How to solve this problem: The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “” can’t be read or written.
(Error code -36)
Every time I try to copy a folder to my seagate external hard drives I get this message.
The drives are less than a year old, the drives and folders are not locked, I'm using OS Ventura and I've switched to zsh bash.
iMac 27″, macOS 13.2
sean6770 wrote:
I've had the drives since December 2022. They're Mac formatted. Up until 2 weeks ago I was able to always copy folders to the drives; capture one folders and desktop created folders, etc. Now I can't copy any folders to either drive.
Drives can fail at anytime, sometime new out of the box...
Did you try the Disk First Aid on the external...?
How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility
How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support
sean6770 wrote:
Are you saying I need to upgrade the software for the drives to W/R because of the new OS Ventura?
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I am saying if the external drive format was NTFS to have r/w access on the macOS you need third party software...
typically for Mac only what you want is GUID/APFS the macOS can r/w natively—then no third party software is required.
ref: Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac
Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
sean6770 wrote:
How to solve this problem: The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “” can’t be read or written.
(Error code -36)
Every time I try to copy a folder to my seagate external hard drives I get this message.
The drives are less than a year old, the drives and folders are not locked, I'm using OS Ventura and I've switched to zsh bash.
copy or write in general .... you do not make this clear(?)
How is the external drive formatted? If NTFS to have r/w access on the macOS you need to update your supporting third party software.
examples:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/
http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/
https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G
https://iboysoft.com/mac-drive-manager/ntfs-for-mac/free-software-read-write-ntfs-mac.html
old issue, new issue, what changed...
error -36
dot files was an old issue with mounted FAT32 or exFAT drive,
you can remove dot underscore files with from Terminal, example:
dot_clean -m /Volumes/mounted_name
I've had the drives since December 2022. They're Mac formatted. Up until 2 weeks ago I was able to always copy folders to the drives; capture one folders and desktop created folders, etc. Now I can't copy any folders to either drive.
My drives are both Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with permissions to read/write.
I tried the drives on another computer and they both worked fine. When I go into the system HD to change permissions by clicking on the +/- icon, I get this message: The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission.
Under sharing and permissions it says: You can only read
NAME Privilege
system Read & Write
wheel Read Only
everyone Read Only
When I click on Action icon: apply to enclosed items, I get this message: Are you sure you want to apply the selected owner, group, and permissions to all the enclosed items?
Are you saying I need to upgrade the software for the drives to W/R because of the new OS Ventura?
sean6770 wrote:
NTFS is a file system— NT file system
(Error code -36)
