Extremely slow file transfer speeds on OS Ventura

Transfer speeds on OS Ventura are starting to make my Mac Studio unusable. Transferring 300GB from one external USB SSD drive to another is expected to take 2 days!? And that was after spending an hour stuck on "Preparing to Copy".


I'm not the only one either, see threads [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6].


Anyone experiencing this issue please report to https://apple.com/feedback or by using the Feedback Assistant app. The more data they have the quicker it will get fixed.


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Posted on Dec 4, 2022 11:50 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2023 10:14 PM

I had this issue with macOS 13.1 as well, however the macOS 13.2 update has fixed it for me today.


Benchmarks with Blackmagic Speedtest and a External Thunderbolt 3 enclosure with a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB:


macOS 12.x

Write - Read

2106MB/s - 2755MB/s


macOS 13.1

1186MB/s - 1675MB/s


macOS 13.2

2063MB/s - 2752MB/s


Improvements with my Samsung T7 SSD too.

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Dec 5, 2022 12:58 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

That's because I'm not really trying to get the issue solved here, as no other thread has been resolved despite offering more information, nor do any of the suggestions resolve my issue.


Both are exFAT drives connected via the front USB-C (USB 3.2/10Gbps) ports of my M1 Max Mac Studio using tested, high-bitrate cables. But others in the threads linked in my original post have reported issues with NTFS as well. Besides, formatting the drive is absolutely out of the question because I need the data on them.


UPDATE: I've actually discovered it's only the Samsung T7 drives that have snail-pace read/write speeds. All three that I own consistently tested sub 100MB/s write speeds. However that would make a 300GB transfer 50 minutes, not 48 hours... So there's something seriously wrong with the way Ventura is communicating with the T7 controller.

One drive is a Samsung T7 SSD, capable of 1,000MB/s sequential read/write speeds, the other is a Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD SATA drive. Although this is also totally irrelevant, as I have the same issue transferring data with every hard drive I have tested, and even SD cards plugged straight into the Mac Studio. As have many others reporting this problem in threads linked in my original post.


Once again, none of us noticed this issue before updating to Ventura. Nothing else in my setup has changed.


To be clear the internal SSD reads/writes at around the expected 4,000-5,000 MB/s. This problem only exists with external media.



Dec 7, 2022 2:32 PM in response to make-me-happy

And since we've already started with the personal attacks, I will add one more thing...


Probably the very worst thing you can do is assume that somewhere at Apple someone has seen this thread and has urgently dispatched software engineers to start working on a bug fix in Ventura. I can assure you that nothing of the sort has happened. It is extremely unlikely that anything of the sort will ever happen in the future.


If you sit on your hands, you will just get more and more frustrated. Like it or not, you are the one that is going to have to do the debugging on this. If you have data on externals that you can't erase, it will be your responsibility to copy that data somewhere else so that you can erase that drive and try a different format. If will be your responsibility to backup your computer, erase it, and try it again with a factory fresh installation.


I'm not saying this to be mean. I don't have the problem. Therefore, I can't help in any way.


You are free to keep using this thread for as long as you want. You can post whatever it is you want in it. You can demand Apple fix it. You can call me names. Whatever makes you feel best. Or you can get to work and start isolating the problem bit-by-bit. Only those people who have the problem can do this.

Jan 22, 2023 4:30 AM in response to make-me-happy

Yo tengo el mismo problema al comunicarme *** Apple me pidieron hacer varias pruebas incluso probar en modo seguro y el problema continuo, como no se pudo resolver escalaron el problema y agendaron una llamada para apoyarme *** el problema para lo cual me pidieron reinstalar el sistema operativo lo que se me hizo muy extremo ya que hay que hacer respaldos y uno necesita el equipo para trabajar. Cabe mencionar que incluso el primer asesor que me atendió por chat me dijo que inclusive podría ser por mi conexión a internet para lo cual se me hizo chistoso ya que no tiene nada que ver y en la llamada *** el especialista me pidieron desactivar programas de inicio que solo tenía uno mismo que usaba antes de la ultima actualización y le comente y son muy tercos ya que les comente que eso lo note desde la ultima actualización ... en resumen me pidieron que reinstalara el os para lo cual veo que es cuestión de la actualización y en fin dudo que lo acepten.


En mi caso

Macbook Air M1 MacOs Ventura 13.1 4gb=1s

Macbook pro M2 MacOs Ventura 13.1 4gb=1min

Dec 5, 2022 7:40 PM in response to make-me-happy

I have two different Samsung T7 SSD Drives. I have many different SD cards, UHS-II versions, UHS I versions, speeds up to 300mbs for the cards, and 1000mbs for the Samsung SSD. Immediately after updating to venture, file transfer slowed tremendously. Even moving stuff to the trash takes forever and emptying the trash does not work in one swoop.

Dec 7, 2022 6:31 AM in response to make-me-happy

Yes!

the speed of my T7 is feels even worst then what blackmagic says.

I also tried to talk with apple support by phone but they really didn't help and they wanted me to do stupid tests like format the drive ,I was certainly sured thats won't help.

its a bug of the macOS I really hope they will detect the problem and solve it for the next update.

its important to say that its only T7 problem and Sandisk works perfect.

Jun 28, 2023 2:07 AM in response to CBTEXAS78

Same ! I've been having issues with deleting files, opening archives, downloading files from the web as well as copying files, and especially folders. I can't even work properly anymore. I have to individually copy each file inside the root of the folder or subfolders manually before putting them back into folders. And that's when the files are small enough not to take forever to copy. Glad to see it's not an issue specific to my unit.

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