Am attempting to copy 13000 photos to external hd from imac;computer stuck on preparing to copy; how long should this take?? bob

i am attemting to copy 13000 photos from imac to external hd; computer is stuck on preparing to copy;how long should i wait
eyedrbob

The speed of transfer also depends on how the external HD is connected, and how it was formatted.
The easiest way to move that kind of volume of photos (and it will take some hours) is to create a folder for them on the external HD, and then use SyncTwoFolders to make an exact copy of the folder now containing all your photos, in the new folder on the external.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22644/synctwofolders/

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