The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50).

How do I overcome this error- The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50). Hard Drive on my Mac.


Posted on Feb 10, 2022 2:14 PM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2022 2:46 PM

What were you doing when you received this error?

Did you do anything before the error occurred?


Try booting to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

A lot of times just boot to Safe Mode followed by normal boot resolves problems.

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Feb 10, 2022 2:46 PM in response to gilbert46

What were you doing when you received this error?

Did you do anything before the error occurred?


Try booting to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

A lot of times just boot to Safe Mode followed by normal boot resolves problems.

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Feb 11, 2022 6:37 AM in response to gilbert46

This sounds a bit similar to the error 60 code that I was recently getting from the Disk Utility (when creating a large disk image from a source folder on an external SDD). In my case, the remedy was to erase and then recreate the APFS Container (including 2 volumes, one configured as a Time Machine volume).

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