Copied files corrupted

I'm a little desperate here... Here's what happened.
My MacBook Pro, early 2008, was acting up after upgrading to lion from snow leopard. So I thought I should go ahead and to a clean install since I had just upgraded each time a new os came out. I copied all my files, pictures, documents, etc. to an external drive and did a fresh install of lion. I copied my files back to the MacBook and deleted them off the external drive. At this point I discovered that the reason for the odd behavior was a failing graphics card, replaced under the extended 8600m gt warranty. When I got it back from apple I noticed that all my files that had been copied back and forth to the external drive were corrupt. I am able to recover them from the external drive using diskdrill but this loses all the metadata and attributes and renames them all to a file00000001 format which is really unfortunate especially for pictures...
All the corrupt files appear to have intact attributes, size, date created, etc. But none of them can be opened with any software. So I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to recover the corrupt files.

It's good to hear the Macbook Pro & the disk is capable of working correctly. The next test would be to try a clean install of OS X & repeat the copy guess. Adding third party drivers for write support makes the picture a little cloudy IMO.
I'm not really sure what else to suggest other than doing some tests & then taking that data to an Apple store. If you are lucky the genius may follow up on it, or if you submit it as bug reports Apple may follow up on it.
http://apple.com/feedback/
Good luck with it, if you want some other ideas post back

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Hi All,
I am getting intermittent problem with regards to copying files to usb external hard drive from my laptop.
When file is copied to external drive, the file becomes corrupt from the external drive.
I have to repeat around 2 to 3 times or more to re-copy the file again until file is not corrupted.
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Ok, lets be brief.
This problem is annoying me for years. It is totally reproducible although random. It happens when copying to external drives (mainly USB) when they are configured for "safe removal". I have had issues copying to NTFS and FAT32 partitions. I have
had issues using 4 different computers, from 7 years old to brand new ones, using AMD or intel chipsets and totally different USB controllers, and using many different USB sticks, hard disks, etc. The only common thing in those computers is Windows 7 x64 and
the external drives optimization for "safe removal". Installing Teracopy reduces the chances of data corrpution, but does not eliminate them completely. The only real workaround (tested for 2 years) is activating the write cache in the device manager
properties of the drive. In that way, windows uses the same transfer mechanisms as for the internal drives, and everything is OK.
MICROSOFT guys, there is a BIG BUG in windows 7 x64 external drives data transfer mechanism. There is a bug in the cache handling mechanism of the safe removal function. Nobody hears, I've been years talking about this in forums. It is a very dangerous bug
because it is silent, and many non professional people is experiencing random errors in their backup data. PLEASE, INVESTIGATE THIS. YOU NEED TO FIX SUCH IMPORTANT BUG. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT IS STILL THERE SINCE 2009!!!
Hope this helps.

Copied files got corrupted in USB3 external drives connected to Macbook Pro, how to fix it?

I use USB3 connected external hard drives in my Macbook Pro (Yosemite 10.10.1) frequently. I had no problem until two months ago. This week I noticed a lot of corrupted files in one drive. Luckily I have a backup, and I copied the files. But the files copied recently were mostly corrupted even though source files are fine. I spent a whole day trying with different options, e.g. erasing the drive, using cp, rsync, ditto etc. I figured out that if I copy single file or folder using cp, the copied files are fine, but rsync, ditto or recursive cp or finder's drag and drop results into a lot of corrupted files. I thought this was the hardware related issue of the external drive. But, I was surprised to notice that all files copied without any problem when I used a old macbook (only has USB2 port, and still use Mavericks). Since I have almost 2TB data to write, USB2 is very slow. I am very disappointed to find out that USB3 in Yosemite has caused all these troubles. If anyone has a solution to this problem, Please suggest.
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It's good to hear the Macbook Pro & the disk is capable of working correctly. The next test would be to try a clean install of OS X & repeat the copy guess. Adding third party drivers for write support makes the picture a little cloudy IMO.
I'm not really sure what else to suggest other than doing some tests & then taking that data to an Apple store. If you are lucky the genius may follow up on it, or if you submit it as bug reports Apple may follow up on it.
http://apple.com/feedback/
Good luck with it, if you want some other ideas post back

Can no longer move or copy files between drives (not a newbie issue!)

