Flash Drive really SLOW on MAC OSX

Jan 29, 2009, 04:49 PM

I plugged in my windows FAT formatted hard drive into MAC OSX and tried copying some stuff, but the drive is horrendously slow. Takes about 3 mins to copy 50MB.

Whats Wrong ?

Castiel · Jan 29, 2009, 04:50 PM

What kind of flash drive is it? Is it a U3 device?

Jan 29, 2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Castiel

What kind of flash drive is it? Is it a U3 device?

whats a U3 device ?

just a centon data stick pro 2 gb drive

Castiel · Jan 29, 2009, 05:01 PM

Does it have this on the flash drive?

Jan 29, 2009, 10:04 PM

no

cdawall · Jan 29, 2009, 10:09 PM

lol those are really cheap/slow sticks and max limits the USB bus

Jan 29, 2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

lol those are really cheap/slow sticks and max limits the USB bus

ya true, but what i don't understand is why is it so slow on MC only. in Windows it works fine.

Wile E · Jan 30, 2009, 08:02 AM

What kind of Mac?

Jan 30, 2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wile E

What kind of Mac?

i don't know much about macs.

looked like an imac. i plugged the drive into the back of the monitor.

Wile E · Jan 31, 2009, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf2009

i don't know much about macs.

looked like an imac. i plugged the drive into the back of the monitor.

I was just wondering because some older iMacs are USB 1.1. But if the iMac just looks like an lcd monitor with a bigger than normal bezel, then that shouldn't be the case.

trodas · Jan 31, 2009, 08:10 PM

USB 1.1 is basically 1MBy per second speed, while 2.0 can cram from fast USB keychain drives like 25MBy per second.

Kinda huge difference.

So 50MB should be done in like 50 sec. Maybe Mac did not exactly like FAT filesystem and try to translate date somehow, witch add to the delay?

Jan 29, 2009, 04:49 PM	#1
wolf2009 Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Flash Drive really SLOW on MAC OSX I plugged in my windows FAT formatted hard drive into MAC OSX and tried copying some stuff, but the drive is horrendously slow. Takes about 3 mins to copy 50MB. Whats Wrong ?

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wolf2009 Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	no

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