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Q: Unable to transfer iPhoto Library (9.6) despite Rebuilding Library

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Mac Mini (Mid 2011)

OSX Yosemite 10.10.2

iPhoto 9.6

 

Disk Description : SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB Media  Total Capacity : 1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 Bytes)

Connection Bus : SATA  Write Status : Read/Write

Connection Type : Internal  S.M.A.R.T. Status : Failing

Connection ID : "Upper"  Partition Map Scheme : GUID Partition Table

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After noticing one of my 1TB Samsung drive was failing (S.M.A.R.T.Status), I decided to copy my entire iPhoto Library that is on that internal HDD to a brand new LaCIE 4TB external HDD before the drive completely fails and I lose everything.

 

After managing to copy 800MB of a 242GB Library (drag and drop, Control-C), I get the following error message:

 

 

The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “iPhoto Library” can’t be read or written.(Error code -36)

 

 

After COMMAND + OPTION and selecting the iPhoto icon, I decided to rebuild the entire library as detailed in Apple's Support Document: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201769

 

 

The iPhoto Library successfully rebuilt but I still receive the error code message (-36) when trying to copy the iPhoto Library to my external HDD.

 

How would I go about saving/copying/moving my entire iPhoto Library before the Samsung HDD fails completely?

 

I assume the error message I am receiving is based on the fact that Samsung HDD is failing.

 

Is there a possibility of doing a localise backup (Time Machine backup of just that iPhoto Library) as I do not have sufficient space to backup my entire computer.

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 9, 2015 4:03 AM

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  • by Reubania,

    Reubania Reubania Feb 13, 2015 2:59 AM in response to Reubania
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    Feb 13, 2015 2:59 AM in response to Reubania

    OK! I have success! Carbon Copy Cloner managed to clone my iPhoto Library, but in the process, it identified the following files and folders that it could not be recovered (due to bad section of the hard drive disk)

     

    Any ring a bell to you guys as the culprit (or just the HDD itself)?

     

    Screen Shot 2015-02-13 at 9.55.16 pm.png

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Feb 13, 2015 4:18 AM in response to Reubania
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    Feb 13, 2015 4:18 AM in response to Reubania

    The good news is that there is nothing there than cannot be recreated by iPhoto. I would take CCC's report - bad sector on the disk - as the most likely cause.

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