Slow Copy Speeds?

I am trying to copy an Aperture library from an external drive to my desktop and it says it is going to take 46 hours!!!! I am using Firewire 800 and the the file is 198 GB. Is this normal?

That is probably a very bad estimate. Initial time estimates can be quite far off and, allowed to continue, the estimate will correct fairly soon. Give it time... it won't take that long, unless there's something wrong with one of the drives.

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I spent an hour and a half on the phone with Apple the other day. No help. They pushed me up to an engineer. We went through everything and he agreed that the copy times were ridiculous. He took my email address and said he wanted to check this out further and would send me an email with a phone number to reach him. He never sent the email. I am getting VERY frustrated. We bought four 27" IMacs and all are having issues with slow internet speeds (one third the speed of Windows computers)and slow copy speeds to external drives. All are running 10.6.3.
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The SMART status isn't that useful. If it says the drive is dead, the drive it dead. If it says the drive is "verified", the drive could still be dead. A good indicator of this is if file copies take an hour instead of 3 minutes.
Is this the original hard drive in that machine? If so, I'm surprised it has made it this long. Notebook hard drives typically start failing at three years of age. You might not notice it until you do a major reoriganization of your files' organization on the disk - such as installing a new operating system.
I compared Finder's secure erase with rm and they seem more or less equivalent.
I think your internal hard drive is just failing. That's all.

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I am 99% sure someone else had 'slow transfer' in another thread.
Sometimes a router needs firmware update to be compatible, or upgrade the cables to cat6e, or look for a new router or switch which helped my own setup. Just look for one that says that it is "Vista compatible" actually.
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I dont have a stop watch.

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Hello,
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I can make a couple of suggestions..
You will need to install 5.6 utility on at least one computer.. if you don't have it available already.
1. Replace the ethernet patch cable from the modem to the TC.
2. What I want you to do is lock the speed of the TC WAN port to 100mbit full duplex.
This is only on the v5 utility.
Another method of doing the same thing is putting a small switch between the TC and the modem. Fast ethernet type would be best.. that will force the connection down to 100mbit.
You can also test with half duplex but that would indicate a major problem if it worked.
3. Make sure ipv6 is local link only.. there is no way to turn it off.
Having done those things.. I do note the TC lacks diagnostic and control tools in the firmware, to understand the issue. If those steps do not fix it is likely nothing will.
There is something fundamentally wrong in how the TC is handling routing.. maybe IPv6 getting in the way .. ?? Unfortunately there is simply not enough controls.
The fact that ethernet is affected in this way (though I would do the test with wireless off.. and ipv6 off in the computer as well).. there is little other choice but to get another router.
The TC can be relegated to bridged on the new router.. and still function fine for backup and wireless network for your local network.
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When you plug a computer directly to the modem..
Can you please do a copy and paste from Network preferences of the ip and gateway values.
ie this stuff.
Then I want you to get the same stuff out of the TC when it connects.
So we can compare the gateway (Router in applespeak) and if they are different.
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1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
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For screen shots see this post.
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Message Edited by Nimer on 10-02-2009 03:58 PM

I think you need to adjust the wireless settings of your Router, The wireless settings on your Router must have been setup to its default that's the reason you are receiving low signal strength on your PS3.
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1 and press Enter...Leave Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab
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For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
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NOTE : Passphrase should be more that 8 characters...
Click on Advanced Wireless Settings
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