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I'm trying to copy files from a Maxtor external HD to a newer Iomega HD using Finder, but the files won't copy over. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
What error, if any, do you get, or do you see a forbidden symbol when you try to drag and drop?
How is the Iomega HD formatted? If it's empty, you should probably reformat to Mac Extended format using Disk Utility.
Matt
No, I don't get an error message it just doesn't allow the drag and drop or copy and paste. Nothing happens and all it displays is an icon with a circle and line (i think). Both my hard drives have content on them and what I'm trying to do is move content off on old one on to the newer one.
Does the second (IOMega) drive have system folders on it? That would explain a lack of permissions to copy.
You might want to try clicking on the drive icon once, clicking cmd-i, and opening the Permissions tab. Try checking "Ignore permsisions on this drive".
Matt
Copying files from hard drive
