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I am getting this error when moving a file. I tried changing the name to something else, but it doesn't work.
You can’t copy “brandon new.fcpbundle” because it has the same name as another item on the destination volume, and that volume doesn’t distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames.
How do I solve this please?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.4
Should have mentioned in the original message. I have already tried renaming the file many times.
Here is the exact error message:
You can’t copy “brandon new1.fcpbundle” because it has the same name as another item on the destination volume, and that volume doesn’t distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames.
It's on an external drive, and I'm trying to move it to another external drive.
I contacted Apple Support this morning and they advised me to put the computer in safe mode. Which I did. Then the password wouldn't work. Then I had to literally uninstall and reinstall Ventura and restore everything from time machine. It was a laborious process, but now that's all done, I'm still here.
The fcp file won't move between 2 externals via my macbook pro.
So is the source volume case-sensitive and the target volume case-insensitive? If that is the case (pun not intended), then I'd just finish or re-create the FCP project. Or ask FCP forum for more options how to convert the project to case-insensitive.
Case-insensitive is recommended unless the user knows what s/he is doing.
PhilCF wrote:
It's on an external drive, and I'm trying to move it to another external drive.
I should have been more specific. Is either one a Time Machine drive? If so, you can't move a file to a Time Machine drive.
Rename the file.
I rename exactly as KT suggests by appending 1 to the end of the file name. Maintains file name continuity.
Where is the file located and where are you trying to move it to?
Cannot move file - Getting this error message: "same name as another item on destination volume"
