crazzy88ss Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Mac OS 10.6.# Transcend JF V30 8GB flash drive. I suddenly can't copy folders to the flash drive. It'll say "The operation can't be completed because an item with the name "Folder Name" already exists." It won't let me replace it. Then it creates that folder on the flash drive. I can can create folders on the drive; i just can't copy them over... However, I can copy any file type I want to it. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2231287 Seems you're not alone. From what I can gather from skimming the posts there the issue affects FAT32/NTFS drives and was introduced with 10.6.2. 10.6.3 should be just around the corner so perhaps that will fix it. Can you use HFS? There's a possible workaround near the end of page 5 if you want to try that: it happens to me in the exact same situations... but my workaround has been a bit different. i've been using automator: actions - get files from finder - copy files, or either: action - sync folders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I actually has a problem last night with a slightly older Kingston 16GB on Win7. I could only Quick Format it and it would start copying but quit. I formatted in XP and copied files over fine. I just thought it was odd coincidence except for yours being a MAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 *face palm* great... Oh well, it's not TOO big of a deal as I can still copy the files themselves. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted March 6, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 6, 2010 Reformat the drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Yea I tried that like 5 times on my two computers. Then I took the drive to my girlfriend's iBook w/ 10.4 and it worked just fine on there. So there's an issue w/ 10.6.#. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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