Код ошибки 36 на mac

How to Resolve Error 36 in Mac OS X Finder with dot_clean

To use dot_clean, you’ll want to point it at the directory which is being copied and throwing the Error Code 36, the basics look like this:

For example, if copying

/Documents/FileBackups/ is the problematic directory, use:

That should be all that is necessary to resolve the issue, just be sure to attempt the file/directory transfer immediately after the command is run.

If this worked for you, or you know of another trick to fix Error Code 36 in the Mac OS X Finder, let us know in the comments.

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I also am having the error show up in copying my FCPX library (2.75TB) from one HD to another. Using a MacBook Pro 16, Catalina, all latest versions.

Here is a Q: Would it make a difference if one HD is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and the other is Fat32?
Thx!

2 4 hr sessions with different senior mac advisors. we tried at least 2 dozen solutions
ftom terminal to shutting down to safe mode
No solution worked

hard for me to believe that apple cannot
resolve this

sony video file from camera fails at every
copy attempt. error 36

In my experience terminal did not work, dot_clean.

If it does not work download ‘Commander One’ and use this to transfer the files.

This worked for me and seems to allow transfer of files larger that 2GB.

Thank you so much, i used Commander One too and it worked perfectly fine.

I’m trying to copy a movie file to a USB stick. Your instructions are unclear to me. Please tell me what I specifically have to type into the terminal. I know nothing about the terminal, and I mean nothing.

Tried dot_clean…and most of the files in the Memory card disappeared…..almost had a heart attach….ejected the memory card…..plugged it back in and all was well….could copy again. Thank you very much

I’ve been getting error 36 moving MP4 files to an NAS Drobo 5N. Unfortunately, dot_clean doesn’t help. I’ve found that duplicating the file with the error using command-D works, but only one file at a time.

Thanks you so much.
The dot_clean worked a treat on my photos library file Pictures\Photos Library. photoslibrary when I was doing a big copy of all my files in my Pictures folder.
All the other files had been successfully copied except those that were alphabetically after the Photos library.
So I just copied those few independently.
I am really grateful to all of you. You saved me trauma and hours of work that I would have spent trying to solve the problem.
Carol

Easiest way around this is to copy the file using Terminal:

It didn’t work for me – I just got input/output errors on all the problem files.

Ok, guys! Robe is absolutely right. I tried EVERYTHING. Just coping fr SD card to external hard drive was an absolute nightmare with this 36 thing. I am no computer wizard, but what Rob said about cp-R worked! I just dragged the whole folder to be sure.

Elena & Rob, THANK YOU! Worked perfectly for me.

Attention: file-dragging (original/’troubling’ FILE) / FOLDER-dragging (destination FOLDER).

I dont understand….please explain step by step.

Forgot to mention that I have used the USB between Mac & Windows to use the PDF files. Could this be an issue?

I have a Mac Mountain Lion – which I downloaded & upgraded into El Capitan, which works fine for me despite very few bugs – which occur like font list becoming invisible on Adobe InDesign. This is a simple, minor annoyance. Not sure if it’s related to this or not. Maybe it’s not.

But my real and more current issue is with the Kingston USB disk as I had files on it. However, it seems to think that there are files on it even if there’s not.

I have looked at quick tutorials with dot_clean solution but it doesn’t seem to work. The USB is empty and yet when I re-insert the USB – sometimes the files show up, sometimes it doesn’t. Seems like a paradox to me.

I also tried out the disk utility in an attempt to use digital ‘first aid’ – under external drive:

⇒ Kingston Data Traveler 3.0 Media (reads as empty with blue bar with all space unused) – It says ‘first aid’ was successful, but ‘erase’ was unsuccessful.
Then there’s sub-header KINGSTON underneath it. ‘First Aid’ and ‘Erase’ does not work here.

Short of abandoning this USB, I am at a loss as to a solution to fix this USB or to use it again.

Any ideas or other options?

Wish I could test this out but I’m trying to transfer 45gb through my network and it takes a few hours. The damn error came up when it was at 43.15gb. FML!

Hi,
what if this error appears when I try to copy mp4 file from a DVD disk? does it necessarily mean that the disk is damaged?
thanks

I just tried dot_clean

/Desktop
Then restarted the computer and It worked

This unfortunately wasn’t worked for me.

An external hard drive I keep around 600GB of music on was becoming unstable (unmouting randomly and not appearing in finder window for up to an hour) so I got another external drive and tried to move everything across.

I type dot_clean then leave a space and drag the folders to be copies in. Once it shows the paths to those folder I hit enter and drag everything to the new drive. Sometimes I get another error 36 before the first folder has transferred, sometimes after a dozen. No real. Noticeable pattern.

Any updates tips would be appreciated

I just wanted to say thank you for this page, both the article and the comments. Just wanted to share my experience in case it helps someone too.

I use Lightroom, so have all my managed photo files and folders on an external hard drive, which is copied to another drive by Carbon Cloner. I wanted to copy it again to a mobile hard drive for use away from home.

I used File Synchronisation at first to copy the files and repeatedly got errors – sometimes 900 of them. Same of I just dragged and dropped manually. I tried the dot clean on every single volume involved but it didn’t help. I manually went through each folder and removed the offending file and then copied it back – aargh. I got my first copy/

Then I messed up after some big changes to the library and decided to start again with a new copy – the error 36 started again. I couldn’t bear the thought of going through the files again. I ran first aid on the drive with disk utility – and a couple of changes were made, I then used Carbon Cloner to copy the files and it worked – there were only 2 errors – a random photo and an iPhone video – apparently ‘sitting on bad sectors”. I have deleted them from within lightroom and copied back back ups so we will see if this solves the problem. I am very happy to have a complete copy though – and v. chuffed that CC overlooks the errors. In my case think it might be a sign the the drives are failing, so another reason I need so many back ups (there’s another in the cloud). Time to restructure!

Thank you for this. It solved my problem.

This immediately solved the issue. I don’t know why but it has.

Please advise and help for the following issues. I want to copy from USD to MAC. its show error-36. I try to follow your guide solving this issues. the problem is idk what is ‘Path’, ‘To’, ‘Directory’, ‘With’, ‘Problem’ in my mac since i am not familiar with computer as i am only user.
please advise if you can help me. thank you.

best regards,
Victor Dragono

This worked for me! Thanks so much!

So I can’t do the dot clean to fix a file that’s on a mounted disk? The file that is giving me the error when I try to move it is on my main drive. I’m trying to move it to an external…

I have the exact same issue transferring FCP library, Bjorn – did you manage to fix?

I also am having the error show up in copying my FCPX library (2.75TB) from one HD to another. Using a MacBook Pro 16, Catalina, all latest versions.

Here is a Q: Would it make a difference if one HD is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and the other is Fat32?
Thx!

If you are getting the error while you are copying things to external NTFS drive, try to mount the drive in Windows and remove the the Mac specific files. In case you run into difficulties, you may need to run check disk to clean the drive and you can run it from command or from the Drive properties toolbox on Windows.

Same problem here as well, but not with all CD’s that I am uploading. I am transferring old CD-R discs of images to an external hard drive and getting the error 36. Not all folders have the error on the same ‘CD. This is occuring maybe 5% of the time. I’ve tried copying to my Mac’s desktop, but the same error occurs. Any thoughts?

…..Also, In all cases, I will transfer a certain portion from the folder with the rest receiving the error. On occasion, I can transfer 1 by 1. Is this signs that my burner is failing?

Are the CD’s scratched or damaged? I find that this error also occurs when a file can’t be read because the physical media is damaged. A solution that I found was to use

It did not successfully copy everything, but unlike Finder it did not stop when it came across a bad file. It displayed which files it failed to copy as it went, also.

I have the same problem.

