Photos not importing on newly copied Photos Library

Thanks again Old Toad, I finally got it to work. I reformatted my Samsung T7 to APFS and tried to just copy my entire library over again with the same -36 error. So I retried using the folder by folder method and thankfully it seems everything is working.

I do have one issue which can be looked over but is annoying and it's a problem that I've had a few years now. I've just dealt with it. That's the computer losing focus each time I add a keyword to a photo or video. It bounces to the finder each time and I have to activate Photos again by clicking the Photos screen.

Before I switched to the new drive, I could usually add multiple keywords to any photo or video before the computer lost focus but now it's every time I add a new keyword. It used to happen (and still does - I really notice it while typing) during any task. It just happens more often now in Photos.

I did find a previous discussion about this and you answered it but is was in 2020. I've had this issue for quite a few years. I've never timed it, and it's not every 15-30 seconds like one user was experiencing but it can hamper production. It seems random.

I bought a new iMac in January (2024) and used the Time Machine feature to transfer all my files and it does the same thing with the new iMac. In the discussion you suggested downloading and installing Etrecheck. I'm wondering since it's been four years do you still recommend this or have you found what is actually causing this problem without doing that?

Thank you again for all your help, I really appreciate it. I understand if I need to start a new discussion for this finder issue, just let me know.

-Jaime

First, thank you for answering my question and helping me. :)

Secondly, I did a quick get info on the Samsung hd and it says ExFat formatted. So maybe that's the culprit? But it has allowed me to copy the Photos library and work from it, just not import any new photos. I would think if it wasn't compatible, I wouldn't be able to use it at all.

Next, I created the test library like you suggested and it's the same issue. I cannot import any new photos to the test library.

Then, I opened the original library that I'm trying to copy and was able to import new photos to it, albeit very slowly. (could be the hd is having issues?)

So just to test further, I had another library (how it got started I don't know, it just did it on its own earlier this year - hence why I wanted to get a new HD for my photos because I thought it might be failing) it had previously been named "library 2" and I tried to import the photos from my iPhone to it and it works.

I do run AVG on my iMac.

What do you suggest now Old Toad?

Thank you Old Toad, I will do as you suggest here and let you know how it goes. I appreciate your help so much!