Hi Jeff, I stand corrected. Sorry. I should have checked more carefully before posting that. My 2011 15" MBP only has the USB 2 ports, so I assumed the 2012 did too. That's what I get for making assumptions.
My setup is similar to yours except I created a Fusion array with the 7200 RPM drive I moved over into the optical drive bay. You may still have the issue of iTunes trying to copy over as the extra drive you've installed is separate from your Home Directory location. It is possible to move your iTunes Library folder onto the other drive instead of it being in your Home Directory. Using this configuration, you may experience better performance when importing large amounts of data into iTunes even though the media is on a 5400 RPM spinning drive. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 17, 2017, at 11:00, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Tim, Its not a usb drive I replaced my dvd drive with a second hard drive. Although its only 5400rpm. Also the 2012 mbp has usb 3.0 ports. Thanks Jeff On 1/17/17, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > If things haven't changed since my last check, even when you have it set to > not copy to your iTunes Library, it will actually attempt the copy when > importing from an external drive. If that drive happens to be a USB drive, > then it will probably be quite slow on that machine as I believe that the > ports on the 2012 MBP are USB 2 ports. I get around this issue on my home > MacPro by placing the entire 3 TB iTunes Library on a separate drive, thus > not using up space in my system drive. This may be more challenging when > working with the MBP as you likely wish access to your iTunes Library > without the need to carry around an external drive. There's probably > something we could figure out, if needed though. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 17, 2017, at 09:36, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Tim and E.T., > I have my audio books library on a second hdd in my 2012 15-inch > macbook pro. I have itunes preferences set to not copy. The way I add > books to itunes is to launch itunes, hit command+o and point the file > browser at my library. Itunes then goes into saying busy busy busy for > hours. I usually shut off VO and use my windows pc and let itunes > churn over night. My question came about because i heard the new 2016 > macbook pro has faster cpu and faster ram. Maybe when I get a 2016 MBP > I'll try your automatically add to itunes option since all my stuff > will be on one single drive. > Jeff > > > On 1/17/17, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> Just did this last night when I finished some Audiobook Builder >> projects, 10 gigs worth. Took about 5 minutes to copy to the >> Automatically Add folder then opened iTunes and it was done. >> >> I agree that breaking the 1 tb into smaller pieces is better. The >> Mac may need some tine outs to cool down. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 1/17/2017 7:27 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> What process are you using to import the AudioBooks? I just tested mine >>> for fun, by importing 18 GB of AudioBooks, about 180 titles. The >>> copying >>> from the Desktop into the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder took >>> about >>> 10 minutes or so, but other than that, iTunes did not cough or burp at >>> all. FyI, iTunes was not open at the time of the copy. Things like >>> Apple >>> Music or iTunes Match which use the iCloud Music Library may cause >>> things >>> to lag a little, but shouldn't be show stoppers. >>> >>> Simon, if possible, you may wish to divide that 1 TB up a little. Maybe >>> into 2 or 300 GB segments and see what happens. It sounds to me like >>> the >>> re-organization and database writing may be taxing your system. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2017, at 22:15, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Geoff, >>> >>> Yeah it will. >>> >>> I've got a terabyte of audio content, books and music, >>> >>> I've tried multiple times to import both my audio books and music into >>> itunes and things stop for days, >>> >>> I can't see how a newer mac book will speed this up as it's still got a >>> truckload of data to sort out >>> >>> I'd love to be wrong but I've just tried on a 2012 mac mini with 2.6 >>> quad >>> core i7 processor and 16 GB ram with 1tb fusion drive and that stopped >>> for >>> 2 days before I killed it due to the delay and I'm running it on a 1GB >>> wired network >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados >>> Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2017 6:56 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: question for anybody with a 2016 macbook pro >>> >>> Hi there, I have a Mid 2015 with the full Terabyte of storage (SSD) and >>> the 2.8 I7 quad core and it’s lightning fast. Virtual machines, disk >>> access, moving data around the network, everything you would want it’s >>> blazing fast. The wireless is also quite good. >>> >>> Smaller disk drives may be slower depending on how these are designed >>> but >>> for my configuration at least things are very very fast. >>> >>>> On Jan 15, 2017, at 9:52 PM, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi I have a 2012 mbp with an ssd. I also have a very large audio book >>>> library. When adding to iTunes iTunes goes into a caniption fit and >>>> says busy for hours. 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