My Cd-R’s are in perfect condition and have been stored properly. They were all burned in 2007 and 2008.

Note, I only receive the error on Imation CD’s. I’ve been transferring from Sony, TDK and Memorex without issue. Some Imations give me no trouble, but most do. I borrowed a friends mac and got the same issue however I was able to get a few extra photos before ether error occurred.

Also, when I put my CD-R in and search it up on disk utilities, my repair disk option (first aid) is grayed out so no go on the disk repair.

Got a fix for people with a similar issue. Originally, I burned all images to CD-R’s using a Windows based computer (non-mac) and decided yesterday to try to copy images from an old Dell. Well, it worked perfectly and I have transferred all images no problem to an external hard drive. The issue would appear to be my Mac having difficulty reading the Imation CDs. I borrowed a friend newer mac (2014, compared to my 2011) and the same issue occurred, except I was able to get a few more pictures from the newer computer than my own.

Код ошибки 36 mac OS

How to Resolve Error 36 in Mac OS X Finder with dot_clean

To use dot_clean, you’ll want to point it at the directory which is being copied and throwing the Error Code 36, the basics look like this:

For example, if copying

/Documents/FileBackups/ is the problematic directory, use:

That should be all that is necessary to resolve the issue, just be sure to attempt the file/directory transfer immediately after the command is run.

If this worked for you, or you know of another trick to fix Error Code 36 in the Mac OS X Finder, let us know in the comments.

Related articles:

67 Comments

2 4 hr sessions with different senior mac advisors. we tried at least 2 dozen solutions
ftom terminal to shutting down to safe mode
No solution worked

hard for me to believe that apple cannot
resolve this

sony video file from camera fails at every
copy attempt. error 36

In my experience terminal did not work, dot_clean.

If it does not work download ‘Commander One’ and use this to transfer the files.

This worked for me and seems to allow transfer of files larger that 2GB.

I’m trying to copy a movie file to a USB stick. Your instructions are unclear to me. Please tell me what I specifically have to type into the terminal. I know nothing about the terminal, and I mean nothing.

Tried dot_clean…and most of the files in the Memory card disappeared…..almost had a heart attach….ejected the memory card…..plugged it back in and all was well….could copy again. Thank you very much

I’ve been getting error 36 moving MP4 files to an NAS Drobo 5N. Unfortunately, dot_clean doesn’t help. I’ve found that duplicating the file with the error using command-D works, but only one file at a time.

Thanks you so much.
The dot_clean worked a treat on my photos library file PicturesPhotos Library. photoslibrary when I was doing a big copy of all my files in my Pictures folder.
All the other files had been successfully copied except those that were alphabetically after the Photos library.
So I just copied those few independently.
I am really grateful to all of you. You saved me trauma and hours of work that I would have spent trying to solve the problem.
Carol

Easiest way around this is to copy the file using Terminal:

It didn’t work for me – I just got input/output errors on all the problem files.

Ok, guys! Robe is absolutely right. I tried EVERYTHING. Just coping fr SD card to external hard drive was an absolute nightmare with this 36 thing. I am no computer wizard, but what Rob said about cp-R worked! I just dragged the whole folder to be sure.

Forgot to mention that I have used the USB between Mac & Windows to use the PDF files. Could this be an issue?

I have a Mac Mountain Lion – which I downloaded & upgraded into El Capitan, which works fine for me despite very few bugs – which occur like font list becoming invisible on Adobe InDesign. This is a simple, minor annoyance. Not sure if it’s related to this or not. Maybe it’s not.

But my real and more current issue is with the Kingston USB disk as I had files on it. However, it seems to think that there are files on it even if there’s not.

I have looked at quick tutorials with dot_clean solution but it doesn’t seem to work. The USB is empty and yet when I re-insert the USB – sometimes the files show up, sometimes it doesn’t. Seems like a paradox to me.

