Yes, it's far faster than USB. I think 2x 10 GB a second bidirectional, though I don't know if that holds out in real world use.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:30 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes certainly they tend to be more costly, though from what I have seen > lately the difference seems to have narrowed, my biggest reason is the write > read speed of thunder bolt if correct as to the advertised speed seems to be > considerably better then even USB 3.00. Regardless thanks for taking your > time to answer my question. > Jesus Garcia > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 19:08 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: External Hard Drive question > > There are some Thunderbolt drives out there, but they tend to be a bit > more expensive. If you take a look at Amazon or just do a Google search for > Thunderbolt external hard drives, you will get an idea of their costs. They > tend to be around twice or more the cost of USB HDs. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:02 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Okay thanks I thought that format issues may be the problem, but since >> the thumb drives and SD cards have no problem I thought perhaps the >> external hard drives behaved the same. I am considering purchasing a >> thunder bolt capable drive to use exclusively with the Mac any ideas >> as to which would be best? My mac book pro hard drive is 360 gig so I >> don't need more than a 500 Gig drive. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese >> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 18:37 >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: External Hard Drive question >> >> Was the drive formatted in Windows? If it is NTFS, it will only be >> read only on the Mac. You will need to buy a product like Paragon >> NTFS to enable the Mac to write to NTFS formatted drives. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Jesus Garcia <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Evening list members, I have a puzzle I can create folders, and copy >>> files >> perfectly fine to a thumb drive, SD card, but when I try doing the >> same to an external hard drive I cannot do so. The drives both appear >> in the finder, and I can open the folder and file list view, but I >> cannot create a folder or copy from the Mac hard drive to the >> external. These external drives are USB drives and I would like to use >> them both on my Mac book pro and on my windows machine. 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