Other long time "Preparing to move" file solution

Because I cannot post a new Reply on similar questions I want to share a solution I used to move huge Library.Photos to another attached disk.

At Terminal I simply run the command

mv /path-to-source/ /path-to-target/

and it started to move the file immediately

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Mar 31, 2024 8:46 AM

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Mar 31, 2024 1:41 PM in response to Daniel Stonek

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