Will this thunderbolt adapter work with the larger Seagate Backup Plus drives? Thanks!
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I have one and so far the answer is no. The size wont line up between models for me. Possibly you could use cables to bridge the connection but then the problem becomes the power supply from only thunderbolt not being enough to power the 3.5 inch hd. If i figure out a workaround ill let you know
1281850
I have no idea. I would call Seagate. They were great when I called with questions.
1455649
I purchased this StarTech.com item with Seagate Barracuda 7200 500 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 16 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST500DM002. They worked together.
2088781
Hi, I'm not 100% certain but if I remember correctly I did use it as a clone at one point to backup OS10.8.6 before upgrading to 10.9 Mavericks and did boot from this Seagate via Thunderbolt. I hope I'm not misleading you though because there were a lot of other external drives floating around this same time, but quite sure.
2275469
I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp < 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] < 1TB [firewire 800] < 1TB [firewire 800]They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
1965568
Absolutely. Like most products, USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. You can also upgrade the Seagate to Firewire 8.0 or Thunderbolt with available connectors.
445817
It should work fine with your seagate drive. NextStar is just a metal case with a standard plugin for SATA drives. Caveat: I have no direct experience with your particular drive, but from looking at my case, it should be ok.
374482
This is the adapter only for a Thunderbolt interface, the drive itself is a separate purchase, you can by various sizes and I believe the standard interface is USB 3.0. You can also daisy chain devices, I use two external drives on my Mac mini, this with a 2tb drive for my ITunes library and portable 1tb Seagate drive for time machine backup.
512456
Yes, the Seagate hard drive works with either 2.0 or 3.0 . . . the transfer rate is faster with 3.0
1409690
Absolutely. Works great here on Mt Lion. Note: I replaced the drive with a 1TB OCZ Solid State drive, which only works in USB 3 mode, not Thunderbolt. THe original configuration works fine both ways though so if you use it as is, it will work perfectly in both USB3 and Thunderbolt modes.
1775460
I would't risk it. I bought this dock and connected 2 Seagate 3TBs. It initially worked, so I went ahead and back up ALL my data. The next day the dock kept getting disconnected and now my IMAC won't even mount the drives. I tried another dock and seems that the drives have been fried by the Thermaltake dock. There goes 2.5TB of data!
527108
ABSOLUTELY. I have been using a pair of 3TB, a pair of 4T and a pair of 1 TB seagates for some time with no problems. I do not use any of their special back-up software. (KIK, Ph.D.)
2105173
No. The Backup Plus is a portable hard drive, which means it's using a smaller laptop hard drive inside. This is meant for their Seagate GoFlex drive which is non portable and uses a larger desktop drive. My advice would be to get a portable USB enclosure with USB 3.0 compatibility, take the actual hard drive out of your Backup Plus, and put it in the new enclosure.
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EDIT - Yes, the SCA4000100 works with the Seagate TB adapter. It turns out the seller Amazon used to fill this order sent the right box but the wrong drive inside. Amazon refunded me and I ordered from a seller with a higher customer feedback rating, so hopefully sometime next week I will be able to use my adapter. I'm sitting here with the STCA4000100 HD and the Seagate TB adapter. Unless I am missing something, there is no way that this HD fits into this adapter. Nothing pops or pulls off the HD either.
677383
I'm only familiar with the STAE128. It is a very useful adaptor. Transfer speeds are more reliable with the thunderbolt connection as compared to a USB 3 connection.
1262249
Yes, This adapter will work with 2.5" HDD's, 3.5" HDD's, and SSD's. Any SATA drive that has a 15 pin and 7 pin SATA male plugs (every SATA II and SATA III drive that I know of). If you are using Windows OS, the drive will be recognized as a Seagate GoFlex drive as comes up in Windows Explorer. I have no experience how this works with either Linux or Apple OS's.
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I have the Seagate Backup Plus and there is plenty of room for the drive and the short cable that is included. You might even have room for a longer cable.
1333995
I ordered one over a year ago, and used it with the thunderbolt adapter. It works great.