I have a 1TB Seagate FreeAgent DockStar connected to my wired router via ethernet cable and to my local iMac via USB.

I have 158 GB worth of files in the Pictures folder on my iMac. I started the Active Copy process at 7:30 EST this morning. It is now 1:30 in the afternoon and it is 7% complete. This seems inordinately slow and renders the process nearly useless. 

My second issue is this; I have my files organized on my local HD by event. Active Copy seems to be reorganizing the files by date. I may be missing a setting, but if this is how it works, the process approaches useless.

Am I doing something wrong in either of these contexts?

Thanks,

Kyle