Copying and moving files between internal and external devices, and external to external devices is no longer working.
*For the first time in my life, I get a "Circle with a Bar through it" when attempting to move or copy files.*
This doesn't happen between the two internal drives at all (though I'm worried it might start). It happens between two HFS+J devices as well as HFS+J and FAT32 devices. I can delete files, create folders, and in some instances where things are acting funny, copy to, but not from the device. A noticed side effect that is now happening is that I can no longer move drive icons (CDs, DVDs, HDs) to their upper-right hand corner position on the desktop, if they didn't start there. They don't drop there, just staying where they originally sat (under a list of desktop shortcuts and files). It does not matter if the drives are USB or Firewire, and this never happened previous to about a month ago.
I have done all the basic stuff -- verify/repair drives, reboot multiple times, mount & dismount, change connection ports, backed up-reformatted-and restored the smallest drive, fixed preferences (not at all relevant), Disk Warrior repair the devices, set all permissions to R/W, check all device related infos, researched on-line for a week... Nothing. I have even taken the devices to PCs, where they work perfectly, and as expected.
This issue is apparently either a corruption, or a bug induced by Software Update, in the part of the system that handles files and file structures, or possibly the _USB and Firewire_ interfaces.
I just need to know where all those relevant parts are in the system folders, so I can attempt to restore them from a backup previous to the last "Software Update," (to be sure. And to bring this one step closer to being solved).
A system restore really is not an option, as that would require nearly two weeks of re-tweaking everything from the system to every piece of software included (updating the system about 10 times via software update, reinstalling 90% of the actual software packages... and then updating those multiple times, looking-up all the serials that get killed, etc.)
I have to correct this fast, as we need to move the files from the work drives to the archive drives before we run out of room. So any help would be very appreciated... even if you only know where a few of the system components are located (it just might be one of those, causing the issue).
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{The last link in this post is most relevant, except for your recent finding.}
The reference was to the User permissions, per each; as when these
become corrupted, the simple 'repair disk permissions' and other
basic duties do not find an error with them. That is because there is
nothing really wrong with them from that standpoint.
Another odd error can happen if one is resizing partitions in an Intel
based Mac, and also if one has or had a BootCamp partition and
wanted to reclaim space. But not always. Thankfully, the only time
I tried Windows on a Mac, the media install disc was corrupted so
it just didn't happen. That was Virtual PC and Windows on PPC.
Tiger brought with it the ability to non-destructively resize partitions.
However, it was not thought to be successful in non-Intel based Macs.
The discussion on that matter came up a few years ago, so someone
has undoubtably tried that in a PPC and reported findings online.
When file sharing between user-account created content runs amok,
then the system(s) will not allow the content to be moved or shared.
So, if any shared user-account created content (including drives
initialized or handled without permissions ignored, clones wrong,
etc) are not the problem, then how does one explain these wrong
ful action circles-with-lines, or action disallowed warning symbols?
There must be a simpler answer. Do you have cats which have
access to your computers in the off-hours? They do keyboard.
Some have been thought to have technical skills outside of the
usual coy and cute play-acting people think they are limited to.
I'm sticking to the cats theory for now; the time is 3:21AM here
and I only am up to get a drink and look outside at +5°F. calm.
Mac OS X 10.4 Help: I can't move or copy a file or folder
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh194.html
• _Rearranging Files (and renaming them)_ InformIT: Mac OS X unleashed
http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=MacOS_XUnleashed&seqNum=122
It is good to have a backup for the backup; plus a backup Mac.
Good luck & happy computing!
{ edited: was distracted }

USB causing file corruption?

Hi all,
I've been using external usb drives on my macbook for a while now, both harddrives and flash sticks. I recently noticed that some photo's I copied on a flash drive got corrupted. After doing some research I found that a lot of the files I store on my harddrive are somewhat corrupted. I verified by downloading some files and checking MD5 hash and also copying files and checking integrity with par2 hashes.
The harddrive is directly plugged into the macbook so power can't be an issue. I pretty much eliminated faulty formats by testing with multiple devices. That leaves me with either a hardware defect or faulty USB drivers. Any ideas or similar experiences?
Ps: I do have macfuse installed, though I ought it unlikely to effect things considering corruption also happens on HFS+ formatted drives.
Edit: It might be worh noting that corruption doesn't seem to happen continuously; maybe in 1 out of 3 downloaded/moved files.
Message was edited by: Shakamac

