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usb 3.0

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    Flexible USB Accessories?

    I was watching some of those "ultimate desk setup tour" videos on YouTube, and I saw an interesting variant on a USB hub. I had never seen one like this before, and a few questions popped into my mind. I wondered if a variant of this kind of Swiss Army Knife-style accessory existed with an...
  2. LordFelix

    USB 3.0 thru Thunderbolt Dock

    Hi, I have a iMac (medio 2011) with thunderbolt 1 port. There is only USB 2.0 ports. But I have USB 3.0 external harddrives. I bought a Belkin thunderbolt 2 express dock, to connect the USB 3.0 harddrives thru the thunderbolt port in my iMac, to get faster transfer. But when I test the disk...
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    Data Speed of USB-C to Lightning Cable

    Hi All, Does the USB-C to Lightning Cable transfer data faster than the classic USB Lightning Cable? Because of fast charge, I'm assuming the iPhone X supports the part of the USB 3.0 spec, but does it support the increased bandwidth that it offers? Thanks All, Chris
  4. lewis_cooper

    USB 3.0 via Dell Monitor worked for Mac Pro 3,1 but not 5,1, any ideas?

    Hi all, I have cMac Pro connected to a Dell U2713H monitor. The monitor has USB 3.0 ports on the side and an SD card reader. There is a USB 3.0 cable that runs from the back of the monitor to a USB 3.0 port (via Inateck PCIe card) on the Mac Pro. When the Mac Pro was a 3,1 model everything...
  5. usna92

    cMP 5,1 Budget Upgrade Plan

    My office has (finally) started to refresh some older Mac Pro equipment. I managed to snag a 5,1 cMP with 12 Core with running at 2.66 GHz (should be x5650's). It currently has 26 Gig of Ram 6x4GB Sticks and two 1GB Sticks. The stock graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 5770. Right now, because I...
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    Micro B USB Cable Swapping

    All: Does anyone know if you can take the cable that ships with a variety of external USB drives sporting a USB A port on one end and a Micro B USB port on the other with one that is USB-C and Micro B USB? Basically I was hoping to get more of my devices to work with a computer that has only...
  7. RootBeerMan

    Kingston 2 TB Flash Drive Announced

    Now this is a winner! A 2 TB flash drive with USB 3.0 and extreme weather capabilities. I could see this replacing more than a few external HD's, if the price is right. I'd certainly give it a try. I've used Kingston RAM over the years and never had any issues, hopefully this product will be...
  8. Koodauw

    USB 3.0 Flash drive vs USB 3.0 SSD.

    Can someone help me out. I am looking for a fast way to transfer some pictures and other large files from computer to computer. Would be somewhere in the range of 20Gb-60Gb. Would a USB 3.0 flash drive be any different than a usb 3.0 SSD? A flash drive can be had for much cheaper, so would...
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    Can I run iOS apps on a MacBook

    This may sound like a daft question, but I am getting tired of doing some things on my iPad and only being able to do others on my MacBook. What I am ideally looking for is one single device - possibly a combination tablet and dock - that will meet all my needs. While "resting" I just want to be...
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    2011 6-Core Mac Pro SSD USB 3 BTLE 4.1 WiFi ac

    Selling my 2010 6-Core Mac Pro with updated Apple hardware (Apple's Broadcom WiFi ac + BTLE 4.x card, USB 3, and more). Quick specs below, wondering what it may go for on the market. Thanks for any advice! 6-Core 3.33GHz Xeon Intel "Westmere" - 240GB OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD (Boot Drive)...
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    External Audio Cards (USB 3.0)

    I had to roll back to Yosemite some months ago in my MBA (2014) since after updating my external audio card (Roland OCTA CAPTURE) stopped working after 5-10 minutes, and had to reconnect it again or sometimes reset my Mac to make it work again. At first I thought it was Roland's drivers bug, but...
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    Raid 5 over 300MB/s write possible?

    Hey everyone, My knowledge concerning external raid is pretty limited. However, I can't seem to find a raid enclosure that can get reasonable write speeds for terabytes of data with redundancy. I'm limited to USB 3 and esata speeds being on a 2009 Mac Pro (no thunderbolt). From what I...
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    Classic Mac Pro w/ M.2 and USB 3.0 pcie

    Hey there everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help me with some of my questions. I am looking to add m.2 drives to my 2009 Mac Pro (5,1 flash). I need some extremely fast read write times to work with RAW 4k RED footage. But at the same time I would like to have a USB 3 or 3.1 card to...
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    Error -43 Desktop Bug

    I started having the Error -43 bug ever since I updated to 10.11.3 when trying to delete items from my desktop. It doesn't happen often but it does happen like it did today. I thought my system needed yet another wipe/reinstall but I found an article on MPG's website and apparently it's more...
  15. bladerunner2000

    ExpressCard with USB 3.0 - FLUSH

    I've got a 17" MacBook Pro 2011 with an expresscard slot and would like to give it a USB 3.0 slot. However, I'm seeing many options for expresscards but they've all got that large bulky USB slot that sticks way out. Are there any USB 3.0 cards that are flush and WORK with OS X? I've got 10.10.5...
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    Mac Mini - USB 3.0 Bus Saturation?

    Setup: Mac Mini Late 2014 with USB 3.0 enclosed Samsung Evo 850 (500GB) SSD running Mac OS X. I have an external USB 3.0 Sata to USB 3.0 adapter doing time machine backups to a 1TB WD Black (7200rpm). Razer gaming mouse + logitech gaming keyboard from PC gaming days (USB). The 2 thunderbolt...
  17. AllDayVanguard

    Which Mac Mini? 2011 vs. 2012 vs. 2014

    Alright, so I have $700, coming off of a broken, base model 2.5 GHz Mac Mini which had 4GB of RAM and a 500GB 5400rpm hard drive. Here are my options: 1. Mac Mini 2014 2.6 GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD = $663.65 2. Mac Mini 2012 2.5 GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 500 GB 5400rpm Hard Drive = $506.00 3. Mac...