Copying to Network Drive Error code -36

Hello Magic Dan,
I get a bit suspicios about XP64 and the LaCie drive.
Can you first of all try to download a new drive for the LaCie drive?
One which is suitable for XP64.

To alter in the registry is as I said something one would do as a last
resource.

As a second suggestion I would recommend you to search the net
for "error code 36" to get some more explanations.

Best regards
Dag S.

Dag S
Thanks again for your reply. I have all the lastest drivers for my Lacie drive, its just a desktop usb drive, so no special drivers are really needed I don't think.

I have now installed MacFUSE and NTFS-3G onto my mac. I have also converted my Lacie drive from Fat 32 to NTFS and yet still no luck. It gives me the same -41 error

Hmm, this doesn't solve my problem. I get this error when I try to copy my 240 GB iPhoto library via Gigabit Ethernet network from my Mac Pro over to my Mac Mini's attached Drobo which is formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

I raised a bug report on the 15th September. Apple has asked for some more detail from me. Haven't heard anything further. It is still open.

I shouldn't need to tweak or change anything to security settings. This is clearly a bug with copying packages. I can copy other files just fine.

Before anyone thinks of following the actions in the KB article that Stuart Marden linked to ( http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2207), please note that the article does not apply to OS X.

The KB article specifically targets ancient versions of MacOS (system 7 through system 9), and trying to trash the Finder in OS X will probably cause more harm than good.

i appear to have the same problems, however i cant believe i would, bearing in mind the simple connection i am trying to make.

i have a macbook and an external harddrive (samba) connected via SMB using my wireless router. Itunes and movies are stored on this drive.

the solution worked perfectly in Leopard. The upgrade to Snow Leopard now provides me with -36 errors everytime itunes looks for a song or i try to open a file from finder. if i copy from the network drive to my desktop it works fine.

i cant burn cds in itunes either as it tries to add them into the share drive. same for downloading podcasts!

so what are my options, surely this is a simple bug? maybe i am connecting in the wrong manner??

i cant believe i can no longer access my music?

help me obi-wan, your my only hope....

I don't think it is dead. And many have not found fixes or work arounds. For myself, I have started using FTP to move files to and from my NAS device, but that is not the same as being able to access them as a regular drive like I was with 10.4.

Same problem here...I bought a Time Capsule, completed a full backup of my mbp (Leopard) and then completed an erase and install of Snow Leopard. Now I can't restore any files from my backup. What a kick in the stomach.

For example:

The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “03 What's Up.mp3” can’t be read or written.
(Error code -36)

Thanks, Apple.

If Apple does not "officially" read and respond on these boards, then why is it on the Apple website under the Support category? And even so, this problem was opened up on this "discussion board" more than 3 months ago. Various people have said that they have taken it to the Apple support team, and have discussed the issue with them. It was reported that it was supposed to be fixed in 10.6.2, but wasn't. And I have heard that it is supposed to be addressed in 10.6.3, but who knows when that is coming out.

In today's world of social networking, every community forum, especially those on your own site, should be monitored and issues addressed appropriately. It could be from someone in the PR department letting us know that the issue has been entered into the bug system and even providing us with some tracking number or something.

Apple has the reputation of being elitist, and this is one of the reasons why.

Message was edited by: gswd

It is amusing what William Kucharski writes.
Apple introduce a new OS version and things which have worked before does not work anymore. Now the users should find the bugs or what? Are the users developers? Do they get beta versions for testing?
I am very confused about this message of William.

CarCode wrote:
By the way who is William? Does he belongs to the Apple staff?
So why he does not post something like: Yes, the bug is known and Apple works for an update.

I'm just a user like you - I do not now nor never have worked for Apple.

If you want to know whether Apple knows about the issue and/or is working on it, for the third time contact AppleCare or join ADC and file a bug report.

William, please.
Submitting a bug report to Apple does not help me with this issue. I'm quite sure without bug reports Apple would still know about this issue as well. Even still, to answer your question. Yes, I have contacted Apple...and nothing. It's another problem with Snow Leopard and I am guessing certain drives. Problem is, I am having this problem too. It's pretty bad when there are over 10 pages of this stuff and this question still has not been answered. As much as people want to say Apple has nothing to do with these forums is complete bs as well. This *****.

I have exactly the same problem. Files downloaded from an FTP server, copied from a PB 12" running 10.5, copied to a USB key, then copied to a Windows network server, then recopied to a USB key..

And then I copy it to from the USB to my 15.4" running 10.6, and then copy it back to the USB key.... error code -36 on some files that I never even touched/modified using the 10.6 machine...

I can't even delete them from the trash and there's a "read/write error".. or "file is currently in use" which is BS as I've just rebooted...

Very, very frustrating

Doesn't work for me either. I STILL cannot open any files stored on my LAN drive (connected via smb). If I try to open a photo, listen to an MP3 or view a video, I get the -36 error. Before Snow Leopard, this worked fine. Ho hum....

Many thanks for that, herveyw. That fixed my problem as well. The share I could no longer copy files to was a CIFS share on opensolaris. Followed the instructions and all works fine now. Outstanding!

Regards,
David

any further updates. i am still struggling to use itunes (it wont burn any songs if i use my sharedrive as the location folder for songs) or watch any videos/files kept on the share either.....

just to add, it all worked fine in the previous version, it appears to be purely snow leopard related.

Tried dot clean and the stream fix.
Using snow leopard and a landrive using SMB.

james