Comments on: Mac OS tip for Error Code -36

By: z26o

z26o — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:02:03 +0000

The console option worked for me. I was getting the same error when trying to move large amounts of data from my internal hard drive to an external drive. All formatted for Mac OS X. Not sure why it works but it does.

By: Karl Peterson

Karl Peterson — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:23:25 +0000

Thank you for saving me $75. I have the same drive and thought it was toast. Unix and Bad Astronomy saved the day! Also for others with this problem: it didn’t work when I tried to mv the file, I had to cp it first. After that everything went back to normal.

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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:02:53 +0000

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By: Media Dude

Media Dude — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:51:15 +0000

Im trying to move files from my desktop to my external but im getting the error code 36 also. i tried terminal and this is what i get

Macintosh:~ Murda$ prompt%> mv/Users/Murda/Desktop/Logic\ 8\ Serial.rtf/Volumes/Mac\ Drive/Programs
-bash: mv/Users/Murda/Desktop/Logic 8 Serial.rtf/Volumes/Mac Drive/Programs: Not a directory

what am i doing wrong? im trying to move it to my Mac Drive ( usb external, it used to work when i did the drag and drop thing. I can still access files from that drive just not able to copy ) from my desktop

By: hd

hd — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:15:28 +0000

Can someone tell me in more detail about how to cp (copy?) and mv (move?) a file from a DVD to my Desktop in this manner (using unix command window).

Thanks
Hal

By: michni

michni — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:10:55 +0000

I’m newbee to mac. I’ve just unwrapped my first macbook pro. I have a Lacie 1T drive ntfs-formatted and used with winxp to hold my pictures. I want to copy my picturefiles (.NEF, .dng and .jpg-files) to my new macbook. (about 26.000 files). I connect the LaCie-drive through FW800. Finder gives me this very little informative error 36 message. I can actually open some of the files that yields the error. I’ve tried the ditto command but i does seem to stop copying after 1/3 of the files have been copied.
Does anyone in here have a good suggestion as to what to try next?

g7: Open Finder, go to Programs, then Tools, and you may see Terminal down there (I don’t know if it is actually named Tools, but must be something like that, my Leopard is in danish.

By: g7

g7 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:15:42 +0000

Hi,

May I know how to open the terminal window?