Aqua Taskforce

Finder: Queued file copy/move operations

Submitted by Flauchhaus on January 2, 2009 to Usability

Problem: When you launch 2 big files copies (File Copy A, then File copy B), the finder do both file copies at the same time. This is utterly inefficient as the HD head constantly move from file A to File B back and forth to copy a bit of A, then a bit of B.
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Solution: A much more efficient way is to queue the file copy, so the computer copies A, then B at full speed because HD Head moves a lot less.
Refinements:
Automatic reordering of the queue to start to do the small copies first to maximize the number (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

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Pause / Resume File Copy

Submitted by apulaski on January 1, 2009 to Annoyance

Problem: When copying large files there is no ability to pause or resume a job. Also, in the event of some sort of copy failure (power is lost to an external USB drive, or the computer goes to sleep) no resume functionality is available.

Solution: Add the ability to pause a file copy as well as resume a failed file copy to finder.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed