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FAT32 formats
Authored by: odj on Jan 29, '02 12:22:05PM

I used the "Disk Utility" in OS X to format a FireWire disk with FAT32. It mounts just fine. But this is what happens if I try to use it (i.e. move something onto it). I get an error message in OS X: "Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occured (Error code -50)."

Somehow the FAT32 doesn't seem to be fully compatible with OS X. Or is it a bug? If it worked it would be a nice way to move files between Windows and Mac.



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Error copying files to FAT32 formats
Authored by: jhoglund on May 03, '02 04:34:22AM

Hi,

I got the same error when copying files to my FAT32 formated firewire drive. Did anyone ever figure out what the problem was? I would appriciate any help on this topic.

Best,
/jonas



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FAT32 formats
Authored by: dave1212 on Jan 10, '03 11:28:14PM
The reason you can't copy is because of some file names being too long. Not for OS X, for the other file system. If they're too long( i've found more than one line) then the Mac wll NOT copy to anything ISO- or FAT- formatted. I've had to do this, even copying to an OS 9 drive on another computer!

...or a zip disk, floppy, etc.

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FAT32 formats
Authored by: E-Ram on Jun 15, '03 10:56:36PM

I found that I can save to the Fat32 drive, but I can't copy any large files without getting an error50 code.

Have you had this problem? If so, how did you fix it?



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FAT32 formats
Authored by: E-Ram on Jun 15, '03 09:51:13PM

Just wondering if you found an answer to your Error code 50 problem? I've got the same one. Any suggestions?



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FAT32 formats
Authored by: gohaku on Jun 22, '03 12:12:43PM

I got the same error code "-50" when trying to copy files within "Finder" , so I tried to copy the files within the Command Line. I found out that if the filenames have (@,[, ], ',' ) you can't copy the files.
I'm using 10.2.1, does anybody know if this has been fixed in the latest versions?



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FAT32 formats
Authored by: saint.duo on Jun 22, '03 11:14:29PM

This has not been "fixed" in 10.2.6. I believe this is because most PCs would freak out if you gave it filenames with special characters in them.

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