Hi all,
I've been using external usb drives on my macbook for a while now, both harddrives and flash sticks. I recently noticed that some photo's I copied on a flash drive got corrupted. After doing some research I found that a lot of the files I store on my harddrive are somewhat corrupted. I verified by downloading some files and checking MD5 hash and also copying files and checking integrity with par2 hashes.
The harddrive is directly plugged into the macbook so power can't be an issue. I pretty much eliminated faulty formats by testing with multiple devices. That leaves me with either a hardware defect or faulty USB drivers. Any ideas or similar experiences?
Ps: I do have macfuse installed, though I ought it unlikely to effect things considering corruption also happens on HFS+ formatted drives.
Edit: It might be worh noting that corruption doesn't seem to happen continuously; maybe in 1 out of 3 downloaded/moved files.
Message was edited by: Shakamac

Copying files either very slow or doesn't work at all

I've tried copying files from a DVD to an external drive, and from one external drive to another, and I've been running into troubles on my Mac Pro, namely, I get an error code 36 (corrupted files) and the copying process hangs, requiring me to reboot. However, I was able to copy the files from the DVD to my laptop HD, so I don't think that corrupt files is the problem. After rebooting my Mac Pro, I was able to copy files from one external drive to another, but it was incredibly slow (about 1GB per hour), and I was still unable to copy files from the DVD to an external drive. I've verified all the disks with Disk Utility, and I've repaired disk permissions on my Mac Pro HD but apparently need to re-run since when I verify permissions again, I'm still getting a lot of errors or comments like "Warning: SUID file "usr/bin/rlogin" has been modified and will not be repaired". Scanning my Mac Pro HD for viruses, quite a few files are coming up with the comment "did not have permission to open the file." Other than continuing to repair disk permissions, does anyone have suggestions about what might be causing this and/or on possible next steps?

A little further info - I checked permissions and I have permission to copy the files in question. Also, it seems that most of the errors that pop up when I verify permissions are of the type that can safely be ignored, according to Apple -- I'll go through the list later and cross-check them to make sure that they're all ignore-able, but thats what they appear to be.

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Hello,
I'm moving my library to an external hard drive.
I've made sure to use the 'Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized' option when pointing to the new library location.
I select 'File'->'Library'->'Organize Library', I select to 'Consolidate Files', click 'OK' and get ther error message "Copying files failed. The disk could not be read from or written to".
I've read elsewhere that there may be a corrupted file that I need to sequester somehow and perhaps add it back however I'm not certain how I can locate that file because the status window doesn't indicate which file it's attempting to transfer when the error appears.
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Greg H
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It was a dodgy file....I sorted the file folders by date, and as it turned out within the "compilations" folder there was a CD where only about half the tracks seemed to have been copied over. Could not have identified this simply from the time indicated on the finder folder sort, because there were several CDs copied over in the that same minute.
I went back to the original itunes folder, deleted all the files from that CD in itunes, then also deleted all those files from the original disk and the target disk.
Tried the "consolidate library" again, and it completed nicely. 200megs of music and videos.
Very happy to solve this problem after 3 weeks.

Sync File Corruption with 64-bit Vista/iTunes

I'm getting some file corruption problems when trying to sync my new 16GB iPhone with the latest 64-bit iTunes (7.6.0.29). "yes I have the 64-bit version".
The sync seems to go correctly, but I have yet to be able to play any videos all the way through. Videos purchased from iTunes as well as self encoded files. All said files were working on my 60GB iPod Video with previous versions of iTunes on the same 64-bit Vista machine.
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Hello
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3. If you perform a reboot on the iPhone, Then Sync Data over. Does the same issue occur?
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6. Perform an Uninstall and Reinstall of iTunes on your system, See if same issue occurs.
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*So I am having difficulty with transferring files from my internal hard drive to any of my external hard drives. Especially when it comes to media files. It keeps giving me an error saying:*
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+DiskWarrior scanned the disk named "Macintosh HD" checking all ﬁles and folders for damage and potential+
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Permissions:
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+Permissions differ on "Library/Application Support/ProApps/Internal Plug-Ins/BrowserKit/iLife.bkplugin/Contents/+
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+Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BrowserKit.framework/Versions/A/CodeResources ",+
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+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVD.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSettings.frappliance/+
+Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSources.frappliance/+
+Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Movies.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Music.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Photos.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Podcasts.frappliance/+
+Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/TV.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Versions/A/CodeResources", should+
+be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
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+LeopardPanels.bundle/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "Applications/Utilities/ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool" has been+
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+Warning: SUID ﬁle "Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/Resources/installAssistant" has been modiﬁed+
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+Warning: SUID ﬁle "Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy" has been modiﬁed and+
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+Warning: SUID ﬁle "usr/sbin/vpnd" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired+
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+Disk: "Macintosh HD"+
+The Property List data was checked in 10,980 ﬁles.+
+The Resource Data was checked in 11,114 ﬁles.+
+The maximum Folder Depth on this disk is 22. This does not exceed the maximum recommended depth.+
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+Location: "Desktop"+
+Folder: "tmp"+
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+Location: "Macintosh HD/private/"+
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1. Reformatted External HDs to be "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
2. Used DiskWarrior and did a Check & Repair Disk Permissions
3. Tried manually changing file permissions.
*If anybody knows how to fix this, besides using the methods I have already tried, please let me know! Thanks!*

