Can't copy iPhoto library back from public share? OSX 10.6.8

Hello people,

After a few issues with iPhoto after copying my library to a public share I created on my My Book Live 2TB, I have decided to copy it back to my Mac. The problem is it just says “preparing to copy” and doesn’t actually start copying. I updated to a gigabit ethernet switch recently and copying to the MBL since then has been much quicker but I have left this for hours as it still says “preparing to copy”. The iPhoto library file is 81gb and I have no ‘media serving’ enabled on the file. 

Any ideas, just want to move my file back :frowning:

Hello, if possible try moving the files in smaller chunks, if that doesn’t work or is not possible, try connecting the My book directly to the Mac.

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Hi, Moving smaller chunks worked. I did have to “show package contents” to get at the files an it took a while but library is safely back on my iMac. Thank you.