Cannot copy Photos Library to External Harddrive

In the middle of copying, I get error code -36, stating that Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "Photos Library" can't be read or written.
I've run repair permissions and its still not working. Please help. Thanks.

What application are you using to copy the items? Finder?
Try Carbon Copy Cloner instead. You can use it to copy selected items, or your whole disk, to a second drive.

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