First, the permissions messages are not errors. They cannot be repaired. They are innocuous and can be ignored.
Second, Error -36 is not a permissions error. Usually it is related to trying to copy files to a non-OS X formatted drive such as trying to copy a file larger than 2 GBs to an MSDOS formatted drive. The error may also arise when the file being copied is corrupted or has a filename with too many characters or a filename using illegal characters.
The error may occur when trying to sync an iDevice or an iDisk. It also may occur when trying to transfer files from a Mac to a PC over SMB-mounted network storage.
Error -36 is an I/O error. For more see I-O error -36 « fuzzybrain|daisychain|blogdrain.

Cannot copy files to/from external drive

Hi All,
Bit of a cry for help. I run an iMac 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 10.7.3 and I'm having some serious problems with an external drive. Some history first - I have a large iTunes library (~3Tb) of everytype of media which I stored on an external NAS (iomega StorCenter) with no problems - then this NAS started to report a drive error with imminent failure. I purchased a new DAS (Western Digital) drive and moved all my content from the NAS to the DAS and everything was ok. Then I started to get errors through iTunes about cannot find the file and cannot read the files - and then I couldn't access anything on the drive. At this time I thought this was a different problem because I was running preview Mountain Lion, or there was an actual fault with the disk. After investigation, and coughing out for Data Rescue 3 I found that somehow the entire file structure had been corrupted and all my files had been orphaned. So at this point I had one dying NAS drive and one DAS which wasn't usable and no space to recover any files to.
So - next step was to purchase another external drive (and returned the WD) - this time I went for a G-Raid 4Tb (non-thunderbolt) drive and I've been in the process of recovering files from backups and iTunes. I've had no problems until today when yet again I've started getting errors and now I have problems copying files to/from this G-Raid drive.
Technical details - OS-X 10.7.3 - G-Raid 4Tb formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - currently showing 1,163 folders and 15,452 files.
Symptoms - using finder drag and drop copy a file from the g-Raid to desktop results in 'The operation can't be completed because the item 'xxx' is in use. - 'The operation can't be completed because one or more required items can't be found (error code -43).' and the copy fails.
Using the cp command I get a 'Resource Busy' error.
However, this is not for all files - I've managed to copy all my books back to the desktop ok, when a couple came up with the above error I tried again and it copied successfully.
I have run Disk Utility - here are the details :-
- 4TB G-Tech - Verify
Verifying partition map for “G-TECH”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
The partition map appears to be OK
Volume (Media) - Verify
Verifying volume “Media”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Unused node is not erased (node = 24190)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Unused node is not erased (node = 24784)
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume bitmap needs minor repair for under-allocation
Checking volume information.
The volume Media was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Couldn’t unmount disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Couldn’t unmount disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Couldn’t unmount disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Unused node is not erased (node = 94)
Checking catalog file.
Invalid sibling link
Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
The volume Media could not be repaired.
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
and it's just got worse - in getting the info for this post I no longer have access to the drive.
This is the second time this has now happened on two different directly connected drives (USB and Firewire) - which means the problem is elswhere. I've a stack of errors in the system.log file
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** /dev/disk1s1
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** Phase 2 - Checking Directories
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: 0 files, 201632 KiB free (403265 clusters)
May 10 17:52:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending attach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
May 10 17:52:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac usbmuxd[29]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
May 10 17:52:39 Neil-Cattons-iMac iTunes[747]: _AMDDeviceAttachedCallbackv3 (thread 0x1180fc000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7ffe6d2d04a0 {UDID = f398e56f8aa95276585e0c5f74544bc24dda99bd, device ID = 58, FullServiceName = fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.}' attached.
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May 10 17:52:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending detach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
May 10 17:52:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac iTunes[747]: _AMDDeviceDetached (thread 0x1180fc000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7ffe6d2d04a0 {UDID = f398e56f8aa95276585e0c5f74544bc24dda99bd, device ID = 58, FullServiceName = fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.}' detached.
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Media
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed
May 10 17:53:49 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:01: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
May 10 17:54:01 Neil-Cattons-iMac login[1000]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1000 ttys000
May 10 17:54:05 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:35: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
May 10 17:54:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending attach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
May 10 17:54:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac usbmuxd[29]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
May 10 17:54:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:50: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Media
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed
May 10 17:54:51 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:55: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 238d0016, actual seed is 7fdcc233
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 2f760017, actual seed is 1befd79f
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 255a0018, actual seed is 41a7c4c9
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 292e0019, actual seed is 6b68079a
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 2263001a, actual seed is 4e6afb66
May 10 17:55:01 Neil-Cattons-iMac kernel[0]:
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** /dev/disk1s1
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** Phase 1 - Preparing FAT
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** Phase 2 - Checking Directories
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: ** Phase 3 - Checking for Orphan Clusters
May 10 17:52:16 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.diskmanagementd[1057]: 0 files, 201632 KiB free (403265 clusters)
May 10 17:52:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending attach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
May 10 17:52:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac usbmuxd[29]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
May 10 17:52:39 Neil-Cattons-iMac iTunes[747]: _AMDDeviceAttachedCallbackv3 (thread 0x1180fc000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7ffe6d2d04a0 {UDID = f398e56f8aa95276585e0c5f74544bc24dda99bd, device ID = 58, FullServiceName = fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.}' attached.
May 10 17:52:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:52:46: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
May 10 17:52:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending detach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
May 10 17:52:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac iTunes[747]: _AMDDeviceDetached (thread 0x1180fc000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7ffe6d2d04a0 {UDID = f398e56f8aa95276585e0c5f74544bc24dda99bd, device ID = 58, FullServiceName = fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.}' detached.
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Media
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed
May 10 17:53:49 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:01: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
May 10 17:54:01 Neil-Cattons-iMac login[1000]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1000 ttys000
May 10 17:54:05 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:35: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
May 10 17:54:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending attach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
May 10 17:54:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac usbmuxd[29]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
May 10 17:54:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:50: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Media
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed
May 10 17:54:51 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:55: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 238d0016, actual seed is 7fdcc233
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 2f760017, actual seed is 1befd79f
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 255a0018, actual seed is 41a7c4c9
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 292e0019, actual seed is 6b68079a
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 2263001a, actual seed is 4e6afb66
May 10 17:55:01 Neil-Cattons-iMac kernel[0]:
I'm now out of ideas and when I got in touch with G-Tech support I got "Unfortunately the drive seems to have been corrupted. You can try to retrieve the data using third party data recovery software such as Data Rescue 3. You can find the software at a discounted rate at the following page:http://www.thedatarescuecenter.com/gtech-data-recovery-software.html If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask."
any help/advice/pointers very much appreciated as I really don't want to have to start recovering again :-(
Thanks all.

