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ReadyNAS RN104 does not copy a folder properly
I am using ReadyNAS RN104 at firmware level 6.9.5 and a MacOSX High SIerra 10.13.16.
I'm experiencing a problem when I copy a directory (folder) from a CD to an existing directory into my Rea...
Hi flaviocb
So, when you copy the folder from CD directly to NAS you see the create date as 24/01/1984 and when you copy the directory from CD to the Mac the create is missing entirely.
In the first scenario you cannot access the folder but in the second scenario you can. I suppose this matches what you see mostly online about this problem. The MacOS is unable to open folder/files with a create date of 24/01/1984 (i.e. missing create date) when reading from an external device (such as a NAS).
I suppose that when it is copied locally, the MacOS somehow just deals with it. In any case it shows that the CD rip program does not add a create date to the files when they are ripped. Again, there might be a setting somewhere in that program to do that.
I think the issue is the same as before. The MacOS seems to not deal well with folders/files without a create data, especially when reading from an external device.
Why don't you try this:
1. Copy from CD directy to Mac.
2. Add a resonable create date to the folder and files.
3. Then copy the folder and content to the NAS.Can the Mac access the directory then, from the NAS?
Just a correction on the image of my last post. On the left circled in RED is the GUI INFO when I copied the directory from CD to the NAS and it remained grayed with its ontents inaccessibe via GUI Interfcae on MAC, on the right is GUI INFO when I copied the the same grayed directory from the NAS to the LOCAL DISK in the MAC, and where the directory became readable again. Please read my last post first.
Hi flaviocb
So, when you copy the folder from CD directly to NAS you see the create date as 24/01/1984 and when you copy the directory from CD to the Mac the create is missing entirely.
In the first scenario you cannot access the folder but in the second scenario you can. I suppose this matches what you see mostly online about this problem. The MacOS is unable to open folder/files with a create date of 24/01/1984 (i.e. missing create date) when reading from an external device (such as a NAS).
I suppose that when it is copied locally, the MacOS somehow just deals with it. In any case it shows that the CD rip program does not add a create date to the files when they are ripped. Again, there might be a setting somewhere in that program to do that.
I think the issue is the same as before. The MacOS seems to not deal well with folders/files without a create data, especially when reading from an external device.
Why don't you try this:
1. Copy from CD directy to Mac.
2. Add a resonable create date to the folder and files.
3. Then copy the folder and content to the NAS.
Can the Mac access the directory then, from the NAS?
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