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Automator Copy Finder Items - file couldn't be saved error

I have a simple automator sequence that suddenly stopped working for no apparent reason. Copy Finder Items has started returning an error "the file xxx couldn't be saved to the folder yyy" Happens for different files and folders. Can't see anythng that's changed. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.3), iPad, iOS 5

Posted on Jun 7, 2012 5:35 PM

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Posted on Jun 12, 2012 11:46 AM

This suddenly resolved itself after 3 days. Again for no apparent reason.

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Jan 16, 2014 7:55 AM in response to Peter Russell1

I'm currently having the same issue, and have had it with mulitple automator scripts on multiple computers, but it's not fixing itseltf. Anyone know what this error could be?

I've noticed that I get the above error most often after getting and then correcting permissions errors in the same workflow. Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

Automator Copy Finder Items - file couldn't be saved error

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