Copying Folder from one drive to another issues.

[jimbridger]

I have recently been copying files from one external drive to another. They seem to copy just fine until I run a test on them by checking them with the program Chrono Sync. Chronosync is regularly telling me that certain attributes are not exactly the same and wants to sync them. does anyone know why a file copy from one drive to another would not be exactly the same? I am using Mac OSX 10.5.5. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Are both drives in HFS+ format, or different formats?

When you say you're copying files from one drive to another, are you doing a manual copy, then verifying the two drives with Chronosync, or are you using Chronosync to do the copying and syncing?

[jimbridger]

Yes, both drives are formatted in HFS+. My copy consists of manually copying the folders over to the other drive and then checking them with ChronoSync. I've done it this way since Chronosyn seems to take longer than a normal copy.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

When you do a "manual copy", then the "last opened" date gets changed (to the time that the copy took place). Perhaps this is what Chronosync is telling you is out of whack between the two?