Hi Ncat,
I might have had similar problems with yours. Finder stuck at 'Not Responding' while I boot my Macbook Pro with external HDD plugged in, my macbook heats up considerably maybe because it keeps trying to access the external disk. And Finder can only proceed after I unplugged my external hard disk.
So what I did was:
I rebooted my macbook into recovery mode (by holding cmd+R before / during the booting chime
I used the Disk Utility from there (instead of from normal booting)
Then I proceed to with 'Repair Permissions' and 'Repair Disk' for each and every partition of the external harddisk, and also my internal hard disk.
Rebooted after everything's done, and now it seems to work.
I hope that it will work for you

Cant copy files from a crushed hard disk

Hello,
I use macbook pro (bought few months ago from the US) with 10.6.3 OS. I had a 500GB hard disk and had MacOS and Windows 7 installed through Parallel's Plesk.
Few days ago, the computer frooze and i had to reboot. Once i reboot, i got the flashing folder with question mark logo. Googled and found out that my hard disk may have crushed. I replaced it with another 500GB hard disk.
Now this is what happened:
1. I installed MacOS again on the new hard drive
2. Got a SATA disk connecter and connected my old drive, MacOS recognized the disk and the two partitions were opened with errors. The main partition where i have all my files were there. I actually was able to get most of my files.
3. I used migration wizard to move all my settings, applications to the new hard disk but i failed to migration the /users folder. It keeps saying calculating... and never finishes.
4. I tried to copy files manually but it seems like all files are locked! I could not change the file permissions.
I googled and found out a software called testdisk to repair partitions, followed all steps but failed. I kept getting message that the partiion table is corrupt or resource busy. I run pdisk and get the following error message:
pdisk: No valid block 1 on '/dev/rdisk1'
pdisk: No valid block 1 on '/dev/rdisk0'
Partition map (with 2048 byte blocks) on '/dev/rdisk2'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Applepartitionmap Apple 15 @ 1
2: AppleDriverATAPI Macintosh 456689 @ 16 (892.0M)
3: Apple_HFS MacOSX 3632472 @ 456706 ( 6.9G)
4: Apple_Free 4 @ 4089178
Device block size=2048, Number of Blocks=4089182 (7.8G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Anybody has an idea how i get my /user folder contents as i have all my mails, saved passwords, application settings gone! A big headache to manually fix them all?
Farshid

