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felipevaz
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Error when copying anything from Dropbox (monterey, 2020 m1 MBP)

Whenever I try to copy a folder from the local Dropbox folder to another folder in my Mac, I get this error: "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8062)...
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DolphinU1
Helpful | Level 7
4 years ago

Well, I have some additional information that allowed me to complete the copying. 

 

After copying files in small pieces I found the problem file. It was some kind of a database for an oscilloscope. The file ended with .db, this document does not run on a Mac anyway. I deleted it.  Hopefully next time when I back up, I'll have smooth sailing. It's really a shame that the Mac OS can't report the file it’s having trouble with, instead it just chokes and gives an error code which is useless for the average user.

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RF20
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

That's such a painful process.

 

I tried just creating an empty folder in Dropbox, and tried copying this folder (without any files within) to my Macbook's local hard drive. Same error message popped up.

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