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| Author: | lacloss [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
Hi folks I have a client / friend with an office 2 macs and one pc the pc can open a file on an external hdd in 3-5 seconds ,both the macs take 41 seconds . am i missing something they are all on a wired gigabit switch brand new ,they all see the ext hdd but opening things on the macs is soooo slooow . any ideas how i can speed it up. its a print shop and it takes too long to open clients data . 
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| Author: | EddArmitage [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
How is the external HDD connected? Via Ethernet, I presume? |
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| Author: | tombolt [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
Does it take the same amount of time to copy accross? If it's just the speed of the opening of the file, it could be down to the speed of the machines, but if it's the time to copy across, then it's something wrong with the networking. |
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| Author: | lacloss [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:07 pm ] | |||||||||
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yes ethernet . |
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| Author: | lacloss [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:28 pm ] | |||||||||
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takes longer to copy across and then open it /them checked the cables in another location -work fine. previously using wifi ,but now a tested¿ gigabit switch. when the file is on the mac its faster to open not as fast as the pc but faster . should i be thinking apple external drive so the macs work quicker ,the pc only needs to use the files for bills and such ,not the client data .    
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
What model are the Macs? And what chips do they have inside them? |
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| Author: | lacloss [ Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
Update. defragging the ext hdd seems to have solved the problem. 
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| Author: | Nick [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
What format was/is the disk, out of interest? |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:17 pm ] | |||||||||
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Defragging? Doesn't it use a format that's a bit more modern? Wow. |
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| Author: | tombolt [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
If it needs to be written to by a Mac, would have to be FAT32. |
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:40 pm ] | |||||||||
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My mac writes NTFS fine |
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| Author: | tombolt [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
Actually, I can't remember the rules any more! Either way, it wouldn't have mattered as it's over a network. |
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| Author: | lacloss [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pc Reading files quicker than a mac |
Fat 32 I wasnt aware Macs could read Ntfs, and the pc can only read those 2 . 
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:40 pm ] | |||||||||
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How've you managed that then? |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:44 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php? ... 3140023382 |
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