OS 10.5 - New folders on external HD disappear after move or reaname

rogo22 · rogo22 #1 (**permalink**)

05-20-2009, 10:48 PM

So i have a 400GB harddrive that i was moving my 170GB of music onto. the Main folder is MUSIC on both my mac and the HDD that i am moving it to. each folder is a diff. artist and i have them all moved, however i noticed that there are 902 folders in my mac's MUSIC folder, and only 897 on the external. When i try to move the individual folders, the disappear immediately. for an example, one folder is named Uffie. Its on the external, but i cant see it in either finder or pathfinder. if i try to move again, it asks to replace the one already there. but still cant see it. if i make a new folder and name it like uffie1.. it disappaers as soon as i hit 'enter' to save the rename from untitled folder. any ideas?
using
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
doesnt work when i relaunch finder, so they're arent hidden (i guess) and they dont show up in spotlight... and its just the 5 folders names

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Member Since: Aug 01, 2008 Posts: 4	05-20-2009, 10:48 PM So i have a 400GB harddrive that i was moving my 170GB of music onto. the Main folder is MUSIC on both my mac and the HDD that i am moving it to. each folder is a diff. artist and i have them all moved, however i noticed that there are 902 folders in my mac's MUSIC folder, and only 897 on the external. When i try to move the individual folders, the disappear immediately. for an example, one folder is named Uffie. Its on the external, but i cant see it in either finder or pathfinder. if i try to move again, it asks to replace the one already there. but still cant see it. if i make a new folder and name it like uffie1.. it disappaers as soon as i hit 'enter' to save the rename from untitled folder. any ideas? using defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE doesnt work when i relaunch finder, so they're arent hidden (i guess) and they dont show up in spotlight... and its just the 5 folders names
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