Re: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - data loss bug reported by MacInTouch

I believe another report on this bug stated that it exists in (all?)
previous versions of OS X as well - which, unlike Windows, by design
deletes the original source file before the copying is finalized and
confirmed.

Rob

Aron Roberts wrote:
> Ric Ford and friends at the MacInTouch website are reporting what
> appears to be a serious data loss bug in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:
>
> http://www.macintouch.com/leopard/movebug.html
>
>> In Leopard, if you move (not copy) files or folders between disk or
>> network volumes, and some glitch happens to the destination volume or
>> your connection with it, all of the files vanish - both your originals
>> and the ones on the destination end. ...
>>
>> [The bug] can be avoided by always copying files between volumes, then
>> manually deleting the source files when done. ... avoiding this bug
>> in the Leopard Finder should be easy[, as the] Finder's default
>> behavior is to copy files and folders when you drag from one volume to
>> another. You have to press and hold the Command key to turn this into
>> a move.
>
> The report's authors express uncertainty over whether the bug "is
> restricted to the Finder exclusively [or ...] in system services used by
> third-party developers, [where] it could have much worse effects, since
> users would have no idea when it might bite."
>
> Some additional background:
>
> http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massive-data-loss-bug-in-leopard/
>
> Aron Roberts
> Information Services and Technology
>
>
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