I also tried out the disk utility in an attempt to use digital ‘first aid’ – under external drive:

⇒ Kingston Data Traveler 3.0 Media (reads as empty with blue bar with all space unused) – It says ‘first aid’ was successful, but ‘erase’ was unsuccessful.
Then there’s sub-header KINGSTON underneath it. ‘First Aid’ and ‘Erase’ does not work here.

Short of abandoning this USB, I am at a loss as to a solution to fix this USB or to use it again.

Any ideas or other options?

Wish I could test this out but I’m trying to transfer 45gb through my network and it takes a few hours. The damn error came up when it was at 43.15gb. FML!

Hi,
what if this error appears when I try to copy mp4 file from a DVD disk? does it necessarily mean that the disk is damaged?
thanks

I just tried dot_clean

/Desktop
Then restarted the computer and It worked

This unfortunately wasn’t worked for me.

An external hard drive I keep around 600GB of music on was becoming unstable (unmouting randomly and not appearing in finder window for up to an hour) so I got another external drive and tried to move everything across.

I type dot_clean then leave a space and drag the folders to be copies in. Once it shows the paths to those folder I hit enter and drag everything to the new drive. Sometimes I get another error 36 before the first folder has transferred, sometimes after a dozen. No real. Noticeable pattern.

Any updates tips would be appreciated

I just wanted to say thank you for this page, both the article and the comments. Just wanted to share my experience in case it helps someone too.

I use Lightroom, so have all my managed photo files and folders on an external hard drive, which is copied to another drive by Carbon Cloner. I wanted to copy it again to a mobile hard drive for use away from home.

I used File Synchronisation at first to copy the files and repeatedly got errors – sometimes 900 of them. Same of I just dragged and dropped manually. I tried the dot clean on every single volume involved but it didn’t help. I manually went through each folder and removed the offending file and then copied it back – aargh. I got my first copy/

Then I messed up after some big changes to the library and decided to start again with a new copy – the error 36 started again. I couldn’t bear the thought of going through the files again. I ran first aid on the drive with disk utility – and a couple of changes were made, I then used Carbon Cloner to copy the files and it worked – there were only 2 errors – a random photo and an iPhone video – apparently ‘sitting on bad sectors”. I have deleted them from within lightroom and copied back back ups so we will see if this solves the problem. I am very happy to have a complete copy though – and v. chuffed that CC overlooks the errors. In my case think it might be a sign the the drives are failing, so another reason I need so many back ups (there’s another in the cloud). Time to restructure!

Thank you for this. It solved my problem.

This immediately solved the issue. I don’t know why but it has.

Please advise and help for the following issues. I want to copy from USD to MAC. its show error-36. I try to follow your guide solving this issues. the problem is idk what is ‘Path’, ‘To’, ‘Directory’, ‘With’, ‘Problem’ in my mac since i am not familiar with computer as i am only user.
please advise if you can help me. thank you.

best regards,
Victor Dragono

This worked for me! Thanks so much!

So I can’t do the dot clean to fix a file that’s on a mounted disk? The file that is giving me the error when I try to move it is on my main drive. I’m trying to move it to an external…

I have the exact same issue transferring FCP library, Bjorn – did you manage to fix?

If you are getting the error while you are copying things to external NTFS drive, try to mount the drive in Windows and remove the the Mac specific files. In case you run into difficulties, you may need to run check disk to clean the drive and you can run it from command or from the Drive properties toolbox on Windows.

Same problem here as well, but not with all CD’s that I am uploading. I am transferring old CD-R discs of images to an external hard drive and getting the error 36. Not all folders have the error on the same ‘CD. This is occuring maybe 5% of the time. I’ve tried copying to my Mac’s desktop, but the same error occurs. Any thoughts?

…..Also, In all cases, I will transfer a certain portion from the folder with the rest receiving the error. On occasion, I can transfer 1 by 1. Is this signs that my burner is failing?

