Specific folder issue on external drive

I'm having an issue with a specific folder (movies) on my external drive. The folder contains many large MKV files. The files are copies of my DVDs, which were made using makeMKV software.

Whenever I open this movies folder, the beach ball cursor spins and I'm not able to select, move, or delete anything. I must restart the finder in order to somewhat clear things up. When I try to access the folder again, same thing happens—everything slows down on my system, and it takes a very long time to restart. I tried booting in safe mode, same thing happens with this folder. I also did first aid on this disk via Disk Utility.

Any ideas on how to resolve this? Maybe it's the DS store file (to sure how to remedy that one).

Thanks.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 23, 2019 11:01 AM

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Posted on Jun 23, 2019 12:07 PM

I was able to fix the problem. Using Terminal, I moved a folder(b) out of the problem folder(a) to a different location. The problem folder(a) no longer gave me issues. So, obviously the issue was really folder(b). I moved the contents of folder(b) into a new folder and gave it a new name, put it back into folder(a) and all seems to be well.

Thanks anyways, I appreciate it.

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Jun 23, 2019 12:07 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks anyways, I appreciate it.

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Jun 23, 2019 11:23 AM in response to guitar-voice__

Is the drive formatted as Case Sensitive? That can really present problems. Also post screenshots of the Disk Utility window for the drive (both parts):

Jun 23, 2019 11:51 AM in response to Old Toad

It seems to be a Finder issue rather than a hard drive issue because I'm able to list the contents of the folder in Terminal. It could be a Quicklook issue as well. I'm trying to find ways to troubleshoot along this route...

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Jun 23, 2019 11:07 AM in response to guitar-voice__

How is the drive formatted and connected to your MBP?

Jun 23, 2019 11:10 AM in response to Old Toad

Mac OS Extended (Journaled), connected via USB 3.0 hub.

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Jun 23, 2019 11:12 AM in response to guitar-voice__

Do you have ownership set to be ignored?

Jun 23, 2019 11:14 AM in response to Old Toad

I don't see that statement at the bottom of 'Sharing & Permissions'

Jun 23, 2019 11:31 AM in response to Old Toad

There seems to be only one part to my drive...

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Jun 23, 2019 11:53 AM in response to guitar-voice__

Go to the View menu and select Show All Devices:

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