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Offline danielmiller

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PM creating two folders
« on: September 24, 2015, 06:50:53 AM »
iMac 2.7GHz i5, OS X 10.9.5, Photo Mechanic 5.0 build 16438 (e61be25)

I have a user who is seeing an intermittent problem. When she uses the copy/move function and creates a new folder, it sometimes creates two folders. One folder with the intended name, and the other with the intended name plus a space added at the end. PM successfully moves/adds the photos into the new folder and leaves the other empty.

What other information can I give to help diagnose this?

-Dan

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Re: PM creating two folders
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2015, 10:12:55 AM »
Hi Dan,

The first thing I'd look to see is a screenshot of the copy/move dialog that was used when this happened. E.g. Is she using any variables in the folder paths?

Also, id she using any OSX Folder actions in her workflow?

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Re: PM creating two folders
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 10:32:37 AM »
Hey Mick,

It's all pretty clean and easy. No folder actions, but the new folder destination is on a remote volume. (A Drobo)

-Dan

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Re: PM creating two folders
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2015, 03:48:57 PM »
Dan,

It's all pretty clean and easy. No folder actions, but the new folder destination is on a remote volume. (A Drobo)

Does the problem happen when copying to a local disk with the same settings?

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Re: PM creating two folders
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2015, 06:04:56 AM »
The problem is intermittent enough that it's difficult to thoroughly test. Will see if it's possible to recreate the issue with a local disk and advise.