opening the finder takes noticeably more time.

The system performance/responsiveness is perfect until starting the download process.Į.g. I experience some performance issues while downloading files from the internet. Is it possible there could be a problem with the drive which only shows up when it's used as a network drive?Ĭomputer slows down while downloading files using Safari version 4.0.3 I took that to mean that the problem wasn't to do with the drive, but probably the network. Out of curiosity, the external drive works fine when connected directly via USB to the laptop. Away on holiday right now, but will do it as soon as I get back next week. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me! MacBook: running OS 10.6.5, 2.2GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Yet if I plug the drive directly into the MacBook there's no problem whatsoever.ĭoes anyone have any idea what's going on and how I can cure the problem? Even if no program is actually using files from the network drive and the drive itself is silent and unused, my computer still crawls along agonizingly slowly. Whenever the network drive is connected, my whole computer runs intolerably slowly. I'm using a MacBook with a Time Capsule and a 1.5TB USB drive attached to the Time Capsule as a wireless network drive. Whole computer slows down drastically when network drive is mountedįirstly, I hope I'm asking this in the right place.