[X4U] Error code -36

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Thu Sep 30 12:17:08 PDT 2010


On 9/29/10,  Rich Franklin <rff10 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>   I seem to recall something about this on Apple's site, but I can't
> remember exactly where so you'll have to search.
>
> On 9/29/2010 10:55 AM, Allan Rube wrote:
>> I am trying to copy files to a hard drive. I cannot copy some due to
>> an error --36.

Type this into a Terminal app window:  macerror -XXX, where XXX is the error
number. E.g., for this one, we have:

macerror -36
-> Mac OS error -36 (ioErr): I/O error (bummers)

Alternatively, peruse the various errors.h files that reside on the computer.


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