It says it's Thunderbolt. I have 2 external 1Tb hard drives and they also need a 3.0 USB cable. Does this drive need it too?
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The drive as it is , is a USB3 . To have it Thunderbolt capable you would need to buy the optional Thunderbolt adapter. Would the Thunderbolt adapter workd on the 1 TB drive ?. I dont know
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I just Received this drive. It is not compatible with the thunderbolt adapter (no I/O sockets for the adapter). It only has a USB-3 and power connection. I'm not sure where they came up with STDU4000100 on the sales page because the model # on the case is: SRD00F2. I will be questioning Amazon on this.
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It should work. The bottom piece of the drive pulls off to expose the connectors, so that you can just slip the drive onto the Thunderbolt adapter
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I don't know, and I don't have a USB 3.0 hub to try. Their FAQ says nothing either way: http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/faq.asp
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I had a different USB connected back up drive prior to this model . I will say that the " Thunderbolt connection loads faster upon initial plug in .
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First buy the thunderbolt connector. It is less expensive to buy it from Apple. I then purchased an external disk drive. Good luck
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This, with the Thunderbolt port, is probably the speediest backup drive you will ever encounter. Not that USB drives are bad, but you won't even know it's backing up!
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I just now had to order a replacement for my thunderbolt duo drive. They are not very big in length and the end that connected to the drive got bent. Hee hee. very expensive laugh there. You will have no problem connecting the cable. Just be careful.
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Nope you have to already have the hard drives or plan to pick them up get them quick they can be hard to find as they are out of production. I love these the drives can be USB 3.0 Thunderbolt or wifi with these. I have 2 of these and 3 of the full size.
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I had purchased the thunderbolt version for Mac which is an adapter that comes with it. Thunderbolt to my knowledge is only Mac. But USB 3.0 will work on a PC. see the included statement in the description "Install the downloadable HFS+ driver for PC and use the drive interchangeably between Mac computers and PC's without reformatting"
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Yes, it is USB 2.0 compatible. However, data transfer rate will be much slower than with Thunderbolt or USB 3. If you are using it strictly with USB 2.0, there are cheaper alternatives.
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A USB 3.0 cable comes with the drive. It is my understanding that USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, but I have USB 3.0 on my machine and have not checked that.
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no. the device needs to have power to work. The largest external hard drive i have seen that can be powered by thunderbolt alone is 2TB
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Errr... no. It's a Thunderbolt drive. The Thunderbolt adaptor is to connect a FW device to a TB connector on the computer.
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Absolutely. I actually have two of these externals and they're both hooked up by USB 2.0 to my 27" iMac which is 5 years old and doesn't have 3.0 ports. I read that 2.0 is slower but they transfer data rapidly so I don't feel like they're too slow. They're great little drives. They take up hardly any space and they are extremely quiet. I don't even hear them. I've had no trouble with them. My last hard drive was also a Porsche and I used it for 8 years without a hiccup. You won't see me buying anything but this brand because they have been so reliable.
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The CalDigit T3 does not come with a Thunderbolt cable. They are sold separately.
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The drive you have selected here might not fit what you are looking for; this is a portable usb HDD with no external power--everything is done through the USB cable. I can figure out the RPMs, but I am pretty sure it is much lower than 7200 since its USB powered. Take a look at the WB MyBook Studio: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QGXOP2/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -This should better fit what you are looking for in a drive. I have one of these, and it works great. The firewire is so much faster than USB 2.0--probably on par with 3.0, I don't have any 3.0 ports or devices. If you have Thunderbolt, they do make Thunderbolt variants, but they are far more expensive--thunderbolt is the fastest connection you can get, but HDD won't use the full speed bandwidth of Thunderbolt; firewire or USB 3.0 should do just fine for HDD. The only reason to get SSD is speed, and you better be prepared to spend a lot of money #1) SSD is more expensive than HDD: HDD is $1 per GB while SSD is about $2.5 per GB 2) the real catch is unless you get an external SSD with Thunderbolt connectivity there is no point in having SSD because the speed will be bottle-necked by the USB or Firewire connection--you won't get the full speed of the SSD. Thunderbolt will also drive up the price as well. If you let me know exactly what you are planning to use this drive for I could give you a better recommendation tailored to your uses, but I hope this helps you find something that will meet your needs.