Using OS 14.5, Xojo 2024 r1.1.
In my program I was always able to write to an external drive by giving the program the full pathname, such as “/volumes/OWC Envoy Pro FX 1/Checkbook Backup/” + fldrPathSuffix, where
fldrPathSuffix = "Current Checkbook Backup/DataBud " + timeStamp
(TimeStamp) is a variable I create in the program to identify the backup.
I upgraded to an M2 Mac Studio from an i-7 iMac. Now I find that while I can still write to iCloud and OneDrive, I can no longer write to the external drive.
I’m not sure if the switch from Intel to M-2 had anything to do with that, only that I no longer know how to put a file (or folder) on an external drive.
I have both read and write permissions on the external drive, and frankly don’t understand how to get the folder “Data Bud” with its appended time stamp written to an external disk. My existing code is:
source = “/users/bart/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Budget! 2024/Data Bud”
fldrPathSuffix = "Current Checkbook Backup/DataBud " + timeStamp
dest = “/volumes/OWC Envoy Pro FX 1/Checkbook Backup/” + fldrPathSuffix
var ffldr as FolderItem '… The “FROM” folder
var tfldr as FolderItem '… The “TO” folder
ffldr = new FolderItem(Source,FolderItem.PathModes.Native, false) '… Create a variable in the program for the Source Folder
tfldr = new FolderItem(Destination,FolderItem.PathModes.Native, false) '…Create a variable in the program for the Destination Folder
ffldr.CopyTo(tfldr)
This works if the “TO” folder is, for example OneDrive, but I think that’s because OneDrive is merely a file on my internal SSD and the Microsoft software takes care of moving it to the cloud. Same with iCloud.
But for the life of me I don’t understand (1) why it worked before and not now; and (2) what code to change to be able to copy a folder to an external SSD.
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