Nice to know you got sorted.
And nice to know that after all these years this list is still here for us all.
On 29 Jan 2017, at 13:29, Bill Spencer wrote:
The solution was for my source to add the file to his Dropbox account and then
have me download it from there. Everything is now fine. Many t
The solution was for my source to add the file to his Dropbox account and
then have me download it from there. Everything is now fine. Many thanks
for everyone's suggestions! Bill
On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 10:35:38 PM UTC-5, ValterV wrote:
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> Il giorno 28/01/17 01.58, "Bill Spencer" ha s
Il giorno 28/01/17 01.58, "Bill Spencer" ha scritto:
> The file would not copy to the flash drive any more than it would to the
> SSD on the Mini.
Oh. Odder and odder
If the file copied fine to your Windows PC, then the file in itself is fine.
Regarding the flash drive, could it be that it
The file would not copy to the flash drive any more than it would to the
SSD on the Mini. My source has kindly placed a slightly lower resolution
version on his Dropbox account, which I am downloading as we speak. We
shall see...
Bill
On Friday, January 27, 2017 at 4:04:25 PM UTC-5, ValterV wr
Il giorno 27/01/17 15.45, "Bill Spencer" ha scritto:
> The disc with one file kept failing with an error 36 message.
> P.S.: It plays fine on my Windows laptop at the office...
Then it's most likely the issue is the Mac's optical drive.
I know for sure many iMac optical drives are prone to failu
That's a good idea, using USB thumb drives.
DVDs do go bad, unfortunately. I have a recording of our band's first outing,
I made mp3s of the Individual songs but didn't keep the original file on the
hard drive. I can see where the data is on the disc but is shows up as empty on
all of our devi
Then copy it to a USB thumb drive on the Windows system then transfer to the
Mac. It may be a wonky dvd, and the drive in the Windows laptop is more
forgiving of data errors than the Macs. If you have a Big lots nearby they
routinely have 8 and 16GB thumb drives for sale for cheap. I have a bunc
P.S.: It plays fine on my Windows laptop at the office...
On Friday, January 27, 2017 at 9:45:30 AM UTC-5, Bill Spencer wrote:
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> Hi there: I got two DVDs last night from a friend, which include three
> videos recorded last month. Two files on one DVD and one on the other. The
> disc with two f
Hi there: I got two DVDs last night from a friend, which include three
videos recorded last month. Two files on one DVD and one on the other. The
disc with two files copied across fine. The disc with one file kept failing
with an error 36 message. (I assume my source is a Windows user but am not
