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discrepancies in folders copied to external drive - iMac

  • 22-11-2018 01:51PM
    #1
    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭


    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
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,947 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    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?


  • #3
    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭Spon Farmer


    Thank you


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