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One or more items can't be copied... - thermarest - 02-07-2007
Do you want to skip them and copy the remaining items?
I'm copying some files to a backup drive and quite a few of them are giving me this message. One, for example, is the Toast.app file. It doesn't appear to be locked, I have permission to read and write, yet my iBook (10.4.6) refuses to copy it and other files.
Anyone know why?
Re: One or more items can't be copied... - samintx - 02-07-2007
I'll be happy for the answer...I have had this happen also.
Re: One or more items can't be copied... - MacMagus - 02-07-2007
Have you verified your drive with the Disk Utility lately?
Re: One or more items can't be copied... - jimbrady - 02-08-2007
Option-Drag the file(s) in question to another folder and you should be good.
Re: One or more items can't be copied... - $tevie - 02-08-2007
I find that any files with symbols like $ or % or & seem to create this problem. Or I should say, eliminating them has solved this problem for me in the past. YMMV.
Re: One or more items can't be copied... - thermarest - 02-08-2007
opt-drag is a good trick, thanks!
What ended up working (by accident, since I had given up momentarily) was that SilverKeeper succeded in copying it to my backup drive, and from there it copied fine to where I wanted it. Weird. I've had the problem too with % and &, etc but thats not the case here. thanks.