Can I plug this unit into my Gen 4 Apple Airport Extreme with multiple drives connected?
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MANUFACTURER RESPONSE: Thanks for asking! We have not done any testing of our USB 3.0 hubs on the current generation of Airport Extreme routers as they are still only equipped with USB 2.0. At this time we cannot recommend this hub for use with the Airport.
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I don't think so...OSX won't drive all the interface out the firewire port, as it does for thunderbolt.
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I use this exclusively with multiple Mac's, and it performs beautifully, dependent on the reliability and speed of your router, of course. I'm not sure what you mean by your plans to connect via a time Capsule, which is an independent drive. You'll need to connect through a router, I think, such as the Airport Extreme or any other router with an open ethernet port. Check the Seagate page for the specific configuration you plan, and I think they'll prove responsive to any questions you have. Hope this helps.
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I don't think this hub is built to deliver that kind of power. All my external USB hard drives are separately plugged into the A/C. At minimum, your drive would probably have to be plugged into multiple USB ports.
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This will work as well as any other drive. The advantage of this style unit is that it is self contained. There are many external enclosures or NAS boxes available that will do the same thing. This is a reasonably priced plug'n'play method. Just make sure you know how much data there is to backup , then make sure you get something equal to or bigger in capacity. If you love your data then multiple backup drives are a smart option. I am not a fan of Apple in general but the backup software they include with OS X (Time Machine) is quite nice.
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I do not have a MAC however on the PC and I believe it will apply to the MAC you can set up the array in various ways including 4 individual drives. I hope this helps. Ron
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I have it connected via iMac. I use an external hard drive w/esata to USB 3.0 adapter, iPod classic, and anything else that I have needed! Fantastic hub with lightning fast transfer speed!
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Yes, that's exactly the issue I have. I gave up and just ordered [4 Ports for Mac Pro]Inateck 4 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expansion Card for Mac Pro (Early 2008 to 2012 Late Version) - Interface USB 3.0 4-Port Express Card Desktop - No Additional Power Connection Needed
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One drive-likely no problem. You could try attaching 2 drives and might be fine, I am not sure. Again, to be safe, buy a "powered"hub.
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The iBook G4 needs an Airport Extreme card. This card is capable of WPA/WPA2 security. I refer you to chapter 2 of "Airport & Mac Wireless Networks for Dummies" (no insult intended; this book is quite approachable). It is an old book (2006) but your local library or library system may well have it. Choice and description of cards is included along with installation info for various Apple computer models.
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Yes you absolutely can. i have 2- 4tb seagate go flex drives sitting on these and daisy chained together into a thunderbolt port on a iMac. they can also be used in the same mannor on usb 2.0/3.0 they work great
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Not with this device. IOGEAR 2x4 is for using up to 4 usb devices between 2 PC's. Not 1 or 2 devices between 4 pc's.
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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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Nope. The new mac mini uses flash memory that is soldiered on to the logic board. There is no connection point for an HDD at all. What you get when you buy it from Apple what you will ever have. You can use a USB 3 enclosure to add more HDDs though. With USB 3 its about as fast as an internal drive. Same goes for the ram, soldiered on, so max it out as much as you can before purchase.
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Yes I bought an Apple Airport Express and I set it up as a bridge. It works great!
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Per the product description "This 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub will not charge an iPad (it will only sync)." That makes sense. If you want your device to charge or you want to run multiple external hard drives off of a USB hub, you are actually looking for a different product. A powered USB hub is what you are looking for.
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I do not know anything about apple devices but do know it seems to multiplex devices connected to the 7-Port USB hub. By Multiplex I mean it takes an extremely long time to transfer data through the 7-Port Hub as each port gets a slice of time to transmit whether it has anything connected to it or not - rendering it useless for my purposes.