# Error 36 moving the RW file from desktop to server

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-36-moving-the-rw-file-from-desktop-to-server/11340>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-36-moving-the-rw-file-from-desktop-to-server/11340 "2016-11-28T17:48:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![giacomo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/giacomo/32/13670_2.png) [@giacomo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/giacomo)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-36-moving-the-rw-file-from-desktop-to-server/11340/1 "2016-11-28T17:48:51Z")

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I found the same issue in the forum back with RW6. maybe this is related to the last update?  
If I compress the file I can move with out problems.

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**Author:** ![isaiah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/isaiah/32/93_2.png) [@isaiah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/isaiah)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-36-moving-the-rw-file-from-desktop-to-server/11340/2 "2016-11-28T19:49:30Z")

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Error -36 is the result of moving Mac files/folders onto drives that are formatted for Windows. More specifically for moving “dot files” (e.g. `.DS_Store`) to a Fat32 drive on which those things may not be allowed.

I see this problem mostly when people have a thumb drive that came pre-formatted for Windows and they try to copy a folder or a “bundled file” (like a RapidWeaver project) to the thumb drive. You’ll see this error then for sure.

This is not a problem with RapidWeaver, the files, or anything else. This is just a fundamental incompatibility between macOS files systems and Windows file systems.

You can get around it by reformatting the thumb drive using Disk Utils to a macOS format – or in the case of a server (that you probably shouldn’t just reformat LOL) zipping files that you copy there first.

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**Author:** ![giacomo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/giacomo/32/13670_2.png) [@giacomo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/giacomo)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-36-moving-the-rw-file-from-desktop-to-server/11340/3 "2016-11-28T20:44:00Z")

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Hi Isaiah,  
My configuration is like this for years now and just happen this week, I didn’t notice before.  
iMac El Capitan (I didn’t upgrade until I’m sure everything running smooth)  
Synology NAS nothing change since…

so this a recent very recent and it’s happening only with my RW file, all the other files I can move easily…  
also as I mentioned IF I compress the file the RW zipped get copy with no problem.

Right now I’m copy back from the server to my desktop old RW files. to see and the result I can drop back with no problem.  
I even duplicate the file that give me problems and renamed… still give me the error -36.

I also check the privilege… is all red and write.

I bet is related to RW 7.1.7… I can try from another iMac with old RW and see what happen.