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| DATE | Apr 19, 2007 |
| TICKET | #334026 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | Automator Action - Copying to 7xUSB |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Software Applications |
| DESC | Operating Systems |
| DESC | |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | eMac |
| PROC | 1.42GHz |
| RAM | 1.5Gb |
| DRIVE | 150Gb |
| NAME | Jeff |
| USERNAME | JeffCGD |
| TECHNICAL | Lots of Experience |
| ISSUE | Some Troubleshooting |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Automator Action - Copying to 7xUSB
JeffCGD - Apr 19, 2007 - 9:50 pm
I am trying to construct an automator action to efficiently copy a 15Mb folder containing 9 items to 7 512Mb USB memory sticks connected to a powered 7-port USB2 hub. I have 950 of these memory sticks to do this to (yes, it's for work).
Copying the files to a single USB memory stick takes about 20 seconds. Copying the files with an automator action is taking more than 10 minutes!
This is with an action that does:
Get Specified Finder Items (the 15Mb folder of files) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 1) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 2) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 3) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 4) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 5) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 6) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 7).
This took about 10 minutes.
I even tried putting the Get Specified Finder Items before each Copy Finder Items. This took 24 minutes!
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, and what I can do do do it correctly?
Thanks in advance.
Copying the files to a single USB memory stick takes about 20 seconds. Copying the files with an automator action is taking more than 10 minutes!
This is with an action that does:
Get Specified Finder Items (the 15Mb folder of files) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 1) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 2) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 3) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 4) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 5) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 6) --> Copy Finder Items (to GENERIC usb volume 7).
This took about 10 minutes.
I even tried putting the Get Specified Finder Items before each Copy Finder Items. This took 24 minutes!
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, and what I can do do do it correctly?
Thanks in advance.
JeffCGD - Apr 21, 2007 - 1:08 am
We've discovered that manually copying the folder containing the files to each of the mounted USB Memory sticks on the desktop results in concurrent copies as you would expect, taking about 1 minute 30 seconds (including some overhead for USB bandwidth). So obviously something is going wrong with the automator action if it's taking between 10 and 24 minutes! No idea what though.
TechSupport - Apr 24, 2007 - 1:10 am
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