Prime syncing to pen drive taking days

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Ok cool beans. Nice one. Ill order a few good quality sandisk sticks!

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I have normal results with

SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 64 GB

https://amzn.eu/d/iW4cH2I

And

SanDisk Extreme 256 GB microSDXC Memory Card

https://amzn.eu/d/3TJYj4q

I also have various portable 500gb SSD - Samsung T3 and Sandisk ….

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The Crucial X6 2TB SSD formatted with exFAT works well for me. But exFAT is a slower file system, so you won’t get the performance of APFS. It’s small, 2.72 x 0.43 x 2.52 inches; $136 on Prime Day. There are also 500MB, 1TB and 4TB options. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FSNKNSV

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Hi All,

I installed an internal hardrive to the prime 4 and the transfer speed was rapid. 250 gig in 20 mins.

Its the future. I wont be needing those sticks!

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I am having this issue. I have a brand new 512gb USB, 2.0 and started transferring 3500 tracks from my engine library last night & it’s still nowhere near completed.

I am using a 2019 MacBook Air with 8gb RAM. Have checked & all processing speeds / memory are fine.

Is it the pen drive? Does it need to be a higher spec?

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Yeah you need at least USB3.0, 2.0 is woeful.

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Thanks. Yeah, just tried it with a smaller capacity USB (which won’t take all of the library) but which is a 3.0 & can see the difference straight away!

I do feel I’ve been at the task of sorting out my engine library, organising play lists & getting in on external drives, for days…. :frowning:

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Haha yep it’s definitely a time consuming pastime the old DJ Library management. The 3.0 should be way quicker.

If you have a device that supports internal SSD it’s a worthwhile investment too, that speeds up the export to hyper speed levels with the correct USB cable.

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That’s my next plan I think, try an SSD. Don’t have a port for it in my MacBook Air but I have an old MacBook Pro (which has its own issues :joy:) but looks like it has an SSD slot.

I feel like a :t_rex:

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What Denon device are you using? The SC players and Prime 2/4 all have a SATA slot underneath so you can install an SSD on them then update your music from your laptop to the player

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The SC6000’s. You’re right, they do have an SSD slot

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