Gary Brandt

Q: Why does DS_Store prevent copying?

After installing ML this last week I can nolonger copy to another drive. It keeps saying DS_Store already exists. I have searched for these files and can't find them. What a PITA. What's going on with ML anyway?

Mac Pro Desk 8 core 2.93GHZ 16GB ram, Raid, PB 1.67, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 3 serial SCSI 15k spin drives, MOTU DP, RME IO's

Posted on Sep 8, 2012 5:49 AM

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  • by ToolShedStudios,

    ToolShedStudios ToolShedStudios Feb 16, 2015 2:00 PM in response to Gary Brandt
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    Feb 16, 2015 2:00 PM in response to Gary Brandt

    We had the permissions checked, kept deleting everything from the drive AND emptying the trash. Finally, after giving EVERY USER permission to read/write, it worked (p.s., we were working on our main computer which we used to initialize the drive we first purchased it-WD "MyPassport for Mac USB 3.0"

     

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  • by venshield,

    venshield venshield Feb 22, 2015 2:17 PM in response to Gary Brandt
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    Feb 22, 2015 2:17 PM in response to Gary Brandt

    I believe I have found the solution!! Go to your destination folder and go to the "View / Show View Options" menu...When the little window pops up showing the view attributes of your destination folder, Make sure that "Calculate All Sizes" is UnChecked! (That's why it also works in Column View... no calculations are being performed while in Column View)... The destination folder is busy calculating the folder size as you are copying it and I'm assuming by doing that, it's trying to create brand new DS_Store files and attempting to write over the DS_Store files that already exist. Problem solved! You guys helped me solve it when somebody mentioned the Column View. Thanks!

  • by scoop3,

    scoop3 scoop3 Aug 19, 2015 1:59 AM in response to venshield
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    Aug 19, 2015 1:59 AM in response to venshield

    venshield you have hit a bullseye!

     

    I un-ticked "Calculate All Sizes" for the target disk and it's FIXED!

     

    Brilliant!

     

    Thanks you so much for making the effort to pass this out to us all!

  • by Eight Ball,

    Eight Ball Eight Ball Dec 18, 2015 1:03 AM in response to Gary Brandt
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    Dec 18, 2015 1:03 AM in response to Gary Brandt

    this one is the simplest step, works PERFECTLY !!!!!

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