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Error 36 message

II'm trying to copy my iphoto from one extetnal hardrive to another external harddrive. It comes up with Error 36, some data in the IPhoto library can't be read or written. The MacBook Pro is brand new so I'm assuming it has all the recent operating systems. The externa

harddrives e's are both brand new. I have no photos on the Macbook itself, only on the external harddrive. I'm trying to copy this for back up reasons. Whst do I do please. I'm very new to Macbbok and Iphoto so have no idea what to do at all.

Mac Pro, iOS 8.0.2

Posted on Nov 22, 2014 9:28 AM

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léonie

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Nov 22, 2014 10:30 AM in response to Piadro

Is the error message "error code -36"?

"error code -36" is an I/O error.

I have seen it at these occasions:

Hardware problems: When either the source drive or the destination drive are starting to fail. When you are seeing this error, back up your drive asap, to be on the safe side, as long as you can still read it and check the drive with disk utility.
Wrong file system: When one of the drives is not formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled), there may be files that cannot be written with the original filename. For example files with ethnic characters in the name can cause problems when writing them to a drive, that is not formatted correctly (see: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library,iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users) Check the file system of your external drives. How are they formatted?
Library corruption and permission problems: Set the "ignore Ownership on this volume" flag for your external drive.
Try the iPhoto Library First Aid Tools and repair or rebuild your iPhoto LIbrary.

To repair the iPhoto library with the First Aid tools:

Try to launch into the First Aid Tools by holding down the key combination option-command ⌥⌘ and clicking the iPhoto icon to launch iPhoto.
Keep the two buttons firmly held down, until you are seeing the First Aid panel.
Then select "Repair database".

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