For the MacBook Pro, most likely because it’s simultaneously converting the files from Fat 32 to HFS+ (default Mac OS 10) for Windows 7, maybe re-writing the files to another format? I remember transferring an 18 track section to my 2012 Mac Pro, and it basically took real time.
If you have usb3.0 on your pc and it’s that slow, update your drive and port firmware & drivers.
If your Mac doesn’t have usb 3 the fastest way to get the files is via gigabit Ethernet file sharing from PC to Mac.
Also if you copy all files at once as opposed to one at a time, it will appear to take a lot longer!
When you copy a group of files between physical drives, particularly on the Mac, ensure they’re copied in series and not in parallel. When copying files concurrently, the drive is seeking its heads most of the time…
“Also if you copy all files at once as opposed to one at a time, it will appear to take a lot longer!”
I’ve had to move a lot of short video files about at work recently. According to my experiments, it does take quite a lot longer to do them all together, provided of course, that you’re ready to start each one when doing it one at a time.
Starting them all and going for a coffee can work too though………..
@Lou: …FlashDrives to not have moving heads like HDDs, they’re naturally much faster if data is not contiguous or multiple streams are copied in parallel…
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