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Mac restarted while copying 2TB between externals — Did files transfer? - dmag - 04-19-2022
I'm copying 2 TB of files between two externals over USB. It almost finished and then must have hit a glitch and the computer restarted. Now I see ghosted-out folders in the destination drive. However, they all register "zero bytes" when I get info.
Do I have to start all over from scratch, or is there a way to complete the job and save having to do it all again?
Thanks.
Re: Mac restarted while copying 2TB between externals — Did files transfer? - Tiangou - 04-19-2022
Throw the "ghost" folders in the trash.
The copies should have proceeded alphabetically and hierarchically. So, look in the last non-ghost folder and see how far the copy-operation got. You may be able to save some time by copying only those files/folders that didn't make it over successfully.
...If they're all ghost-folders then toss the whole lot of them and start over.
Re: Mac restarted while copying 2TB between externals — Did files transfer? - dmag - 04-19-2022
Tiangou wrote:
Throw the "ghost" folders in the trash.
The copies should have proceeded alphabetically and hierarchically. So, look in the last non-ghost folder and see how far the copy-operation got. You may be able to save some time by copying only those files/folders that didn't make it over successfully.
...If they're all ghost-folders then toss the whole lot of them and start over.
Thanks for the tip. All ghost-folders. Starting over.
Re: Mac restarted while copying 2TB between externals — Did files transfer? - ka jowct - 04-19-2022
You’d be better off using Carbon Copy Cloner or ChronoSync when doing large transfers or backups.
Re: Mac restarted while copying 2TB between externals — Did files transfer? - mikebw - 04-19-2022
I've had success copying files via the terminal. I've used cp -Rpv, do that then drag/drop your origin and then destination. The -R makes it recursive so it goes into subfolders if there are any, and you can see what files are being copied as they are completed.
Re: Mac restarted while copying 2TB between externals — Did files transfer? - davemchine - 04-19-2022
The ghost files definitely need to be deleted. I had several situations like this and I switched to using PathFinder which provides much more reliable file transfers.