Difficulty moving multiple files, as well as opening multiple files.

[snerkler]

Since upgrading to Mac OS Mojave I've had some issue dragging and dropping multiple files as well as opening multiple files.

I do a lot of photography, and I often move multiple photos around (sometimes several hundred at a time) and I am now having issues. If I select multiple files 50+ and try and drag them from one folder to another, or drag them to the trash I get a lot of hesitation and get the spinning wheel. Sometimes it will eventually move the files, sometimes after the wheel has stopped spinning the files haven't moved and I have to repeat the process. Any idea why this is and how to solve it?

Also, if I try and open multiple files, such as photos for viewing, I get a finder window open saying "are you sure you want to open 'XX' files", any idea how to turn this 'warning' off?

 

[Fishrrman]

Sometimes, the better way is to move things "in smaller chunks".

When doing a finder copy, if the finder tries to copy a corrupted file -- the entire copy just "fails".

My -guess- (and it's ONLY "a guess") is that if you try to copy a large number of files -- and if there happens to be something wrong with JUST ONE of the files to be copied -- the finder is discovering "the corruption" and terminating the entire "copy".

Again, try smaller numbers of files and see how that goes.

 

[snerkler]

Sometimes, the better way is to move things "in smaller chunks".

When doing a finder copy, if the finder tries to copy a corrupted file -- the entire copy just "fails".

My -guess- (and it's ONLY "a guess") is that if you try to copy a large number of files -- and if there happens to be something wrong with JUST ONE of the files to be copied -- the finder is discovering "the corruption" and terminating the entire "copy".

Again, try smaller numbers of files and see how that goes.

Thanks for the reply. Whilst I can do that, ie move less files at a time, it's not ideal sometimes. For example, if I'm wanting to move say 2000 files to the trash it can be time consuming moving 30 at a time. Also, I never had an issue with previous OS's.

I forgot to mention in the initial thread that I'm running a 2017 15" MBP Touch Bar with 2.9GHz i7, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD.