Greg Sharp wrote:
On 25/2/05 12:06 PM, "Michael Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When I simply drag the photos (not iPhoto) folder to the new drive I
either get a message "Some files could not be copied. Do you want to
skip these and continue?" When I click Yes, files are transferred but
about half of them (approx. 800MB worth) haven't been copied across and
I can't work out which are on the new drive and which are still on the
original drive because the original folder on my existing hard drive
contains all of them. I've gone through the image files as best I can
and removed and / or & in the names of the files. Mind you, I would have
thought that if I can have names of files on my HD with such characters,
why wouldn't I be able to on the new firewire drive?
Because of permissions in OS X you can't just drag files from one disk to
another. You will need to use Carbon Copy Cloner or some other similar
backup utility to maintain correct permissions. Wipe your firewire drive and
try again using one of these utilities.
All the best
Greg Sharp
I may be wrong but I thought only 'system' files and similar cause the
need to use such utilities.
I believe Michael is merely talking about photos etc.
I did what he is attempting without issues.
Michael, there may be some special files inside the 'photos folder' you
mention that are causing this glitch.
You could try a search on that folder for just your graphic files, try
searching for .jpg .gif etc to isolate out just your media, then copy
from that results list.
It will however leave behind any directory structure you currently have
under that folder.
You can of course recreate those folders on the new drive once the
pictures have been copied over.
I'm an iPhoto virgin, so I know 0 about it but I imagine it could export
those files or it's library to a nominated destination, any thoughts?
Good Luck
Paul
