One more Finder File Copy Bug: Is it Even Safe to Count on the macOS Finder to Copy Files?

2018-03-16 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Apple, Apple Core Rot, Apple macOS, data integrity, diglloydTools, IntegrityChecker, macOS Finder

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Update June 2018: I almost threw out my files again. I have to be extremely careful not to destroy my own data. Apple, are you this clueless?

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It is this sort of thing, along with zero size files and folders that make the macOS Finder so scary to use these days: are the files copied, or not? Can the Finder even be relied upon (ever!) to copy files without data loss? See also:

• Apple’s Penchant for IGNORING Data Loss Risks Continues, Unabated: Finder Erroneously Shows Files as Zero Bytes
• Finder Hangs While Copying
• One Example Among Many of Things that Suck with macOS: Continual Breakdown in Quality Control(zero byte files)
• Copying Files with macOS Finder: Data Loss Bug

Files long since copied still show copying in progress