error code -8084

hi ds.

thanks as always. i will run the disk utility as well.

this makes a lot of sense and helps a great deal. is it possible you have any idea as to why this data transfer does work without error if i do a "sneaker net" (old architecture office terminology...) and walk over to my macpro, insert a zip drive, copy the data to the drive and then walk it over to my laptop and copy from the zip - all without error? I mean, presumably there is something about the transfer from one mac volume to a second mac volume that is catching this?

also, i am about to try and hook up chronosync to actually start automatically copying this folder from one mcachine to another - which I assume you think is OK in general after i find the file that is causig this erro is this right?.

THANKS

ooh man. thanks.

i seem to really need to get on top of some of this a little better. is it possible to get a little more info on this kind of thing on this thread even if it is slightly off-topic? this would let me print it out and refer to it later...

anyway, is the Erase Free Space applied to a volume that information is moving to or one that is moving from or both? also, can i ask you if setting permissions as you describe can simply be done by using Get Info on the Documents folder and expect it to travel down to everything? i seem to have problems with permissions often enough between the laptop and the desktop that i somehow think that OSX is a little buggy with this or that i handle something wrong.

lastly, is it possible that you have an idea as to what happens when i DO get an error when moving files between Volumes? I mean, say I have a folder with folders and files in it and even sub-folders in the folders. Is it possible to know definitively what happens when a COPY or a MOVE (copy with the CMD or the Option Key (i forget) held down).

i mean, assuming that i am doing something else and i have LOST the opportunity to simply do an UNDO on the Move or on the Copy, is there a definitive way to understand what has happened with respect to the original folder? say I decide i want to simply delete the partially moved or partially copied destination folder is it possible to know if the ORIGINATING folder is always intact?

I've asked a number of times on this but I seem to run into it enough to suddenly find myself in the same situation and not really understanding how to get out of it...and because I am getting work done i never have time to resolve it fully and would like to have a way to understand what to do next time if at all possible...

THANKS