Copying to Network Drive Error code -36

Copying to Network Drive Error code -36 Happens to every kind of network drive, Time Capsule, OS X Server, another kind of server.  No solution at present.  Investigating.  Best shot right now.  Paste this into terminal and hit enter.  Let me know if it solves the issue.

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

Also you may find the solution at the excellent website MacWindows. If you don’t want to click on that then do this: “I had success by adding a line to the /etc/smb.config on the NAS device: “unix extensions = no”. After setting that and restarting Samba, these issues were immediately resolved. Writing files now creates files with proper Windows ACLs instead of just Unix permissions and error code 36 is no longer occurring.”  Thanks Mr. Rowe!

You can also experience this problem with copying to FAT32/NTFS drives.  One temporary solution is to delete all invisibile files in the directory you are copying to and from.  Another solution is in this thread “I was able to fix it by formatting it to FAT 16. Maybe that sheds some light on the issue.”  Thanks JacobVanOrder!

Another soultion if you need to copy from/to NTFS volumes is what deairheart suggest “Well I believe I have the answer to this problem…at least for me. I use Paragon NTFS for Mac and just discovered today that they have a new update for Snow Leopard. In fact they also have a Beta version. I downloaded the 7.0 Version and now I can transfer files from NTFS externals to other NTFS externals without the error 36.I’m still checking my system out but so far I have been able to transfer files that were giving me the error 36 before. Hope this helps”  I use Paragon myself and it works great.  Never had an issue and its pretty transparent.”

This post suggests this “UPDATE – 4/4/10: Apple’s 10.6.3 update has indeed finally fixed this bug! If you installed the update and are still experiencing a Finder error, it’s likely you are suffering from a different issue that is beyond the realm of this article.”