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Hi there,

Running a T9-450 with TOS 5 and i have two users set up - one Admin and another user "Backup" for making backups from a DAS to the T9-450.

I just want to move a large folder from the Admin User to the "Backup" user and tried using Mac finder but it takes forever building a list of the items to move and I ran into issues with not having permission to read files in the Admin account.
I applied Read/Write permissions for the "Backup" user to the Admin folder using TOS and then tried using TOS File Manager to move the folder across from one User home folder to the other.

The move is now happening but it is taking a long time - I would have thought a MOVE rather than a COPY would be quick but apparently not.

Any ideas?

“Cut is faster” is generally limited to the same file system. In this case, the cut does not involve physical movement, but only modifies the directory markers, so the time required is very short.
You cut data from one personal directory to another personal directory. If your volume is in the BTRFS file system format, the different personal directories will be recognized as different subsystems, and both cutting and copying will require reading and writing the data one by one. In this case, cutting may require additional deletion operations compared to copying, which may take more time and have a negative impact on the data in the event of an unexpected power failure, for example.
Since you have already started cutting, please do not interrupt it until it is finished.