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Originally Posted by SlowToady
OS10.5 seems to have a glaring bug in the directory copy code for the Finder. If you're coping form one device to another (say, internal HD to external HD) and one device becomes unavailable for some reason (accidentally unplugged, for instance) Bad Things(tm) happen and you loose all your data.
Shaun, you could copy the older messages to another directory, tarball them so you have em, and keep only the recent ones in programs db. Make it a bit faster. OutLook has this automated, called "Auto Archive." Might want to check if your OSX mail program has anything like that, otherwise you can do it manually.
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Actually, this problem has been around since earlier versions of OS X.
A typical "copy" in the Finder means you take a folder or doc and simply drag and drop from one place to another; to another volume for instance. After you are done, you have the "original" in the place it originally was and a "copy" at the destination.
The problem arises when one tries to "move" a file/doc from one volume to another, i.e. no "original" remains at the origin and the "original" is "moved" to the destination volume. To do this, one
must hold down the "option" key during the drag and drop.
The lost or corrupt data will most likely be the actual file or document that was in transition from one volume to the other when the interruption occurred!
FWIW.
I think 10.5 is a must upgrade because of Time Machine alone, unless you are already making frequent back-ups.
Best,
Kurt