I am trying to copy my Photos library to an external hard drive. It is 140g. It get to about 395g and then a box pops up that says: "The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "Photos Library.photoslibrary" can't be read or written. (Error code -36)" I need to find which of the photos or videos are read or write only. How do I do this?
Macbook pro
Oops. I meant to say it "gets to about 135g" and stops. Not 395g
There really isn't any good way, and anyway it might not be a photo or video, could be a db or metadata file.
Workaround: use a bak up utility to copy the library for you - essentially, 'back up' the library to the new location. That will manage this issue for you. Any utility that makes a copy of the library in the same format will do (which rules out Time Machine). Chronosync or Superduper spring to mind.
Read or write only photos
