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<blockquote data-quote="mtinmwv" data-source="post: 591076" data-attributes="member: 46778"><p>Remember, when doing a copy, Finder traverses the entire tree to count items and size it up. The more you have to move, the longer it takes.</p><p></p><p>Remote possibility: the external drive may have a corrupt filesystem on it. Check/verify it first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mtinmwv, post: 591076, member: 46778"] Remember, when doing a copy, Finder traverses the entire tree to count items and size it up. The more you have to move, the longer it takes. Remote possibility: the external drive may have a corrupt filesystem on it. Check/verify it first. [/QUOTE]
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