Googled and found out that my hard disk may have crushed. I replaced it with another 500GB hard disk.
If this drive physically died, then it would have been covered under the warranty, since the machine is only a few months old. However, that does not sound like what happened.
2. Got a SATA disk connecter and connected my old drive, MacOS recognized the disk and the two partitions were opened with errors. The main partition where i have all my files were there. I actually was able to get most of my files.
3. I used migration wizard to move all my settings, applications to the new hard disk but i failed to migration the /users folder. It keeps saying calculating... and never finishes.
If you're able to mount this drive, then it wasn't physically damaged and did not need to be replaced. In the future, you need to verify that the disk is dead before spending the money on replacing it!
In order to repair the drive, you can try Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder. If Disk Utility is unable to repair it, try [DiskWarrior|http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html] or [TechTool Pro|http://www.micromat.com>. I'm not sure what this "testdisk" software is, I've never heard of it.
If these three utilities are not able to repair the drive, there's no repairing it. Your only choice will be to use a data recovery tool, like [Data Rescue|http://www.prosofteng.com> or [File Salvage|http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=1]. If those don't work, you'll have to pay the big money for a data recovery service.
Of course, all this could have been easily avoided. You MUST have backups of any data you don't want to lose! If you had a backup, you could have simply erased the hard drive and restored from the backup. For the future, see my [Mac Backup Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/backups> for assistance getting started with backups.

Cannot copy files to, rename or unmount external HD

When I try to copy files to my 4TB Mac Os Extended(journaled) G-drive connected via Firewire 800 I get this message "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)."
When I verify the disk itself(the orange disk with firewire symbol) in disk utility, it checks all the normal parts of the file structure and volume information this volume in disk utility then disk utility says "The volume GEE-THAT'S_BIG appears to be OK." I get the same report ""The volume GEE-THAT'S_BIG appears to be OK." when I verify the mounted volume in disk utility. When I try to repair either the disk itself or mounted volume I receive this "Error: Could not unmount disk".
When I try to eject the disk in Finder I receive this error message "The disk "GEE-THAT'S_BIG" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it". This happens even when the only application I am running is Finder.
If I try to rename this disk I receive the "This name can't be used Try using a name with fewer characters, or with no puctuation marks" error message (even though the orginal name I gave this disk and the name it reverts back to has punctuation marks).
I believe I'm getting this problem because of corrupted permissions. Why are the Verify Disk Pemissions and Repair Disk Pemissions greyed out for this disk in disk utility? What can I do to resolve this issue?
thanks,
Tim

I simply switched the Firewire daisy chaining between my 1TB external and this 4TB external. Problem solved...

File Corruption During Sync Windows 8.1

Hi
I have recently introduced some Windows 8.1 systems into our environment, a Sony laptop and a non branded custom build, both systems are running Windows 8.1 Pro.
Our environment is as follows:
Windows Server 2008 domain
PPTP VPN for laptop users using a Watchguard X515.
Netgear ReadyNAS 2100 for Network Folders.
Folder redirection in place for Documents and Desktop.
Offline files in use. Users have the ability to make shared network files available offline if required.
The first device we had with 8.1 Pro was a Sony laptop for our Marketing Director. He has manually made a few shared network folders available offline for when he is out of the office and unable to connect to the VPN.
We first noticed an issue a few weeks ago when he came to me telling me that one of his documents were corrupt. The file was one of the ones he has made available offline. When he got into the office he ran a manual sync, to put the updates onto
our shared drive. When he next came to open it, the file was corrupt with the following message:
'Excel cannot open the file 'XXXX XXXX.xlsx' because the file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file'.
I ran the file through Excel's file repair, which couldn't fix the problem and I tried a few software packages from the internet which said the file was unrecoverable, to no avail. We tried to recreate the issue but couldn't so we put it down to a one
off. A few days later, it happened again under the same circumstances.
I put it down to something happening while the laptop was offline, however whilst researching this, the same problem happened on a Windows 8.1 Pro Desktop. This system never leaves the office, which led to some confusion.
Everywhere I look points to ransomware, however I have run full scans with Sophos and Malwarebytes, and both come back clean, and the issue is only occurring on 8.1 Pro systems, 7 Pro and 8 Pro systems are fine.
The user with the 8.1 Pro desktop created a test spreadsheet for me, and this morning we managed to recreate the problem. When running a manual sync, the Offline Files comes back with an error, stating that the network copy has been deleted, would you
like to copy the local copy or delete it? When we copy the local copy to the network, and then try to open it, we get the previous error about file corruption.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I will have to roll the systems back to Windows 7 if I cant get it resolved, which would be a shame as the laptop is has a flip screen to turn it into a tablet.
Cheers
Jim

