With dual thunderbolt ports, it can support daisychaining up to 6 thunderbolt devices, minimizing clutter on your desktop. Goflex offers a caramel topping to the new apple macbook pro. Seagate has released two new thunderbolt hard drive adapters that, while theyre still not cheap, are now within reach of many consumers enter the seagate goflex thunderbolt. This gives mac users for now, speedy access to external storage that in some cases. Thunderbolt according to apples press release, thunderbolt technology enables users to daisychain a number of peripherals via this new interface including monitors, printers, and yes external hard drives. Finally thunderbolt gets some consumer lovesome pricey, pricey consumer love, roberto baldwin reports for maclife. Macworld lab received an early production model of the goflex thunderbolt adapter and we ran a few tests using a seagate 500gb freeagent goflex ultraportable drive with three different adapters. Goflex pro for mac ultraportable drive seagate support canada. At the time of writing, seagates thunderbolt adapter for the goflex series is only available in an apple store. I think i got windows booting off thunderbolt seagate goflex adapter thread starter omvs. Review seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter mar 16 macnn.
Seagate offers thunderbolt adapter docks for its goflex line of hard drives, but many have success docking other sata drives. Seagate technology llc introduces four editions of goflex exclusively for mac external hard drives and fast goflex thunderbolt adapters. The goflex pro with the thunderbolt interface took a brisk. The seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter is compatible with the entire goflex. My twoyear old macbook pro has both a ssd and a conventional spinning hard drive, plus one firewire 800 port. The goflex desk thunderbolt adapter stakes a thunderbolt claim for seagate in the external desktop storage market. Upgrade your goflex ultraportable drive to increase performance with the goflex thunderbolt adapter. Seagate goflex desk thunderbolt adapter unboxing youtube. The seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter, compatible with macs running osx 10. Transferring highdefinition movies and other large files now can take seconds versus minutes when compared with older interface technologies. It will add a bus that can be convenient, especially later on when thunderbolt devices become more common, more mature and better supported oh, and with more common will come less costly. By mike wuerthele and malcolm owen sunday, november 05, 2017, 01. Jul 16, 2012 heres a few videos that could be advantageous for video editors that have access to apples thunderbolt interface. Apple shook things up today announcing a new line of superfast macbook pro s featuring intel i5 and i7 processors, and yet another peripheral interface.
My intention is to purchase goflex tb adapter and use an external sata iii ssd as my boot volume can i expect native sata iii speeds despite the drive being external. Goflex ultraportable drive formatted for mac, goflex thunderbolt adapter, thunderbolt cable, quick start guide, 3year limited warranty. I get sustained reads of 500 mbsec and sustained writes of 250 274 mbsec tofrom both of the external ssds. All tests were done with a 2011 macbook pro running os x lion.
As part of the goflex ecosystem, the goflex thunderbolt portable adapter turns any goflex portable drive into a blazingfast thunderbolt device for your computer. Seagate goflex external hdds for mac storagenewsletter. Learn about the apple thunderbolt cables and adapters that you can use with your thunderbolt capable mac. Jan 31, 2012 apple started building thunderbolt ports into its mac computers in february 2011, but for a long time the technology seemed like a port to nowhere. Mar 31, 2012 i have successfully used the seagate thunderbolt goflex 2. Nov, 2017 thunderbolt is a revolutionary io technology that supports high performance data devices and highresolution displays though a single, compact port. I use seagate portable and desktop goflex for mac drives on a daily basis. Seagate external harddrive not being detected after windows 10 upgrade. On the cover you get all sorts of numbers that say, 20x usb speed and 2 channels. Seagate goflex to adapt to apples thunderbolt technology apple shook things up today announcing a new line of superfast macbook pros featuring intel i5 and i7 processors, and yet another peripheral interface.
