But you need to have one of the thunderbolt ports occupied to connect to your computer correct? So basically you're just getting 1 extra thunderbolt?
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Depends on how you look at it. One Thunderbolt cable gets you 3 more USB ports, wired ethernet, audio out and mic in, HDMI for a monitor, plus another Thunderbolt port to replace the one you used. We have several such setups at the office that I think are fairly typical. Wired ethernet, a desktop monitor, a wired USB keyboard and a USB to Lightning iPhone cable are all connected to the Elgato dock. A single T'bolt cable then hooks up to the user's MacBook Air when it's present. This is much simpler than connecting everything via individual cables, and in the case of the MacBook Air provides both more USB ports than the computer has, and a wired ethernet port that the Air doesn't offer at all.
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Depends on how you look at it. One Thunderbolt cable gets you 3 more USB ports, wired ethernet, audio out and mic in, HDMI for a monitor, plus another Thunderbolt port to replace the one you used.We have several such setups at the office that I think are fairly typical. Wired ethernet, a desktop monitor, a wired USB keyboard and a USB to Lightning iPhone cable are all connected to the Elgato dock. A single T'bolt cable then hooks up to the user's MacBook Air when it's present. This is much simpler than connecting everything via individual cables, and in the case of the MacBook Air provides both more USB ports than the computer has, and a wired ethernet port that the Air doesn't offer at all. Depends on how you look at it. One Thunderbolt cable gets you 3 more USB ports, wired ethernet, audio out and mic in, HDMI for a monitor, plus another Thunderbolt port to replace the one you used.We have several such setups at the office that I think are fairly typical. Wired ethernet, a desktop monitor, a wired USB keyboard and a USB to Lightning iPhone cable are all connected to the Elgato dock. A single T'bolt cable then hooks up to the user's MacBook Air when it's present. This is much simpler than connecting everything via individual cables, and in the case of the MacBook... » Read More Depends on how you look at it. One Thunderbolt cable gets you 3 more USB ports, wired ethernet, audio out and mic in, HDMI for a monitor, plus another Thunderbolt port to replace the one you used.We have several such setups at the office that I think are fairly typical. Wired ethernet, a desktop monitor, a wired USB keyboard and a USB to Lightning iPhone cable are all connected to the Elgato dock. A single T'bolt cable then hooks up to the user's MacBook Air when it's present. This is much simpler than connecting everything via individual cables, and in the case of the MacBook Air provides both more USB ports than the computer has, and a wired ethernet port that the Air doesn't offer at all. « Show Less
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The two Thunderbolt connections are for daisy chaining with other Thunderbolt devices. You can share the drive on the network but you would not be able to connect two computers to this drive at the same time.
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Yep - definitely. Thunderbolt supports Mini DisplayPort. I have quite a few people using these with Thunderbolt ports.
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No, definitely. In fact there's a chance it wouldn't work at all even if you did have a thunderbolt display because it's cheaply made. Its a totally different connection anyways.
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I've not heard of Thunderbolt 2. My presumption is the CABLES are the same. I'd buy it, knowing you are safe to return it if something DOES NOT work... but bet it will work fine!
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Correct, you still need a Magsafe connector. There is no dock on the market that does this as well other then the Apple Thunderbolt display which is still 2 cables.
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First remember that this is a pair of hard drives, with up to 233 MB/s data transfer rates.This is well short of maximum of Thunderbolt 1 or 2.Furthermore, it does not have a second port to make a chain, so downstream data rates are not relevant.So, though it is Thunderbolt 1, changing to Thunderbolt 2 would not make any difference to any related or relevant performance.
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Not sure, but mine was purchased before Thunderbolt was available, and would have HAD to go in another input. Probably not Firewire either. Mini VGA?
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It oesn't have thunderbolt. You can connect a Mac using thunderbolt but you need to buy an adapter to do it.
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I believe you are correct. Thunderbolt is NOT supported. Output is via displayport, but unless your monitor supports a displayport input, it will not work. I use a Dell monitor with displayport connections and it works just fine. If your monitor has an HDMI input, you might try a displayport to HDMI adaptor to get your monitor up and running.
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I don't think so! The new thunderbolt port is different, a little bit more large.
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It does not, this model only has one thunderbolt port and you will have to hook that to you mac. Leavin you with hmdi and usb3 with an usb3 to hdmi adapter.
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I have the same problem. Not very happy about it, but they say it probably my PC. I'm not using a MAC so don't have Thunderbolt. WISH i did. Sorry I can''t help
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I think the dual thunderbolt version is primarily intended for that. I suppose if you used the USB port to connect to the computer and the thunderbolt to daisy chain to another gdrive, it would work. On the product creator's site, there is this forum entry on daisy chaining:http://support.g-technology.com/kbase/users/kb.php?id=76I admit I have not tried this. Otherwise, if you want to go completely thunderbolt on it, you should choose the version of the g-drive with dual thunderbolt ports on it.G-Technology G-RAID 4 TB Dual External Hard Drive I think the dual thunderbolt version is primarily intended for that. I suppose if you used the USB port to connect to the computer and the thunderbolt to daisy chain to another gdrive, it would work. On the product creator's site, there is this forum entry on daisy chaining:http://support.g-technology.com/kbase/users/kb.php?id=76I admit I have not tried this. Otherwise, if you want to go completely thunderbolt on it, you should choose the version of the g-drive with dual thunderbolt ports on it.G-Technology... » Read More I think the dual thunderbolt version is primarily intended for that. I suppose if you used the USB port to connect to the computer and the thunderbolt to daisy chain to another gdrive, it would work. On the product creator's site, there is this forum entry on daisy chaining:http://support.g-technology.com/kbase/users/kb.php?id=76I admit I have not tried this. Otherwise, if you want to go completely thunderbolt on it, you should choose the version of the g-drive with dual thunderbolt ports on it.G-Technology G-RAID 4 TB Dual External Hard Drive « Show Less
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I am pretty sure all of the thunderbolt ports are the same. We use this on an iMac and on a MacBook Pro without a problem.
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You just have to but the thunderbolt to firewire cable. It comes with a firewire cable
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Yes Kathie, it does come with a thunderbolt cable. If you decide on buying the drive, run it with thunderbolt first and make sure the cable is not heating up. The first drive I received either had an issue, or it was the cable itself. When I powered it up, the cable became extremely hot. Keep that in mind.