Problems copying files in Lion?

I see no issues here with regard to OS X. You had a flakey microSD card (no big surprise there, they're all questionable at some point in their history - many right off the bat), which you fixed with NTFS tools which Apple does not support. Also note that they do not natively support writing to NTFS drives either. It's a Microsoft format, what do you expect? NTFS drives with errors (often due to removing from your Windows or Mac OS without unmounting/ejecting and waiting long enough) always cause problems and are often worse in OS X, which may refuse to mount said drive entirely (for the safety of your own files).

As for a Logitech webcam not working well on a Mac... welcome to Logitech. Ask them to hire some competent programmers and consider more than just WIndows as a relevant host OS.

CPngN wrote:

As for a Logitech webcam not working well on a Mac... welcome to Logitech. Ask them to hire some competent programmers and consider more than just WIndows as a relevant host OS.

Hear hear!!! Well said!! Logitech seriously, what an oxymoron Logic? Technology? I do not think so. For most I know, on Windows and especially Mac, some of the most unreliable and buggiest products on the market, often reflected by their price.

Pete

There was nothing wrong with the memory card, the checks didn't find any errors. I understand that Apple doesn't fully support NTFS but it is a standard format FAT32. It seems to think there is something wrong with the files but I bet if I bootcamp over to Windows 7 and copy them then they'll play fine.

FAT32 is a standard for memory cards these days, originally Microsoft but used by everyone.

I've removed the card and put it into an adaptor and plugged it into the Mac mini SD card slot and it works fine. It may be the cable that's the issue but same cable worked in Windows 7 so I think this is still an issue ith USB on the Mac and copying data.

Yes, Logitec are becoming like Sony, a company you want to like but poor customer service and rip-off prices mean I'll think of looking elsewhere in future. I want a Webcam, Logitec won't support my existing one under OS X and I'm not going to trade it in for a 20% discount off a Mac camera.

Oddly, Canon didn't support my EOS 350D under Windows 7 64 bit but it works perfectly on the Mac over USB so I'm not sure where the issue is here with the copying, but there's certainly issues with USB.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with you Mick_M.

I have recently (April 2012) upgraded from my 2007 Mac Mini to this year's model. While the hardware has increased in power, the software appears not to match it.

I drag and drop large no's of files (anywhere between 3,000 - 25,000) and the copy process freezes. Finder doesn't freeze, but the copy process never finishes.

On my 2007 Mac Mini (10.6) there is no problem (I still have it on backup). However, 10.7 I do not like.

I work in pseudo tech support and when that organisation moved to Windows 7 (from XP) I have had to resort to DOS commands to find files fast since Explorer would take f...o...r...e...v...e...r.

I find myself doing the same for OSX 10.7, not DOS, but creating Automator scripts to move the files...

Given that there are 79 replies to the original post and that I have suffered with this issue since purchase and only sought assistance now - I am guessing there are many, many more people experiencing frustration with this.

My experience is in moving files between folders on my Mac Mini's hard drive, so the issue must be in Finder. It's not a hardware problem: my current Mac Mini has 8GB of RAM at 2.3GHz on Quad core. My old Mac Mini has 2 GB of RAM at 1.8 GHz on Dual core.

I'm not going to bash the Apple brand. But it does make me wonder where Apple is heading...

I would encourage Apple to make sure the basics work before they add the 'bells and whistles'. If the basics don't work then the difference between Apple and its competitors are magnified. I moved to Apple due to stability risks in basic functions on non-Apple systems (July 2007). That was the key difference for me.

Please address this issue Apple. I really do love my Mac Mini, but I really am after a computer which performs its basic functions without operator pain.

Mark Fox.

I just moved 4,369 files (avg size 500kB) in 7.614 seconds by Automator since Finder failed to do anything in a minute...It's a poor solution, but it is a solution...

Just did the same on my old MacMini: 3 seconds quicker...