my super fast 8core mac = slow transfer speeds?

[Zakaree Sandberg]

I dont get it.. it use to be fast.. now its taking 10-12 min to offload 3 gigs of footage from a cf card. I feel like my firewire 800 and esata ports are really slow for some reason...

even transferring the info to external esata drives its really slow...

anyone have a recommendation ?
my 2007 macbook pro transfers the same footage in half the time..

and this one is 8 core- 16 gig ram -

[Kalani Prince]

I feel your pain. After 12yrs of being a loyal Mac user I switched to PC, the described phenomena above was one of the deciding factors that pushed the switch..
I think a lot of Mac users experience the same but don't talk about it.. I'm stumped but this seems to happen to all my Mac friends too..

[Gunleik Groven]

You could try to track down the problem, before deciding though...
Working on a number of machines, and if this was a persistent thing, there would have been an uproar... -:)

You are transferring from external redmag to external esata?

I would run speedtests on every disk, to see where it bottles up first...

AJA system tools is a good and free place to start...

BTW, aren't you running a Hackintosh?

[Zakaree Sandberg]

yah.. i think its my firewire card.. Im gunna go to frys to pick up a new one tomorrow..

anyone have a good one they like?

esata is fine after a quick defrag (which i hadnt done in a while)