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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:51 PM
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Why with OSX does moving files take so much time?
I mean if I want to move 100 files from one folder to another the little spinning rainbow disc comes up and I'm stuck for sometimes indefinitely until I decide to quit the finder...A couple of other OSX users I know have noticed the same thing...is it just a bug or what?
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 12:03 AM
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1. How big are the files?
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 12:10 AM by alfredo
What about your computer, what about speed and RAM? What version of OSX?
That info may not have anything to do with this problem, but you can never tell.



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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 12:22 AM
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2. well they're artwork files so pretty big...
Mainly Photoshop or Illustrator, 100 kb to 8 MB...yeah I can see this slowing down the process...Come to think of it my computer crashed big time in Sept 2003 and the tech people said I had a physical problem with the hard drive (bad bands?) and eventually I would have to get it replaced...I have noticed lots of delays using Photoshop lately that I can only remedy by quitting and restarting it...I think I might have gained an insight into my problem, thanks...
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 01:31 AM
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3. Get a new drive.
Maxtor drives are pretty good and are not too expensive. I have had good success with them.

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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 01:41 AM
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4. Thanks for the tip...
I will go to the MacForce and ask about Maxtor ...It is definitely going to be attended to soon! However I hate asking my boss for all these things! Three weeks ago they paid $200 for a workshop for me to attend, and I was just about to hit him up for a Photoshop upgrade (to 7!) However, it has its rewards as I've been putting out a ton of artwork for them lately!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 01:43 PM
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5. Run disk utility and if there are a lot of errors that can't
be fixed, show that to your boss. Then pitch for a new drive. Hey this drive is dying and we could lose a lot of data. $100 can buy you a lot of drive now.
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