Why so slow speed when copying on a new mac studio

I have bought a Mac studio M1 max with 32 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD.

When copying 900 GB from one USB-disc to another it says it takes about 4 hours.. Why is this?

I use Mac OS Monterey 12.2

Mac Studio, macOS 12.2

Posted on Jan 3, 2023 7:54 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2023 10:13 AM

The USB disks themselves are probably the bottleneck.

If they support only USB2, it will be slow, no matter which mac you use.


What are the drives, and also how are they formatted?

Some people have reported poor drive performance associated with formats like ExFAT on Ventura.

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