Can network drives or external storage cause error 54?

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Can network drives or external storage cause error 54?
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Yes, network drives or external storage formatted with certain file systems might have different or more restrictive path length limits, or the way macOS interacts with them could expose existing long paths, leading to error 54 when trying to access or manipulate files.