Are the CD’s scratched or damaged? I find that this error also occurs when a file can’t be read because the physical media is damaged. A solution that I found was to use

It did not successfully copy everything, but unlike Finder it did not stop when it came across a bad file. It displayed which files it failed to copy as it went, also.

I have the same problem.

My Cd-R’s are in perfect condition and have been stored properly. They were all burned in 2007 and 2008.

Note, I only receive the error on Imation CD’s. I’ve been transferring from Sony, TDK and Memorex without issue. Some Imations give me no trouble, but most do. I borrowed a friends mac and got the same issue however I was able to get a few extra photos before ether error occurred.

Also, when I put my CD-R in and search it up on disk utilities, my repair disk option (first aid) is grayed out so no go on the disk repair.

Got a fix for people with a similar issue. Originally, I burned all images to CD-R’s using a Windows based computer (non-mac) and decided yesterday to try to copy images from an old Dell. Well, it worked perfectly and I have transferred all images no problem to an external hard drive. The issue would appear to be my Mac having difficulty reading the Imation CDs. I borrowed a friend newer mac (2014, compared to my 2011) and the same issue occurred, except I was able to get a few more pictures from the newer computer than my own.

iPhone forum Russia

Что за ошибка?

Гость_pcdon14435_* 23 Feb 2010

deni4ka 23 Feb 2010

Гость_pcdon14435_* 23 Feb 2010

deni4ka 23 Feb 2010

Гость_pcdon14435_* 23 Feb 2010

Извини за тупейший вопрос, но где мне эту систему посмотреть?

Короче мне его надо в NTFS форматнуть?

deni4ka 23 Feb 2010

Гость_pcdon14435_* 23 Feb 2010

deni4ka 23 Feb 2010

Гость_pcdon14435_* 24 Feb 2010

re_dalert 01 Mar 2010

П. С. pcdon14435 кстати так и не решил эту проблему(
Сообщение отредактировал re_dalert: 01 March 2010 — 01:12

deni4ka 01 Mar 2010

This isn’t a definitive solution but. it helps.

Launch Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type the following command, making sure to include a space at the end:
dot_clean

Select the folder on your Mac that is giving you trouble and drag it right to the Terminal window. A green cursor with a + symbol should appear before you release the mouse.
The path to that folder should have automatically appeared at the end of the Terminal command. For example, it might look like:
dot_clean /Users/UserName/Desktop/Test_Folder

Press Enter/Return to run the command. It will appear as if nothing happened, but try copying that folder to your external HD (for example). Finder should magically allow it to be moved with no problem!
Repeat the entire process as needed for other folders that won’t copy.

источник
разжую по русски:
1. создаем папку. например Test_Folder на рабочем столе
2. открываем терминал
3. пишем
dot_clean и ставим пробел
4. перетягиваем папку которую создали в окно терминала. в нашем случае папка Test_Folder
должно получиться так
dot_clean /Users/UserName/Desktop/Test_Folder
(где UserName это имя Вашей учетной записи)
5. нажимаем Enter
после этого копируем.
так же надо поступить и с другими папками в которые надо скопировать проблемные файлы.

re_dalert 01 Mar 2010

Гость_pcdon14435_* 01 Mar 2010

deni4ka 01 Mar 2010

re_dalert 01 Mar 2010

Гость_pcdon14435_* 01 Mar 2010

This isn’t a definitive solution but. it helps.

Launch Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type the following command, making sure to include a space at the end:
dot_clean

Select the folder on your Mac that is giving you trouble and drag it right to the Terminal window. A green cursor with a + symbol should appear before you release the mouse.
The path to that folder should have automatically appeared at the end of the Terminal command. For example, it might look like:
dot_clean /Users/UserName/Desktop/Test_Folder

Press Enter/Return to run the command. It will appear as if nothing happened, but try copying that folder to your external HD (for example). Finder should magically allow it to be moved with no problem!
Repeat the entire process as needed for other folders that won’t copy.

