I often wish to preview the contents of a .mat file in the Current Folder browser. Some of my .mat files are quite large, which seems to cause a long delay for the previewer to populate. This for example, is what one of my previews should look like,

but it takes about a full minute before I see anything but this,

Why does it take so long for Matlab to inventory a .mat file on disk. Isn’t all this information kept in a header?I often wish to preview the contents of a .mat file in the Current Folder browser. Some of my .mat files are quite large, which seems to cause a long delay for the previewer to populate. This for example, is what one of my previews should look like,

but it takes about a full minute before I see anything but this,

Why does it take so long for Matlab to inventory a .mat file on disk. Isn’t all this information kept in a header? I often wish to preview the contents of a .mat file in the Current Folder browser. Some of my .mat files are quite large, which seems to cause a long delay for the previewer to populate. This for example, is what one of my previews should look like,

but it takes about a full minute before I see anything but this,

Why does it take so long for Matlab to inventory a .mat file on disk. Isn’t all this information kept in a header? mat file, preview MATLAB Answers — New Questions

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