS X Mountain Lion :: Can't Move Files From External HD
Sep 7, 2014
Currently running OSX 10.8.5. Trying to move iTunes Music directory and iPhoto to new external hard drive. They currently reside on a 1.5T WD My Passport drive. Need to copy the directories to my iMac (3.4 GHz i7) desktop and then onto my new external HD. When trying to copy to my hard drive, I get the popup: "The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data can’t be read or written. (Error code -36)."Â
These popups occur every few audio files. Thing is the files are not corrupt (I can play them in iTunes) and the volume was confirmed as clean by disk utility.Â
How do I move all the files? Line command via Terminal (if so I need specific instructions as I am not a coder).Â
I wanted to move the files originally because I was having problems in iPhoto. Rebuilt iPhoto using iPhoto Library Manager, but in rebuilding and reimporting images, I ran out of hard drive space. Saving iPhoto is paramount because it's the only source for my digital photos.Â
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OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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iMac, iOS 5.1.1
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Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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MacBook
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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 2.8Ghz i7, 21.5", 8GB, HP P2015dn
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iMac
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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
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MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 2008
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 13" Late 2012 model
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)
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MacBook Pro
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