


If you’re running Mac OS X 10.6.2 and have a MS-DOS/FAT-formatted disk handy, here is a quick way to replicate the problem. I could copy the files individually just fine, but not an entire folder at once. Both flash drives were formatted as FAT volumes (known as MS-DOS in Disk Utility) and only files that resided in a folder seemed to be affected.

Some of the files I temporarily copied to my Mac’s Desktop from my old flash drive would not successfully copy to the new one. I recently got a new USB flash drive and ran into a serious issue as I was loading it with data. Users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, specifically those running 10.6.2, are experiencing a widespread problem related to copying directories to Windows-formatted volumes in Finder.
