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Cannot delete problematic folder
My MacBook hung when I was copying a folder of smallish files to my ReadyNAS Duo. I thought I ought to delete the partially copied files before I started copying them again. The folder refused t...
Thank you flamesong for the heads up on Path Finder!
I have literally for days tried to delete a folder with about 450'000 small files and kept failing. While I did make it past the 'preparing to delete' window, it would then be stuck at however many I had selected...the smallest number it got stuck was about 228 files (10 files at once deleted ok but also took a long time). I then downloaded the trial version of Path Finder from cocoatech.com and am now happily deleting away. Mind you, it's still slow enough for me to read every single file name but IT WORKS!!
So - thanks for the pointer. And hopefully Mac OS will one day be able to do that with the ReadyNAS on its own (I have a Pioneer).
I have literally for days tried to delete a folder with about 450'000 small files and kept failing. While I did make it past the 'preparing to delete' window, it would then be stuck at however many I had selected...the smallest number it got stuck was about 228 files (10 files at once deleted ok but also took a long time). I then downloaded the trial version of Path Finder from cocoatech.com and am now happily deleting away. Mind you, it's still slow enough for me to read every single file name but IT WORKS!!
So - thanks for the pointer. And hopefully Mac OS will one day be able to do that with the ReadyNAS on its own (I have a Pioneer).
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