I have a brand new Macbook Pro-- all basic/entry level bells and whistles. I have an Airport Express wireless router providing very good wifi in my home.
Here's my deal.
Background:
Bought a 1TB WD My World Book ethernet drive; Have it plugged in to the AE router; have the drive mapped to my desktop; I can access the shared music/video/download folders. So far so good.
I have another WD 1tb drive plugged in via USB to the ethernet drive with roughly 900gb of video, pics, and music on it.
Problem
I have THE WORST TIME trying to copy files over to the ethernet drive. Drag and drop works for very small files and really cannot handle any folder 1gb or more. The transfer time (if it trnsfrs completely) is ridiculous. Additionally, if I click a folder with many files (my zeppelin folder has the entire catalogue plus additional bootlegs and album outtakes) it can take as long as 5 minutes or longer for the list to populate.
I do not know of any other method to transfer the large amount of data and need your help! Is there another method of transfer? Is there a config I am missing? Is this thing just flat out the wrong drive to have?
Problem 2
After suffering the above issue, I tried pointing my Itunes directly towards the USB attached drive. I went to File/Add to Library/ and chose a few select folders of various sizes. I got the color wheel. I have also tried the drag and drop. Again- the color wheel.
What can I do here?
Here's my deal.
Background:
Bought a 1TB WD My World Book ethernet drive; Have it plugged in to the AE router; have the drive mapped to my desktop; I can access the shared music/video/download folders. So far so good.
I have another WD 1tb drive plugged in via USB to the ethernet drive with roughly 900gb of video, pics, and music on it.
Problem
I have THE WORST TIME trying to copy files over to the ethernet drive. Drag and drop works for very small files and really cannot handle any folder 1gb or more. The transfer time (if it trnsfrs completely) is ridiculous. Additionally, if I click a folder with many files (my zeppelin folder has the entire catalogue plus additional bootlegs and album outtakes) it can take as long as 5 minutes or longer for the list to populate.
I do not know of any other method to transfer the large amount of data and need your help! Is there another method of transfer? Is there a config I am missing? Is this thing just flat out the wrong drive to have?
Problem 2
After suffering the above issue, I tried pointing my Itunes directly towards the USB attached drive. I went to File/Add to Library/ and chose a few select folders of various sizes. I got the color wheel. I have also tried the drag and drop. Again- the color wheel.
What can I do here?