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    USB 3 Cable to HDMI

    Hello! I wonder if anyone could give me some advice please I’m looking to purchase an additional monitor to extend my iMac to work on two screens.. sadly I can’t afford another Mac screen . My iMac is 2014 and I’ve been told that I need a none charging USB 3(A) to HDMI cable or adapter.. I’m...
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    iPad 2019 iPad Air Does NOT Support USB 3.0

    USB 3 speeds are supported only on iPad Pro. I was hoping this statement was not true, because it's 2019 and this a new iPad but looks like it is. I chatted with Apple Support and they could not confirm that the latest iPad Air supports USB 3. It was surprising that they did not have technical...
    • ikkysleepy
    • Thread
    • air ipad ipad air pro usb usb 3
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: iPad
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    Are the MM 2018/14/12 USB ports created equal?

    ... and there is no difference which one to connect your DAC to?;)
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    Thunderbolt 2 - USB-A adapter/cable

    Hello all, Does anybody know if: Thunderbolt 2 to USB-A cables ever existed? I can't find any online and that seems strange. There a plenty of Thunderbolt 3 to USB A cables but I can't find anything for thunderbolt 2. I want one because I've already used up my two USB A ports on my MacBook...
    • Chingompiew
    • Thread
    • adapter cable thunderbolt thunderbolt 2 usb usb 2 usb 2.0 usb 3 usb 3.0
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
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    Upgrading Mac Pro to USB 3.0

    Hello all, I am currently looking at a few cards to update a Mac Pro 2006 and 2009 to USB 3.0. Both have been flashed with the 2.1 and 5.1 firmware respectively. The cards that I am looking at are as follows...
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    Ethernet port to use it like usb 3 on 13 in Mid 2009 MacBook Pro?

    Hi everyone! I would like to use a SSD to improve my MacBook speed ( for music production and photoshop proposes). Anyways, I read that to have a full perfomance for an SSD you must have a USB 3 connection/port. My Mac doesn't have that one so I was wondering if I can use my Ethernet port to...
    • Jetzel
    • Thread
    • mac book pro 2009 usb 2.0 usb 3
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. emranzafar

    Macbook Air 13" 2015 SSD storage to USB

    Hey All, I have recently spilled water on my Macbook Air 2015 and it is gone. How can I use the flash storage from that mac book to my other Macbook Pro? Is there a device where I can insert the flash storage and use it as a Flash Drive? I would really appreciate your help. Thanks, Imran
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    Installed USB 3 in iMac 2009 - but only getting USB 2 speeds

    Hello, I followed the instructions from "https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/adding-usb3-0-to-late-2009-imac-11-1.1979806/#post-26064070" which were limited but gave me a lot of hope. But, after doing it all I find myself with 2 more USB 2 ports. Basically the system identifies a USB 3...
    • qwerty0
    • Thread
    • appleusbxhci imac 2009 usb 3
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  9. Mr West

    MBP 2017 Unexplained slow write speeds to flash drives

    Hey guys Can anyone help me with the problem I'm currently facing: My Macbook Pro (2017) writes extremely slow to USB flash drives. I have tried 3 different USB 3.0 flash drives (only one encrypted) and they all drop down to less than 30mb/s. However using the same flash drives on a Surface...
  10. imrazor

    Thunderbolt 1/2 to USB 3.0 Hub (not USB-C)

    Got an older Mac that I want to hook some newer devices up to. I've only seen a couple of adapters and they only added one USB 3.0 type A port for around $75. Anybody know of some cheaper adapters/hubs? P.S. Why are these things so rare and expensive?
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    Inconsistent transfer speeds

    Hi! Hopefully this is the right place to post this. I have been transferring data from a CF card to my iMac and the speeds have been really weird. So the first transfer was in the 60GB range and took about 30minutes. I put in another card (exact same brand and model (Sandisk Extreme Pro 128GB))...
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    USB sticks invisible

    Since several months I have used two USB3 Sandsik sticks. I used them today normally. Unfortunatelly they stopped working when I inserted them again today, not showing up, neither visible via Disk Utility. Other USB sticks work OK (yet they are USB 2). I inserted them into one PC Linux, they...
  13. jimmueller

    HD not showing on internal SATA but does in USB dock

    Looking for suggestions on other ways to repair this HD and an explanation of its now you see it, now you don't behaviour. I have a Seagate 2T drive that had been in a OWC USB/eSATA/FireWire enclosure for several years connected to our 2011 MacMini Server via Firewire. The Mini is our home media...
    • jimmueller
    • Thread
    • mac mini mid 2011 mac pro 3.1 early 2008 sata seagate internal hard drive usb 3
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  14. musique

    Best Ethernet speed option?

    My 2012 MBP kicked the bucket this summer and I was waiting for the Apple announcements of late October to decide on a replacement. After much soul-searching and intense budget-shuffling, I decided on a 2015 MBP that should arrive tomorrow. (My local Best Buy has the new 2016 MBPs on display and...
    • musique
    • Thread
    • 802.11ac ethernet connection thunderbolt 2 usb 3
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Adding USB3.0 to late 2009 iMac (11,1)

    Hi, as I see a lot of people trying to achieve the same thing on his old imac 27'', and searching the net trying to see if someone has already done this, we end up here thinking it's not possible to swap the mini pci-e wifi card, I'll update with my experience: it works, you can have usb 3.0 on...
    • icpmac
    • Thread
    • diy imac 2009 minipcie usb 3
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: iMac
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    USB mouse cursor keeps freezing

    I am running 10.11.5 on a CMP 5,1 and my usb mouse cursor keeps freezing. If I disconnect the mouse from USB port and reconnect, the cursor is unfrozen. Everything else works normally, including Apple trackpad. What appears to be happening is that the Mac somehow loses track of the USB mouse...
    • macmesser
    • Thread
    • cmp freeze mouse os x usb 2 usb 3
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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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...
    • wiski15b
    • Thread
    • bandwidth classic lanes mac pro pcie raid usb 3 usb 3.0 usb 3.1 x16
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    Which USB-3-Hub?

    I use my MBP 13" 2015 (OS X 10.11.4) alternately mobile and as a desktop computer with an external display. There are several reports about problems with USB-3-Hubs and Macs. It would be great to avoid such problems and to know which specific USB-3-Hub works fine. Can you recommend a Hub with...
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    Best USB 3 card to drive monitor (Sonnet)

    Sonnet makes two USB cards that I'm interested in: Allegro USB 3.0 4-Port and a Pro version which features a separate controller for each port. I saw no mention of how many controllers the standard version has so it could be one or two. I have a USB 3 graphics 4K adapter which I want to set up...
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