Will changing the type of cable I am using from USB to eSATA speed up ripping.

[newmacuser23]

I have a external blu-ray drive and it has two connections of choice e-SATA and USB 3.0 as Apple is not supporting USB 3.0 I only get USB 2.0 speeds.

So if I was to change from using USB to E-SATA would by ripping speed increase?

If it would help which E-SATA card should I get? As not all hardware has Apple compatible drivers.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

During the ripping process, have a look at Activity Monitor > Disk Activity and see, if the writing speed is always topping out at 36MB/s or so. If that is the case, you have reached the USB 2.0 limit.

 

[jmcgeejr]

During the ripping process, have a look at Activity Monitor > Disk Activity and see, if the writing speed is always topping out at 36MB/s or so. If that is the case, you have reached the USB 2.0 limit.

If you are ripping from a dvd to an external drive then no, dvd speeds are not going to saturate the USB2.0 bus. Even if you are using a Sata DVD rom in your mac.