Slow external drive on Sequoia 15.2

[Change Agent]

I had this problem a few years back in Ventura, (there was a thread somewhere) my only option was to wipe the OS fully clean and start again then restore from a backup.

Something is corrupted somewhere and you'll pull your hair out till you do this.

it was when they first released the security feature to allow or deny drives to connect to the mac that sent it slow.

Edit: link here: my old thread

Thanks.