Transferring files to Nvidia Shield external hard drive very slow

Hello ewan39,

We see that you're experiencing slow transfer speeds when transferring data to your Nvidia Shield with a external hard drive.

Let's find out if this is an isolated issue. Does this happen if you transfer the same file to another device? Do you have another network to test with? If so, does the speed of the transfer increase? Have you tried to restart your network?

We look forward to hearing back from you.

We appreciate the update! 

In that case, we’d recommend connecting the external hard drive directly to the Mac to see if the same behavior occurs. Here’s some steps on how to complete that process. Use external storage devices with Mac

This will allow us to help determine if we need to focus on the Mac or external hard drive.

Cheers.