Tuxera NTFS Folder Copy Problem

Question

I have a strange problem copying files contained in folders to external USB devices. The problem occurs with both a 16 GB USB Stick formatted as MS-DOS Fat 32 and an external 1 TB drive formatted as NTFS. Within OS X I have Tuxera NTFS installed to mount, read and write to NTFS volumes. The problem does not occur with volumes formatted as OS X Extended Journaled
The problem manifests itself as a copy error, and the result is that the copy target folder is created on the external volume but no files are copied across. I can however then go into the target sub folder and copy all the files without any problem at all. I cannot discern the reason for this happening as when for example I try to back up My Music to an external drive the problem occurs for some folders but not all. Oddly enough if a folder with a particular date time stamp causes the error then every folder with that date time stamp exhibits the same problem.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Yes, this is a common problem. A genius told me more than a month ago that it is a known bug in SL that will be fixed "soon."
In the meanwhile, I use a terminal-based command:
cp -Rv source destination
to copy from the Mac to the FAT or NTFS drive. The "v" is optional, I just like to see what is happening! This always works for me. Going from NTFS or FAT back to the Mac seems to work the normal way.