"there isn't enough free space" error

When trying to copy files to a flash drive, I keep getting an error message that says "the item "name" can't be copied because there isn't enough free space", when clearly there is plenty of disk space on both the hard drive of the computer and the currently empty flash drive. Is there a fix for this?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 14, 2012 2:58 PM

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Posted on Jul 14, 2012 3:00 PM

Agm95 wrote:


When trying to copy files to a flash drive, I keep getting an error message that says "the item "name" can't be copied because there isn't enough free space", when clearly there is plenty of disk space on both the hard drive of the computer and the currently empty flash drive. Is there a fix for this?

Have you emptied the trash with the Flash Drive plugged in?


Pete

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