The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 100096).

[EverlyScott]

(This might be an issue with NTFS-3G... I would post it to their forums but I cannot figure out how to make an account on their forum software from 2001)

I just installed OSXFuse and ntfs-3g on my Hackintosh running Catalina 10.15.4 so I can read and write to my Windows drives on macOS, but I'm getting this error when trying to copy any file to an NTFS drive:

The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 100096).

If I click OK, the dialogue box goes away, but there is an empty file left in the place I was copying it to that is only visible to terminal (even with hidden files enabled in Finder)

It seems like I can create and edit files with Terminal, so this might be an issue with how the FInder interacts with an NTFS drive

[bfleischer]

I'm sorry, but I cannot help you with that. Please report NTFS-3G issues to the NTFS-3G team.

[ghost]

Can reproduce. This seems to be POSIXErrorENODATA, aka the "No message available on STREAM" stuff. So similar to #703.

Mounting with NTFS-3G's native xattr turned off but using auto_xattr makes it work, so the issue is likely in the xattr handling of ntfs-3g itself. Using the -o debug option shows finder and spotlight requesting a bunch of non-existing attributes.

Comparing the Linux and macOS manpages for getxattr(2), the issue seems to be that macOS does not define ENOATTR (93) as the same as ENODATA (96), but using a separate error code instead. NTFS-3G only uses ENODATA, and that confuses macOS.

I popped a message onto their mailing list.

(Oops this is not my account.)

[rickygm]

I have the same problem with Catalina 10.15.7, when it is copying a file to a drive it gives me that error 100096.

any news?

[Diaz1999]

I have the same problem with Catalina 10.15.7, when it is copying a file to a drive it gives me that error 100096.

any news?

not that I know of. the notice at the bottom of the NTFS-3G wiki here is still in place, so I guess no.

Note 2: NTFS-3G had a bug that prevents macOS from understanding when an attribute is missing. A fix is available, but it is yet to be included in a release.