What does error code -50 mean?

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What does error code -50 mean?

Hi People.

I am trying to copy files from my MacBook Pro to my iMac in target mode. I keep getting the error message "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)."

I have seen an earlier discussion sugesting using the cp - R in Terminal, but after following the instructions in that thread, and quitting Terminal, nothing seems to happen.

The files I am transferring are a mix of regualr jpegs and .cr2 files (Canon RAW files). Both discs are running the same software and same OS (Lion).

iMac (24-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 12, 2012 7:47 AM

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Linc Davis

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Jul 12, 2012 9:57 AM in response to Steve Howse

I have seen an earlier discussion sugesting using the cp - R in Terminal, but after following the instructions in that thread, and quitting Terminal, nothing seems to happen.

Something must have happened. What did you do exactly?

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Steve Howse Author

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Jul 12, 2012 10:10 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks for the reply Linc

I followed the instruction laid out in this article - http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20831

I thought I may habve not put the spaces in the right place, so went through it a coupkle of times.

I have actually worled around now by copying the files to my shared folder on the iMac, as the final destination was actually a WD My Book 2. However, once the files were on my iMac, I still couldn't copy over to my external HD... I think it may have been something to do with paths or permissions. So finally I restared all of my machines, and tried again - with success!

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MiiCK

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Jul 12, 2012 10:27 AM in response to Steve Howse

There was an update through software update for Camera RAW compatibility, if your not up to date I would have suggested that. Glad it's all sorted now anyway.

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Steve Howse Author

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Jul 12, 2012 10:55 AM in response to MiiCK

Hey Mick,

Yup, I checked that and it wasn't the issue. Not sure what it was but the old 'switch off / switch on' technique seemed to work!

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