Hi,
You can boot the problematic system with clean boot to check if there is any third party software conflicts.
Steps to clean boot:
1. Click Start->Run...-> type msconfig and press Enter
2. Click Services tab and select Hide All Microsoft Services and Disable All third party Services.
3. Click Startup tab and Disable All startup items
4. Click OK and choose Restart
5. After reboot, check whether the problem still occurs
In additional, please refer to the thread below to troubleshoot the issue:
ms excel problem
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/fc38d024-c767-4b9d-9ba8-60422240f579/ms-excel-problem?forum=officesetupdeployprevious
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File corruption with a very large .ai file

A little background first:
I am a graphic designer/cartographer with 15+ years of experience. I started making maps in Illustrator with version 6 and have upgraded to every version since.
My machines:
2x Mac Pro 8-core 3.0GHz, 16GB RAM, 10.5.7
Mac Pro quad-core 2.66GHz, 8GB RAM, 10.5.7
MacBook Pro 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 10.5.7
Illustrator specs:
All machines have CS4 installed as well as Illustrator 10.
The 8-core MPs have the MAPublisher Plug-ins installed
The 4-core and MacBook Pro (MBP) does not have the MAPublisher Plug-ins
The problem I am having can be replicated on each of the machines. The MBP can't handle the file due to RAM. Since this occurs on machines that has MAPublisher installed and a machine that does not, I think we can rule out a plug-in issue.
File specs:
The original file: version 10, file size (uncompressed, no PDF support, and no font-embedding) is 36.4 MB. There are no raster effects or embedded/placed images. This is strictly a vector file. Artboard Dimensions: 85.288 in x 81.042 in
The original file, converted with CS4, and then saved as a CS4 file: file size (uncompressed, no PDF support, and no font-embedding) is 97.9 MB.
Brief Description of the problem:
I have tried to convert this file into every version of CS and it has failed every time. With each version, it has resulted in an unusable file for different reasons. CS-CS3, the file was completely unusable because of the opening/saving time. It could take as long as 3 hours to save the file. With CS4, this has been rectified and I once again tried to convert it. Upon re-opening of the 'converted' CS4 native file, the file is 'corrupted'.
The file corruption is not your regular "This file can't be opened because of: X" corruption. The file opens after a save/close just fine. It is just that parts of the file gets destroyed. To save space in this post, I have created a webpage that illustrates the problem that I am having:
http://newatlas.com/ai_problem/
I have tried everything possible to make the file smaller and it is as slimmed down as I can make it. (Using symbols, styles, etc.) I have also tried to eliminate this as a font problem by replacing every font with an Adobe supplied font, cleared caches, etc. This does not work, so I think we can rule out a font issue. I have also reduced this file to contain no pattern fills, no gradients, and just used simple fills and strokes. All to no avail. I have also tried piecing the file back together into a new document by copying/pasting a layer at a time. Saving, closing and re-opening after each paste cycle. I can get about 95% of it put back together and then it will manifest the problem. The only thing I haven't done is to convert all of the type to outlines. This would not solve my problem since this is a map that I continually work on year after year. I also can't remove objects or cut the overall area of the map because this file is used to produce an atlas book, a wall map and custom boundary wall maps. You can view the entire file at:
http://okc.cocpub.com
If I do not convert the legacy text, the file saves/closes/re-opens just fine. It just takes a very long time. So this leads me to think that the cause of the problem is the number of editable type objects that this file has. Ever since Adobe changed the Type Engine, I haven't been able to use this file in current versions of Illustrator.
If I could get this file to open, uncorrupted, I could finally get rid of Illustrator 10. Illustrator 10 does not have any problem with this file (and is still faster than CS4 in everything except selecting a lot of objects.)
I am posting this on the forums for any other opinions/ideas from the 'Illustrator Gurus' as a first step. I want to get in contact with someone at Adobe to see if we can address this problem and possibly get it fixed with CS5. I know that this is a user-to-user forum, but I'm not sure who, where and how to contact Adobe for this issue. Maybe someone on these forums can help with that as well.
Thank you for your patience for getting this far in my long post and I would really appreciate any response.
Dave

