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Tagging and Relinking Super Slow
JimH:
It's probably at the disk level, and not MC.
blgentry:
1. What format is the file system on your external drive? It's best to use Mac format for drives attached to Macs. These days that means APFS . HFS+ is still acceptable too, but it's "old".
2. When you open Finder and navigate to that folder on that drive, does it show the contents quickly?
3. Have you rebooted the system since you noticed this behavior?
These are all just guesses.
Brian.
DmitryB:
--- Quote from: blgentry on July 25, 2023, 01:49:41 pm ---1. What format is the file system on your external drive? It's best to use Mac format for drives attached to Macs. These days that means APFS . HFS+ is still acceptable too, but it's "old".
2. When you open Finder and navigate to that folder on that drive, does it show the contents quickly?
3. Have you rebooted the system since you noticed this behavior?
These are all just guesses.
Brian.
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I am apparently on Mac OS Extended (Journaled). This RAID was set up some time ago. I think it's possible to convert to APFS without erasing data?
This problem started a long time ago (notably it did not exist when I first got MC several years ago, but it seems to have gotten worse over time.) However, it's been some time (a couple of years probably!) that it's been a real PIA.
When I navigate to the folders from the desktop, everything always loads quickly. It's only when I try to do it from MC that things come to a screeching halt.
I've re-started the computer many many times (since this is a problem that's been ongoing for well over a year, I just always shrugged it off and sucked it up.)
JimH:
Bad drive
blgentry:
--- Quote from: DmitryB on July 25, 2023, 03:05:35 pm ---
I am apparently on Mac OS Extended (Journaled). This RAID was set up some time ago. I think it's possible to convert to APFS without erasing data?
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Changing file system types is destructive. You would need to backup and restore all of your data. You should probably have a backup anyway. I have several copies of my music collection on various drives.
But the difference between HFS (Mac OS Extended) and APFS shouldn't cause big slow downs. If you had said you were using NTFS or something that's not really meant for Mac, that might have lead us to changing the file system. But not in this case.
You said it's fast "from the desktop", which I"m guessing means from Finder. If it's nice and fast there, then the drive is probably ok. You might run disk utility "first aid" against the drive to check it. Disk Utility can find "big problems", but it's kind of rare.
I'm can't think of anything obvious (other than a hardware problem) that might be causing this. If you are certain that it is fast with everything other than MC, then maybe you have some sort of database corruption?
In that case, I would try to back up the MC database and then restore it. But I'd probably want some more data before I did something like that.
About how big is your collection? MC should tell you how many songs at the bottom of the display.
I assume you have folders for each album. I'm reading that HFS+ has (in the past) had problems with more than 2000 to 3000 files or folders in a single folder. I'm not sure if this applies to your situation or not.
Brian.
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