Ingestion errors

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Ingestion errors

Posted by Robert Withers on May 2, 2018 at 4:50 pm

Hi folks,
I’ve been indoctrinated to copy/backup the entire film structure of a camera card onto my hard drives.

So here’s what I do:
Insert camera card in my Macbook Pro slot and open. I see a “Private” folder in the card folder in Mac OS Mountain Lion.
I drag to copy onto a folder in my internal hard drive. I drag to make another copy on an external hard drive.
Minutes go by, then I see the error message: The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “PRIVATE” already exists.
Sometimes I get an error message that names a different item that already exists, usually a hidden file or folder.
It _looks_ like the entire content has been copied.

But how can I do this more smoothly with the Mac Finder? What do these error messages mean?

Thanks for your thoughts,
Robert

Robert Withers

Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City

Robert Withers replied 7 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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Greg Janza
May 4, 2018 at 4:58 pm

I’d recommend that you stop using drag and drop to back up data.

Get a program like Dropsync and let it do the important work of making sure that every file gets copied across correctly.

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Robert Withers
May 4, 2018 at 5:46 pm

Hi Greg,
Thanks for your suggestion. I will research Dropsync.
Seems to be an android and phone app featuring Facebook use and dropbox interface, anything but video production.
Still researching. Can you provide a link?
Are there no good ways to use the finder to back up cards?
Thanks,
Robert

Robert Withers

Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
Greg Janza
May 4, 2018 at 6:12 pm

https://mudflatsoftware.com/

Windows 10 Pro
i7-5820k CPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Blackmagic Decklink 4k Mini Monitor
Adobe CC 2018
Renders/cache: Samsung SSD 950 Pro x2 in Raid 0
Media: Samsung SSD 960 PRO PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
Media: OWC Thunderbay 4 x 2 Raid 0 mirrored with FreeFileSync
Robert Withers
May 4, 2018 at 8:23 pm

Thanks, Greg.
Apparently there are two different softwares with the same name, a cause of confusion.
The site says:
“DropSync is a versatile Mac App for working with collections of files in different locations. Whether you’re pushing edits to a webserver or backing up a huge photo collection, DropSync helps get the job done with a minimum of fuss.”

This seems like overkill for what I need to do, which is just copy files from a card to a drive. Though I’m sure it works.

I’ve heard of other utilities that do this and enable a checksum comparison to confirm accurate copying. Back to research. Though why can’t I just do this in the finder?

All best,
Robert

Robert Withers

Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
Robert Withers
November 21, 2018 at 12:52 am

I hear ShotPut Pro touted and also there is a feature of free Resolve called Clone Tool that backs up with a checksum.

Robert Withers

Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City

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