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    External SSD on Thunderbolt 1

    Hi, I have a 21.5”, Mid 2011 iMac running High Sierra. I would like to lengthen the life of the machine, so I was thinking of hooking up an external SSD to its thunderbolt 1 port. Ideally this external SSD would also be bus-powered. The plan is to put the OS and all my apps onto this SSD (if...
    • csoc
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    • bus-powered external boot drive high sierra imac 2011 ssd apfs thunderbolt 1
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: iMac
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    Thunderbolt 3/USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 dongle with bus power?

    I'm not sure why there is such a dearth of these items, but I'm finding it extremely difficult (and frustrating) trying to reconcile hard drives with my 2018 macbook pro with my 2013 mac pro, namely reconciling the thunderbolt 2 ecosystem with the usb-c/thunderbolt 3. Does anyone have silver...
    • lehestro
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    • adapter bus-powered cable dongle legacy thunderbolt usb-c
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
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