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Hello all,
I wonder if someone might offer up a suggestion on why I cannot seem to copy a file.
Here's the background:
Hardware:
-MacBook Pro 15" (Jan '06)
-External Western Digital 250GB Passport drive powered from the USB connection, connected directly to the computer USB port.
-External 750GB drive in an enclosure with its own power supply, connected through a USB hub, also with its own power supply, plugged into the other computer USB port.
Situation:
I wanted back up my Aperture library, which currently sits on the WD drive. It's a single package file, and OSX reads it as being approx 25.5GB in size. I thought I could simply copy it over to the generic drive. This generic drive currently acts as both a backup using Time machine (currently turned off), and a backup for other misc stuff not under time machine's control. OSX shows that there is 66GB free on the generic drive.
Yet, when I try to copy the Aperture library file, OSX tells me there isn't enough space on the generic drive, in spite of there apparently being over twice as much space as needed.
I've run a Disk Utility verify check on both drives and both appear to be fine.
Does anyone have any idea why this copy won't complete?
My thanks in advance,
m.

That's a good suggestion. I cannot remember how I formatted it. I will check once I'm behind the mac again. I can tell you it isn't partitioned, and it should be formatted to mac formatting, but it's definitely something I hadn't thought of before. Thank you!

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