And mac enthusiasts can take full advantage of thunderbolts ability to connect highperformance peripheralssuch as a goflex pro 7200rpm portable driveto a single port and experience data transfer rates up to 10 gbps by simply changing the adapter on their drivevs purchasing an entire new driveand avoid the hassle of copying or. Is there any reason to wait until apple puts thunderbolt into the mac pro. Backup plus and goflex desk thunderbolt software for mac. Its a better value than other thunderbolt solutions barely, but overall, mac computers are ridiculously more expensive to connect decent performance external storage than wintel computers with. Mac owners who crave a thunderbolt storage device can finally get some. I received a desk model of the goflex thunderbolt adapter, which is designed to connect to seagates goflex series of desktop drives. Thunderbolt 3 provides up to 4x the speed of the fastest usb connection, support for one 5k or two 4k monitors, singlecable docking, external graphics support, up to 100 watts of power delivery, plus daisy chain support for up to 6 thunderbolt 3 devices all delivered through a usbc port. Learn about the apple thunderbolt cables and adapters that you can use with your thunderboltcapable mac. Seagates thunderbolt adapter for their line of goflex portable hard drives does its intended job well, but its hard for most, outside of macbook air owners, to justify the expense given usb 3. Mar 16, 2012 flexible, fast and relatively affordable, the seagate goflex desk thunderbolt adapter makes the best thunderbolt storage solution on the market, especially for owners of goflex desk external drives. And mac enthusiasts can take full advantage of thunderbolts ability to connect high. Thunderbolt is a revolutionary io technology that supports high performance data devices and highresolution displays though a single, compact port. Handson with seagate goflex for mac external drives with.
The adapter was attached to a late2011 15inch macbook pro running mac os x lion, connected directly to the notebook and also tested. My macbook pro has a thunderbolt connector, and ive been waiting anxiously for seagate to release a goflex thunderbolt adapter for the goflex hard drives. Another voflex i had was the drive not waking from sleep on occasion. The adapter comes with a 90day warranty and users will have to provide their own thunderbolt cable, which is standard with thunderbolt storage solutions. Macbook pro with retina display mid 2012 and later macbook pro early 2011 and later macbook air mid 2011 and later mac mini mid 2011 and later imac mid 2011 and later mac pro late 20the following models are thunderbolt 2 capable. I did all of the above and still could not get my goflex home drive to show up after the windows 10 upgrade. The 2009 imac is running from an external hard disk a sumsung pro ssd housed in a thunderbolt adapter seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter. Feb 17, 2012 my macbook pro has a thunderbolt connector, and ive been waiting anxiously for seagate to release a goflex thunderbolt adapter for the goflex hard drives. May 11, 2012 i use seagate portable and desktop goflex for mac drives on a daily basis. Goflex desk thunderbolt adapter, power supply, quick start guide. Then i found this, a simple thunderbolt adaptor that fits straight onto your existing seagate goflex harddrive. The slow trickle of new thunderbolt products continues. Seagate goflex to adapt to apples thunderbolt technology.
Apple shook things up today announcing a new line of superfast macbook pros featuring intel i5 and i7 processors, and yet another peripheral interface. Macbook pro now gives you access to a world of highresolution displays and highspeed peripherals with one compact port. Experience the mindboggling speed of thunderbolt 3 with up to 40gbs. If it is a mac compatible drive u need to download this software to make it work on windows. The adapter was attached to a late2011 15inch macbook pro running mac os x lion, connected directly to the notebook and also tested when daisy chained to a.
I think i got windows booting off thunderbolt seagate goflex. As part of the goflex ecosystem, the goflex desk thunderbolt adapter turns any goflex desk drive into a blazingfast thunderbolt device for your compatible computer. Nov 22, 2016 instead of using target disk mode, there is another way to quickly transfer files between two macbook pro machines using thunderbolt 3. Thunderbolt networking provides a peertopeer connection at. Heres a few videos that could be advantageous for video editors that have access to apples thunderbolt interface.
Jan 05, 2018 i am transferring data from a 2009 imac to the new imac pro via thunderbolt cable. Hands on with the seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter. I use it with my macbook pro with an ssd in it and a nondesk version stae121 with an ssd daisychained off of it. How to network two macbook pros together via thunderbolt 3. Seagates goflex desk and western digitals thunderbolt duo. However, the drives themselves only deliver sata ii connection speeds. About apple thunderbolt cables and adapters apple support. Thats because thunderbolt is based on two fundamental technologies. Review seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter notebookcheck. So the transfer is from the external sumsung ssd of the 2009 imac to the imac pro internal ssd all running on thunderbolt.
The seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter is compatible with the entire goflex portable hard drive line including the goflex satellite. Macbook pro retina, late 20 and later mac pro late 20 imac retina 5k, 27inch, late. Apr 18, 2012 finally thunderbolt gets some consumer lovesome pricey, pricey consumer love, roberto baldwin reports for maclife. Seagate starts selling goflex portable thunderbolt adapter. Seagate goflex desk thunderbolt adapter video cnet. The best thunderbolt 3 docks for apples 2019 inch macbook pro. Seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter docks cheesycam. The gadget lets you connect a sata drive hdd or ssd to a host machine over 10 gbps thunderbolt interface, completely eliminating any bottleneck usb 3. Seagate goflex pro for mac ultraportable drive specifications. It works by simply sliding and locking in a sata dev. I have used this product intermittently to work on video files on my macbook pro quad, it worked. Thunderbolt 3 provides up to 4x the speed of the fastest usb connection, support for one 5k or two 4k monitors, singlecable docking, external graphics support, up to 100 watts of power delivery, plus daisy chain support for up to 6 thunderbolt 3 devices all delivered through a. Until recently, there have only been a few thunderbolt external hard drives and they were quite expensive. Pci express is the technology that links all the highperformance components in a mac.
Apple started building thunderbolt ports into its mac computers in february 2011, but for a long time the technology seemed like a port to nowhere. Tested using a late 2011 17inch macbook pro with a 2. The price is a steep 119 euro, although amazon is currently selling the same. The four seagate goflex external hard drives available are. However i have not been able to find any affordable product in the market that would support the thunderbolt feature on my imac. Seagate started shipping its goflex thunderbolt adapter accessory. Use boot camp to install windows 7 x64 on your internal drive. Intel and apple are betting that consumers will adopt thunderbolt technology for rapid external storage, and the goflex desk thunderbolt adapter shows that other manufacturers are playing along. Thunderbolt technology is a revolutionary interface supporting highresolution display and highperformance data devices through a single port. If we take your numbers seriously 360 mbs is actually 2. Handson with seagate goflex for mac external drives with thunderbolt.
I think i got windows booting off thunderbolt seagate. The seagate goflex series of portable hard drives has been around. Hands on with the seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter macworld. It is a real gift to us macintoshers that seagates thunderbolt adapters extend all their goflex for mac drives to be usable with firewire 800, usb 2, and thunderbolt.
This article refers to thunderbolt 1 and thunderbolt 2. Jan 11, 2012 handson with seagate goflex for mac external drives with thunderbolt. I used this to upgrade a firewire drive to thunderbolt when i upgraded my macbook pro to one without a firewire port. When the new imacs released i will be purchasing a 2011 model as my secondary machine. Instead of using target disk mode, there is another way to quickly transfer files between two macbook pro machines using thunderbolt 3. If youre a mac user who has bought a portable seagate goflex and need. Aug 20, 2012 if both drives were new andor uncluttered, the 7200 rpm goflex pro for mac ultraportable drive would indeed be faster than its 5400 rpm goflex for mac ultraportable drive sibling. Mac users in uae can purchase the products directly through apple online stores with free delivery. Unless you have an expensive mac pro with an aftermarket usb 3. Test seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter notebookcheck. The seagate thunderbolt adapter driver is only needed if you are using 3tb or 4tb drives with the thunderbolt adapter and plan to change drives with other goflex adapters such as usb or firewire. Mar 29, 2012 seagate has released two new thunderbolt hard drive adapters that, while theyre still not cheap, are now within reach of many consumers enter the seagate goflex thunderbolt. The new macbook pros have thunderbolt 3 usbc ports for charging, plugging in.
Mar 22, 2012 the seagate goflex thunderbolt adapter is compatible with the entire goflex portable hard drive line including the goflex satellite. Seagate goflex 1tb ultraportable external hard drive for mac. Performance we tested the thunderbolt adapter with seagates goflex turbo 500gb portable hard drive, which is the 7200rpm edition that is claimed to be slightly faster than the standard goflex portable drives. This goflex desk thunderbolt adapter stae122 has worked spectacularly. Seagate external harddrive not being detected after.
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