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mpainesyd

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Original poster
Nov 29, 2008
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Sydney, Australia
I have an external drive linked to one iMac running Sierra. From another iMac on the network, when I try to copy a file to that drive I get a warning message, even though the file did not exist on the target drive:
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If I select Replace (or Keep Both) it starts making multiple copies on the target drive. I have to force-quit Finder then delete all those files.

It also happens if I try to copy to another external drive on that iMac.

This is an old iMac that has lived through numerous OSX upgrades so I suspect it is a legacy issue - maybe some mirroring setting gone wrong?
 
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