DS_Store corruption

[ajay556]

my entire 10 years of music and photos are in jeopardy. I deleted my backup to make space. But now my main external drive keeps on complaining can't find DS_store file as i attempt I copy. iTunes music is not able to play any songs.

 

Exact error: The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in .DS_store can't be read or written (Error Code -36)

 

Please HELP!!!!

[RunHomeSlow]

my entire 10 years of music and photos are in jeopardy. I deleted my backup to make space. But now my main external drive keeps on complaining can't find DS_store file as i attempt I copy. iTunes music is not able to play any songs.

 

Exact error: The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in .DS_store can't be read or written (Error Code -36)

 

Please HELP!!!!

 

 

Hello,

You may want to look at this page:

Can't copy folders to USB key - HELP | Page 2 | MacRumors Forums

 

see post #31

[avta]

If not already done you might run First Aid on the external drive.

[jabbr]

I'd first do a fully copy to another drive using something like Carbon Copy Cloner etc. and then run a repair using disc utility on the copy.

 

 

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[Bob Stern]

The DS_Store files can be deleted without consequence. They merely store the last view arrangement of each folder (column width, font size, etc) and Finder comment tags. I expect you can solve your problem by running a utility that deletes all the DS_Store files on your music volume. You also can do it in the Terminal as explained below, but probably not a good idea if you don’t know what you're doing because a typo in a Terminal command could delete files you didn’t intend.

 

https://jonbellah.com/recursively-remove-ds-store/