Sunday, June 05, 2005

Finder Suggestion: Skip Uncopyable Files Instead of Stopping Copy Operation

If you've ever tried to copy massive amounts of files only to have the copying stopped when the Finder stumbles across some kind of uncopyable file, as I recently have, you know how annoying this can be.

Here's how I suggest the process should go: While copying, when the Finder comes across a file it cannot copy for whatever reason, it generates a running list stating (1) that files name, (2) the path to that file, and (3) the reason it could not be copied. The user should be able to save this list as text at the end of the process, if desired. When one of these uncopyable files is hit, the Finder skips it (after it's been added to the list) and continues on with all other files. Thus, at the end, you can take care of things as necessary.