the folders got put on the source drive with a windows machine. I’ave seen those troublesome little files you’re talking about but not many of those got on the source drive since I could turn it on and off.
I’ve been copying only 1 folder at a time. I get that dialogue every time I try to move anything. I did read the message before pressing the “ok” button. as well as I could tell, it was that stuff about locked items etc. I don’t see a trash on that drive anywhere. files or folders will copy but I can’t move stuff there. > On Feb 1, 2015, at 11:21 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > For the source drive, how idd the items get put on it? From your Mac or from > a Windows machine? If from a Windows machine, don’t copy the items that have > a dot before the title if there are any and don’t copy items like “Recycler” > or “Trashes”. These sorts of items are not necessary and could cause you > grief. Try copying a folder or two at a time to determine which folder is > causing the error. The OK button you pressed was probably telling you that > the copy did not work and that’s likely why you didn’t see anything moving > over to the new drive. A note of caution as well, please make sure that you > read messages prior to clicking OK. Just clicking OK or entering passwords > without first reading and understanding the dialog is leaving yourself open > to vulnerabilities. With respect to progress bars, when files are being > copied, the Copy dialog should be visible to VO and when you navigate around > that dialog, you’ll find a couple of places that will tell you the status of > the copy. Usually one stating the percent completed and one stating how many > files have been copied and an estimation of how long the computer figures > that it will take to finish the copy. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Feb 1, 2015, at 20:59, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> yep. that did it. now something else is going on that I don’t understand. >> when I try to move folders to this one from my other drive, it says there >> are locked items in the trash: do I want to move everything or just the >> nonsecure items or the items that aren’t locked or whatever it it calls >> them. I don’t know how to make that choice. all I see are “cancel” and >> “continue” buttons. I pressed continue and then got an ok button so I >> pressed that but the folder wasn’t moved. I’m not aware of a trash on that >> drive that I’m moving stuff from so I don’t know what’s going on. how would >> anything get locked? >> >> I figure I can just copy everything. that seems to work but then I’ll have >> to erase the older drive before I give it to its next owner. >> >> is there any way to monitor the progress of a large folder being copied to >> the new drive? any access to the progress bar? >> >> Many Thanks. >>> On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> When in Disk Utility, select the name of the actual HD, not the volume that >>> exists on it. It may say something like 2 TB WD blah blah blah. Stop >>> interacting with the table and select the Partition tab instead. Set the >>> number of partitions to one, set the format to XFAT or whatever you prefer, >>> then press the Apply button. That should do it. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 17:08, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> somehow I set it as a partition so the erase failed because the media kit >>>> doesn’t think I have a partition. how do I fix this? >>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> First you need to Interact with the Disk selection table, navigate to the >>>>> external HD, stop interacting with the Table, select the Erase tab, >>>>> change the format to XFAT, give the volume a name other than Untitled, >>>>> press the Erase button and confirm that you really want to do that. >>>>> >>>>> Let it do it’s thing and you’re all set. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 16:48, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> what is the process called for doing this? I see first aid, erase, made >>>>>> or rate or something like that and restore. 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