Why is lightroom 4.1 doesn't import my pictures anymore?

I work with lightroom 4.1. When I import my pictures on the normal way. The import will nog finish anymore. After a long time my mac give a notice that he can/copy import the images.
but there is a lot of space. Who can help? thanks already

thanks for your reaction. I'll find a problem on my harddisk I'll use for the RAW files. On a other disk there is no problem anymore. thanks so far.......

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