Thanks Wade for responding,
Did you try trashing your Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings folder in your User's Preferences?
Yes, I've tried deleting prefs. Basically I've tried to rule out any problems with Illustrator as a whole. This issue has also occured on a clean install of OS X and Illustrator on a new User Account with the opening of this file being the first task that Illustrator has. There is no problem with Illustrator per se, but I think it is more of a limitation in Illustrator based on the number of type objects.
You could also try saving it out of 10 as a pdf or as postscript and distilling it then open that in ai or place it id a blank AI document.
Did you try to place instead of opening it?
I haven't tried any of these since the resulting file would be utterly unusable. Basically this would create a 'flat' file with 'broken' strings of text (type on a path especially) and type being uneditable. (Now that I think about it, CS4 does a much better job of opening pdfs without breaking type.) I still think this approach is not really a prudent course of action since, as of now, I can continue to maintain this map in Illy 10.
In my experimentation, the results are as follows:
1. Opening the file without updating the legacy type, saving the file as a new document, closing and then re-opening results in a file you would expect. Every object is where it is supposed to be. Downfall of this method: I absolutely need the type to be editable, especially the 'Street Type' since this type is actually used to create map indexes.
2. Opening the file with updating the legacy type, saving the file as a new document, closing and then re-opening results in a file that exhibits the exact behavior that has been posted in the thread-starter. This method results in the 'Bruce Gray' type being the duplicated item.
3. Opening the file without updating the legacy type, then splitting the file into layer groups and saving as separate files. Then opening the resulting CS4 files, updating the legacy type, copy & pasting (with layer structure) into a new document results in a usable file up to a point. I can get about 95% of it put back together and then the problem manifests. I have thought that it might be a "bad" object on one of the layers but I have ruled that out by: a.) All of the resulting sub-files (files that are portions of the larger) exhibit no problems at all. Usually our PS printers find issues that Illy does not and there is no problem in RIPing the sub-files. b.) If I change the paste order, meaning copying & pasting from the top-most layers to the bottom-most layers, vice-versa, and a completely random paste order, different objects (other than the 'Bruce Gray' type) will be duplicated. I've had one of my park screens, a zip code type object and a school district boundary be the duplicated object.
All of these experiments has lead me to believe that the Illustrator Type Engine is the main facilitor. I just don't think it can handle that many individual point type objects. I know CS4 can handle the number of objects, based on the fact that a legacy type (non-updated) file works.
I am almost entirely sure that Illustrator is working exactly as it is supposed to and that the vast majority of Illy users will never run into this issue. This file is by far the largest file that I work on. I would just like to be able to use an Intel native version of CS to continue maintaining this map.
On a side note: About three years ago, I tried working with this file in Freehand MX. Freehand initially would open the Illy file without a problem. I could work on it but when I would save it as a Freehand file, close it and re-open it, I would get your standard File Corruption. It would partially open, give me a corruption dialog, and open the file as a blank document. I alwa ys knew there was a reason to use Illustrator over Freehand for making maps.

Error -50 when trying to copy files to external hard drive.

When trying to copy files (itunes music folder) to an external hard drive, I get the following message: Copying music failed. An unknown error occurred (-50).
I have tried repairing disk permissions but still get the message. Any thoughts?

Gary,
A couple of posts referencing "error -50" seem to indicate that the error could result from a corrupted file.
One from Kappy follows:
Error -50 Post
One way you could save your music to the other drive would be to do it folder by folder (dragging each artist's folder, to the other drive). I suspect you won't have many (if any) errors doing that, and if you hit the corrupted file, you can come back to that folder and see which one is bad. You could also try to drag groups of artists folders to the drive if you had quite a few. One note: If you save your files this way, you won't be saving the library, which contains all the playlists you've created...you'll have to recreate them.
If you needed that music down the road, you could just do a File>Import from iTunes....
Hope this helps,
Bob

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