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discrepancies in folders copied to external drive - iMac

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  • 22-11-2018 1:51pm
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    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,238 ✭✭✭


    I'm copying the folders and files from an old iMac to a new Western Digital My Passport external drive.

    I don't why exactly I used Get Info to compare the folders after transferring but I noticed discrepancies. The GBs matched but the number of "items" transferred to the new hard drive were lower.

    Just now the most recent folder completed transferring and there is a difference in the "size on disk".

    Is this normal or am I losing files?


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    #2
    Johnboy1951
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    Resulting 'size on disk' can vary a little and usually does where the drive formatting and/or filesystems are not equal.

    Maybe hidden files might account for the count discrepancy?


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    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,238 ✭✭✭Spon Farmer


    Thank you


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