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  • Slow searches in ext. USB3 2.5" HDDs' encrypted APFS TM?

    From ant@[email protected] (Ant) to uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems on Thu May 7 00:56:43 2026
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    With macOS? Finder, I was trying to find a specific decade old file in
    the old back up since 2025! It was connected to an 13" Intel MBP with
    its macOS Sequoia v15.7.5. HDD is connected through Apple?s USB-C
    Digital AV Multiport Adapter. Searching was slow in 2 5 TB HDDs with
    almost 100 GB free. :(

    Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@[email protected] to uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems on Thu May 7 06:00:51 2026
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    On 07.05.26 02:56, Ant wrote:
    With macOS? Finder, I was trying to find a specific decade old file in
    the old back up since 2025! It was connected to an 13" Intel MBP with
    its macOS Sequoia v15.7.5. HDD is connected through Apple?s USB-C
    Digital AV Multiport Adapter. Searching was slow in 2 5 TB HDDs with
    almost 100 GB free. :(

    Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

    I'm not really surprised. HDDs are super slow and did you ever index the
    HDDs? If not it can take hours. A HDD or SSD is technically full when it reaches 3/4.
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  • From Jolly Roger@[email protected] to uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems on Thu May 7 18:00:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2026-05-07, Ant <[email protected]> wrote:
    With macOS? Finder, I was trying to find a specific decade old file in
    the old back up since 2025! It was connected to an 13" Intel MBP with
    its macOS Sequoia v15.7.5. HDD is connected through Apple?s USB-C
    Digital AV Multiport Adapter. Searching was slow in 2 5 TB HDDs with
    almost 100 GB free. :(

    You haven't told us how you are searching.
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  • From ant@[email protected] (Ant) to uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems on Thu May 7 22:09:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In comp.sys.mac.system Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2026-05-07, Ant <[email protected]> wrote:
    With macOS? Finder, I was trying to find a specific decade old file in
    the old back up since 2025! It was connected to an 13" Intel MBP with
    its macOS Sequoia v15.7.5. HDD is connected through Apple?s USB-C
    Digital AV Multiport Adapter. Searching was slow in 2 5 TB HDDs with almost 100 GB free. :(

    You haven't told us how you are searching.

    Using the search in Time Machine screen.
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