Does it work with Windows 7 bootcamp on macbook Pro? And if yes does it work as plug-n-play? The thunderbolt-gigabit adapter sold by apple requires restart every time you disconnect and connect it back! in other words, it is not plug-n-play! :(
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I'm running Windows 8.1 and it is definitely plug-n-play with that. No restart required, just plug in and eject as needed. My wife runs Windows 7 on her older machine and it definitely works on that as well.
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This will only work with Apple Mac with thunderbolt input. This will not connect to any USB based devices
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im not a MAC user, but according to Genius there's a driver for MAC OSX, i cant confirm if its compatible whit those specific version of the MAC OS (http://www.geniusnet.com/wSite/ct?xItem=53323&ctNode;=174 ) , in my experience Genius tech support its great and the best wayto know if it works whit snow leopard is to ask them
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I have not used it on a MacBook Air, but Apple makes a proprietary FireWire adapter for the Thunderbolt port. If you MacBook Air predates Thunderbolt, it may be hard because your hard drive is supposed to operate off of a threshold speed. If you have Thunderbolt, you will need to buy Apple's adapter, then this, and I would imagine you could hook it up pretty easily. If you MacBook Air predates Thunderbolt, I am not sure what you would do.
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Have no clue. I use Mac 85% of the time. I use Windows 7 about once a week through Parallels. Not that familiar with using Windows on the subject of finding drivers. Sorry.
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This product is for mac hardware. If you're running windows on a MacBook it will still work. If you have a windows hardware laptop you don't need this adapter.
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I use it with my mac mini, but you will need an adapter, and i run mine with boot camp and windows 7
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On my early 2008 15" Macbook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.2, I plugged it in and it immediately worked. No drivers, no restart, good to go. I have a GMyle card with a Fresco FL1000 chip, and a nameless card with an NEC UPD720202 chip, and neither worked despite endless hacked drivers and workarounds. This seems to be the one.
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The unit looks good and quietly works in the background. I found the Thunderbolt works good by itself but not so sure about the adapter as I was unable to find a 6 pin to Thunderbolt adapter. You might want to look at the USB 3.
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I bought one in Late year 2010. It works for the following which I experienced: Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 (needs to download and install the driver from microsoft.com) Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 (works on the fly) Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 (works on the fly) Microsoft seems to be a hardware standard and it works with pretty much everything. I'm not an Microsoft employee.
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Thanks Rando213. I have an iMac too, running Windows 7 through Bootcamp. I was just wondering if anyone in my situation was having trouble using this keyboard while running windows on their iMac, because I saw another comment where the person said she couldn't get the keyboard to work when Bootcamping Bill G's POS OS. Anyways, thanks for responding!
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Thunderbolt only works if it goes from computer to product not product to computer. Here is an example: I have a laptop with two thunder ports, I can use adapters to connect FireWire 800 hard drives to it. But with my Mac Pro, I can not connect my thunder port hard drives to my FireWire 800 port.
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windows 7 in bootcamp has no sound out of HDMI. I bought this for my media center and have tried everything. So far Apple has not provided drivers for it, The sound works great in Apple Lion
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Hello Sherman! I am using this with a 2007 MacBook without any issues. My (non-techy) understanding is that it will work at USB 3.0 speed/efficiency when plugged into an USB 3.0 port & it's backwards compatible with slower USB ports and will transfer data at those slower rates (up to max USB 3.0). I hope this helps...
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If you read all the comments, the general consensus is this is not a good hub if you want to connect external USB drives for extended periods (ie. hours / days). I have tested it in that mode with a 2013 Mac Mini and I can say with certainty is doesn't work well with it. That is true both with MacOS and Windows 7 booted up. If you are talking about other devices (cameras, phones, dongles) I don't have any feedback for you. fyi: I bought a Anker AH232 USB 3.0 13-Port Hub a month ago to replace my Satechi. I have had no issues with it and the Mac Mini, so the problem is not the Mac Mini. Again I have used it with both MacOS and Win7 running on the Mac Mini.
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I've connected to my 1 year old macbook pro for the past year and it works great. I believe it has usb 3.0. This should work with all macs with USB.
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Unfortunately this does not appear to be compatible with my Mac version, 10.9.5 Mavericks. If it doesn't work in the host I've found it simple can't run on the VMs either. Under Bootcamp however, I've found it runs fine. If you have windows installed on your mac and then install VMWare you have to do a small trick with Workstation 9 to get USB 3.0 support as the Mac Pro literally has no USB 2.0 ports. Once you do that the Alfa works like a dream. I use Kali pretty regularly in VM and have never once used it native. It'll also happily run on something like Elementary OS as well. If your Mac has USB 2.0 then I imagine it's even easier so long as your running Windows. Unfortunately this does not appear to be compatible with my Mac version, 10.9.5 Mavericks. If it doesn't work in the host I've found it simple can't run on the VMs either. Under Bootcamp however, I've found it runs fine. If you have windows installed on your mac and then install VMWare you have to do a small trick with Workstation 9 to get USB 3.0 support as the Mac Pro literally has no USB 2.0 ports. Once you do that the Alfa works like a dream. I use Kali pretty regularly in VM and have never once used it native. It'll also happily run on something like Elementary OS as well. If your Mac... » Read More Unfortunately this does not appear to be compatible with my Mac version, 10.9.5 Mavericks. If it doesn't work in the host I've found it simple can't run on the VMs either. Under Bootcamp however, I've found it runs fine. If you have windows installed on your mac and then install VMWare you have to do a small trick with Workstation 9 to get USB 3.0 support as the Mac Pro literally has no USB 2.0 ports. Once you do that the Alfa works like a dream. I use Kali pretty regularly in VM and have never once used it native. It'll also happily run on something like Elementary OS as well. If your Mac has USB 2.0 then I imagine it's even easier so long as your running Windows. « Show Less