источник
разжую по русски:
1. создаем папку. например Test_Folder на рабочем столе
2. открываем терминал
3. пишем
dot_clean и ставим пробел
4. перетягиваем папку которую создали в окно терминала. в нашем случае папка Test_Folder
должно получиться так
dot_clean /Users/UserName/Desktop/Test_Folder
(где UserName это имя Вашей учетной записи)
5. нажимаем Enter
после этого копируем.
так же надо поступить и с другими папками в которые надо скопировать проблемные файлы.

Fix: Error Code 43 on MacOS

Mac OS X has always had a reputation of being a way simpler operating system than Windows and Linux and its user interface is quite user-friendly. There are quite a few error codes that appear on OS X regularly but Apple had to sacrifice certain features Windows possesses in order to achieve this simplicity.

Solution 1: Using Disk Utility

Solution 2: Reset NVRAM (PRAM)

NVRAM (nonvolatile random-access memory) is a small amount of memory that your Mac uses to store certain settings and access them quickly. The settings stored in NVRAM depend on your Mac and the devices you’re using with your Mac.

There are plenty of issues that can be solved by resetting NVRAM and this particular error is definitely one of them. Follow the instructions below in order to proceed with this process.

Optional: Delete Locked Files

Solution 3: A Helpful Tip

This particular fix was suggested by several Mac users who experienced the same issue once before. Try it out as it appears to be quite simple.

Solution 4: Force Quit Finder

This fix may appear too simple but several users have reported that it was able to fix the issue for them in no time.

Причины возникновения ошибки «-8076» в macOS?

Исследуя эту конкретную проблему, проанализировав различные пользовательские отчеты и стратегии исправления, которые используются для решения этой проблемы и основываясь на приобретенном опыте, было найдено несколько стратегий восстановления, которые, вызывают данный код ошибки:

Способ 1: проверка разрешения общих файлов

Некоторым пользователям удалось решить эту проблему, изменив разрешения для файла/папки. Для этой опции требуется пароль администратора перед внесением любых изменений. Некоторые администраторы, чтобы сохранить файлы доступными только для чтения, также используют такую для обычных пользователей (гостевых пользователей).

Способ 2: выключить или перезагрузить компьютер

Многие сталкивались с ситуацией, когда при перемещении или удалении файлов они по-прежнему отображаются в папке. Иногда невозможно завершить процесс перемещения или удаления файлов, так как они открыты или используются другой программой. Выход из системы или перезагрузка закроет приложения и использование файлов. После перезагрузки ПК попробуйте внести изменения в файл/папку.

Способ 3: использование терминала для изменения файла или папки

Если вы не можете внести изменения напрямую с помощью контекстного меню или нажатием сочетаний клавиш, то попробуйте выполнить их через Терминал. Помимо этого, используйте команду sudo перед выполнением других команд, чтобы применить изменения от имени администратора, что также поможет в проблеме с разрешениями.

Примечание: вы также можете использовать параметр перетаскивания для папки с файлами/папками в терминале.

Чтобы удалить файл или папку, перейдите в каталог, нахождения файлов:

(«documents» могут быть изменены на ваше местоположение)

sudo rm – f filename

в Терминале, чтобы удалить выбранный файл или папку.

(где «filename» — имя вашего файла или папки)

Команды для перемещения или удаления файла или папки:

Перейдите в каталог, нахождения файлов:

(укажите месторасположение вашего документа)

Введите следующую команду в Терминале для того что бы переместить или переименовать файлы:

sudo mv desktop. png gamesqa. png

(где desktop — это старое имя, gamesqa — новое имя, с новым именем может быть предоставлено новое местоположение)

Примечание: вы можете сохранить имя файла/папки и изменить только местоположение для него.

Как скопировать и переименовать файл или папку:

В командной строке каталога нужно ввести месторасположение файла:

Введите в Терминале следующую команду для копирования и переименования файлов:

sudo cp gamesqa. png