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    From Ant@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, May 07, 2026 00:56:43
    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 Jörg Lorenz@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, May 07, 2026 06:00:51
    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.

    --
    "Ave! Morituri te salutant!"

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Jolly Roger@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, May 07, 2026 18:00:54
    On 2026-05-07, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> 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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    I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

    JR

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Ant@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, May 07, 2026 22:09:38
    In comp.sys.mac.system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
    On 2026-05-07, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> 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.
    --
    "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." --James 5:16. Revenge of the 6th after da 5th!
    Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly.
    /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org.
    / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail.
    | |o o| |
    \ _ /
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    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)