Portable hard drives are designed for travel. They’re lighter, thinner, and will likely have extra protection for the casing. Thunderbolt connections are the latest in data and power transfer and popular amongst Mac devices. Mac-compatible hard drives will come formatted for Mac. Even some Mac-specific drives are still sold with USB 3.0 connectors. Moreover, the Thunderbolt 3 drives you buy are constrained by the maximum throughput of the drive itself, rather than the.
Thunderbolt External Hard Drive Mac
I have a mid-2012 iMac and just bought a new external SSD which works fine from the USB ports but using a Thunderbolt to USB-C adapter and a male/male thunderbolt cable it won't power up. Do those Thunderbolt ports have any power? Are they somehow turned off and can be turned back on? I see the ports in my hardware configuration but they show nothing connected. The whole point of buying this hard drive was to use the Thunderbolt port because two of my USB2 ports aren't working properly.
Thunderbolt 3 Hard Drive Mac
I also have a 2014 Mac Mini and tried it there too with no luck.
Thanks for any help with this.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Posted on Jul 13, 2019 8:23 PM
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